At least 126,000 sites across the United States have contaminated groundwater that requires remediation, and about 10 percent of these sites are considered "complex," meaning restoration is unlikely to be achieved in the next 50 to 100 years due to technological limitations, says a new report from the National Research Council. The report adds that the estimated cost of complete cleanup at these sites ranges from $110 billion to $127 billion, but the figures for both the number of sites and costs are likely underestimates. Watch committee chair Michael C. Kavanaugh describe the key findings of the National Research Council's report, Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites, here.
Read the full National Academies press release here.
Learn more about the report at a free Webinar on December 12, 2012 at 1 p.m. ET. Kavanaugh will present the report’s findings and answer questions from the public.
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