Green Technology Research : Phytoremediation






	Case studies
	site type project name location year client designers/researchers the problem the solution	industrial The Fosterville Gold Mine, near Bendigo, Victoria, Australia New Zealand, Fosterville ? Perserverance Mining Pty. Ltd. thru Akzo Nobel sponsored research Phytomine and Nutratherm Australia Pty Ltd An exhausted cyanide heap-leach-pad that has failed to support natural revegetation Phytoremediation using non-accumulator species with and without geochemical and microbiological soil amendments Toxic cyanide heap leach pad (before planting) First-stage revegetation on pad http://www.phytomine.co.nz/portfolio/casestudies/fosterville-case.html

	site type project name location year client designers/researchers the problem the solution	industrial The Aria serpentine quarry, Waikato district, North Island New Zealand New Zealand, Piopio ? Rorison Mineral Developments Ltd. thorough Massey University sponsored research Phytomine and Massey University Stockpiled terraces of high pH, low-fertility waste rock that has failed to support significant natural revegetation Phytoremediation using a combination of hyperaccumulator and non accumulator species Hyperaccumulators at planting Successful revegetation http://www.phytomine.co.nz/portfolio/casestudies/piopio-case.html
	site type project name location year client designers/researchers the problem the solution	industrial Mount Te Aroha in the Coromandel district of the North Island of New Zealand New Zealand, Tui ? Piako District Council thorough the Foundation for Research Science and Technology (NZ) and Akzo Nobel (Netherlands) sponsored research Phytomine and Massey University Acid base-metal mine tailings that have failed to support natural revegetation and oxidize to leach metals into drainage systems Phytoremediation using a combination of hyperaccumulator and non accumulator species with and without soil amendments http://www.phytomine.co.nz/portfolio/casestudies/tui-case.html
	OTHER RESEARCH PROJECT SITES
	site type project name location site type project name location site type project name location year site type project name location year the problem the solution site type project name location site type project name location year site type project name location year designers/researchers	Former military Alabama Department of Environmental Management USA, Alabama http://www.cee.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#case Former Military Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (Site C and Site 129- 3) USA, Connecticut http://www.cee.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#case Former Military Iowa Army Ammunitions Plant USA, Iowa 1997 http://www.cee.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#case Industrial The Ford Motor Company's Rouge River Plant, Dearborn Michigan, Phase USA, Michigan 2002 Heavy metals Greenroofs and phytoremediation http://www.greenroofs.com/north_american_cases.htm Former Military Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (Site C and Site 129- 3) USA, Minnesota http://www.cee.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#case Former Military Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth USA, Texas 1997 http://www.cee.vt.edu/program_areas/environmental/teach/gwprimer/phyto/phyto.html#case Industrial Manufactured Sites Conference and Exhibition "Deep" Phytoremediation: Approaches, Delivery and Assessment, Spring 1988 Implementation of phytoremediation for extraction of groundwater contaminants below the water table. USA, Utah 1998 Professor Niall G. Kirkwood, Harvard University, Alan Christenson, AJC Environmental, Utah http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/conferences/manfconf/exhibit.htm