1. Quantitative Sustainability Assessment of Various Remediation Alternatives for Contaminated Lake Sediments: Case Study.
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Reddy, Krishna R., Chetri, Jyoti K., and Kiser, Karen
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CONTAMINATED sediments ,LAKE sediments ,HAZARDOUS waste sites ,SUSTAINABILITY ,SOCIAL impact ,CASE studies - Abstract
Various technologies have been developed for the remediation of environmentally contaminated sites. The prime goal of remediation technologies is to identify and reduce the contaminants to risk-based allowable concentrations. For a particular problem of contamination, multiple remediation technologies may be feasible. Choosing the most sustainable option among many available technologies is challenging. Generally, the selection of remediation technology is solely based on the effectiveness, cost, and time frame of the project. Hence, the broader environmental, economic, and social impacts associated with the project are usually overlooked. In recent years, decision making has included more holistic criteria with the introduction of triple bottom line sustainability assessment framework, which accounts for the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the project. In this article, a case study is presented which involves quantitative triple bottom line sustainability assessment to obtain an overall sustainability index for the comparison of the different remediation alternatives and arrive at the most sustainable option. The study presents a brief overview of the quantitative life cycle sustainability assessment framework used and its application in selecting the most sustainable technology for remediation of contaminated sediments at a site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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