Protection of groundwater resources at industrially contaminated sites

- PURE is aimed to prevent contamination of groundwater by priority pollutants from industrial sites: recalcitrant chloroorganics, BTEX abd heavy metals, innovative results will be of wide applicability being validated on three different sites.
- PURE includes two specific sub-projects; SICHMORE, developing cost-saving solutions to describe the contaminated site through reduction of sampling / analytical load by use of biosensors, advanced modelling and fuzzy logic; improved risk assessment methodologies will also be developed as a support tool for optimal choice of remedial actions on the basis of cost and benefits; TREES, developing preferably in situ methods to treat :
1) the pollution core in the soil and prevent contaminants migration to groundwater;
2) the plume. PURE was originated within NICOLE and involves universities, R&D performers, site owners and service providers (end users).