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Incorporating the 1st International PFAS ConferenceCrown Melbourne | 10–14 September 2017

Program7th International Contaminated

Site Remediation Conference

CONTENTSWelcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Organising committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Social program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Conference centre floorplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The Commemorative Brian Robinson Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Plenary speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Keynote and invited speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Expert Panel for ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

CleanUp 2017 AWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

globalCARE – Join the fight against Chemical Contamination of our Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Program overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Detailed Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Poster Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Technical Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment

September 2017

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WELCOME On behalf of CRC CARE and the conference organising committee, I am delighted to welcome you to CleanUp 2017, the 7th International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference.

It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since we gathered in Melbourne for the previous iteration of what I firmly believe to be the leading international meeting on contaminated site remediation.

Since 2015, I’m happy to report that the CleanUp series has grown enormously. Initiated in 1996 under the banner of Soil Contamination Research Australasia Pacific (SCRAP), the CleanUp series is now a truly global event. In the past 12 months, CRC CARE has co-hosted CleanUp conferences in China, India and Indonesia, with events scheduled for Korea and India in 2018.

This biennial get-together in Australia remains the flagship event of the CleanUp series, which has consistently grown in size, scope and quality. This year is no exception. As always, the organising committee has prepared a scientific and educational program that encompasses the most pressing issues of contaminated site assessment, management and remediation. In addition, we have added an extra focus on one of the most burning contamination topics of recent times: per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS.

CleanUp 2017 incorporates the 1st International PFAS Conference. As you would no doubt be aware, some PFAS have received prominent recent news coverage, particularly perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). These chemicals, found in some aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) used to fight fires, have gained attention as contamination has been detected in areas in and around numerous fire-training facilities worldwide. However, PFAS encompass many more chemicals than just those found in AFFFs. There is an increasingly urgent need to establish guidance, legislation and technologies to deal with PFAS contamination. In response, the PFAS conference will explore problems, issues, environmental behaviour, policy challenges and management of this important class of emerging contaminants. You will notice in the program schedule that all sessions belonging to the PFAS conference are highlighted purple.

We are very happy to have secured the Crown Conference Centre as the CleanUp venue. This world-class facility not only allows presenters to put their work in the very best light, but also provides numerous formal and informal networking opportunities – often the most valuable part of any conference.

The Conference has again been very well supported by our sponsors and exhibitors, without whom CleanUp 2015 would not be possible. We also extend our thanks to the members of the various organising committees who have generously given their time and expertise. Finally, a big thank you to Plevin and Associates, who have worked with us for over a decade to help make CleanUp the success it has become.

Professor Ravi Naidu Chair, CleanUp 2017 Conference Organising Committee Managing Director and CEO, CRC CARE Global Innovation Chair and Director, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle

The Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) is a multi-partner Australian research organisation developing innovative technologies to assess, prevent and remediate the contamination of soil, water and air. World-class researchers at CRC CARE work with industry on global contamination issues, engaging with major end users such as the mining and petroleum industries, environmental regulators, government organisations, small-to-medium enterprises and consultants.

CRC CARE’s research program is complemented by a focus on educating and training postgraduates and industry professionals. In so doing, CRC CARE supports the growth of highly qualified and suitably trained researchers and decision-makers in the area of environmental risk assessment and remediation.

For more information, visit www.crccare.com

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Is your site contaminated by firefighting foam?

To find out more about matCARE™, email [email protected] or call 02 4921 5201.

There is a solution.Ensure the safety of your air facility through remediation of soil and water with matCARE™.

Developed by CRC CARE at the request of the Department of Defence, matCARE™ is a proven on-site solution that remediates contaminated soil and wastewater. matCARE™ has been used successfully at four large air facilities across Australia, with each site benefitting from a site-specific remediation plan that could be implemented quickly for optimal results.

matCARE™ does a far better job than granular activated carbon and other technologies currently available, with a much smaller amount required. Around 90% cheaper than landfill, matCARE™ remediation is a cost-effective solution. And with CRC CARE’s scientific foundation, matCARE™ provides the safest solution to ensure toxins are removed from soil and water, protecting everyone who comes in contact with the facility.

