Research programs
The Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation seeks to
provide commercially viable and cost-effective solutions to environmental
contamination, to realise benefits to Australian industries, and the
community of regulators, consultants and academics. It is estimated that remediation costs could exceed $5 billion dollars in Australia alone while this cost could treble for contaminated site remediation in the USA. The most common approach to remediation includes excavation and transport of soils to prescribed landfill sites, pump and treat for contaminated water and occasional soil treatment technologies including bioremediation. Practical remediation is often constrained by the huge costs associated with the treatment technologies.
The focus of the Centre’s research is on urban, industrial and mining environments including life cycle assessment of contaminants and hydrogeological modelling of contaminants in ground water.
To find out more information about the research programs offered please contact
Associate Professor Megharaj Mallavarapu