European Interreg project Resanat showcase for nature-based remediation techniques

In the European Interreg project RESANAT, a Flemish-Dutch consortium led by OVAM has been testing nature-based remediation techniques since 2019. At a stakeholder meeting yesterday in Antwerp, the results of the various tests were explained. Using nature-based remediation techniques can be a useful addition to the often costly and intensive conventional remediation techniques, it turned out.

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The third and final project involved phytoremediation at the Carcoke site in Zeebrugge, where bio2clean was working. Dirk Dubin (bio2clean): "For the phytoremediation project, both the feasibility study and the monitoring of the project show that PAH-degrading microorganisms are present and able to metabolize naphthalene and this both on the Carcoke site and on the phytopiles. This project further teaches us what monitoring techniques are appropriate for this type of contamination to demonstrate the effect of phytoremediation, specifically the investigation of microorganisms and degradation products as well as monitoring of groundwater and mass fluxes (iFLUX)."
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