Known as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs), some firefighting foam used for many years at airports and fire training facilities contained the potentially toxic chemicals PFOS and PFOA. In many cases, these chemicals have spread to groundwater, drinking water, plants and animals.

This is affecting local communities and is the focus of investigations by regulatory bodies.

Executive committeeProfessor Ravi Naidu, Chair, CleanUp Conference Series

Dr Prashant Srivastava, Program Chair

Mr Adam Barclay, Media and Communications Chair

International organising committeeProfessor Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE / University of Newcastle (Australia)

Mr Naji Akladiss, State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (USA)

Professor Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham (UK)

Mr Scott Warner, Ramboll Environ (USA)

Professor Fawzi Banat, The Petroleum Institute (UAE)

Local organising committeeProfessor Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE / University of Newcastle

Dr Prashant Srivastava, CRC CARE

Mr Adam Barclay, CRC CARE

Mr Phil Plevin, Plevin & Associates

Ms Irene Plevin, Plevin & Associates

Dr Joytishna Jit, CRC CARE / University of South Australia

Mr Mark Flick, CRC CARE

Professor Nanthi Bolan, University of Newcastle

Dr Peter Sanderson, University of Newcastle

Dr Yanju Liu, University of Newcastle

Dr Rachel Wall, Golder Associates Pty Ltd

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National organising committeeDr Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE

Dr Cheryl Lim, National Measurement Institute

Professor Jack Ng, CRC CARE / University of Queensland

Professor Megharaj Mallavarapu, University of Newcastle

Ms Joytishna Jit, CRC CARE / University of South Australia

Dr Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, CRC CARE

Mr Srinivasan Ranganathan, CRC CARE

Mr Ratin Mathur, Site Contamination Practitioners Australia

Professor Nanthi Bolan, University of Newcastle

Associate Professor Zuliang Chen, University of Newcastle

Dr Anthony Martin, University of Newcastle

Dr Mahmud Rahman, University of Newcastle

Dr Raja Dharamarajan, University of Newcastle

Dr Thava Palanisami, University of Newcastle

Dr Mezbaul Bahar, University of Newcastle

Dr Balaji Shesadri, University of Newcastle

Dr Ayanka Wijayawardena, University of Newcastle

Dr Cheng Fang, University of Newcastle

Dr Dane Lamb, University of Newcastle

Mr Danidu Kudagamage, University of Newcastle

Dr Dawit Bekele, University of Newcastle

Dr Jianhua Du, University of Newcastle

Dr Kannan Krishan, University of Newcastle

Dr Liang Wang, University of Newcastle

Dr Logeshwaran Panneerselvan, University of Newcastle

Dr Luchun Duan, University of Newcastle

Dr Peter Sanderson, University of Newcastle

Dr Prasath Annamalai, University of Newcastle

Dr Suresh Subhashchandrabose, University of Newcastle

Dr Victor Arias, University of Newcastle

Dr Yanju Liu, University of Newcastle

Dr Morrow Dong, University of Newcastle

Ms Jean Meaklim, Greencap

Dr Belinda Goldsworthy, Ramboll Environ Pty Ltd

Dr Jackie Wright, Environmental Risk Sciences Pty Ltd

Dr Annette Nolan, Enviropacific Pty Ltd

Dr Garry Smith, SuRF ANZ and Geosyntec

Mr Frederic Cosme, Golder Associates

Dr Jayant Keskar, Enpro Envirotech Pty Ltd

ORGANISING COMMITTEES

37th International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference

Is your site contaminated by firefighting foam?

To find out more about matCARE™, email [email protected] or call 02 4921 5201.

There is a solution.Ensure the safety of your air facility through remediation of soil and water with matCARE™.

Developed by CRC CARE at the request of the Department of Defence, matCARE™ is a proven on-site solution that remediates contaminated soil and wastewater. matCARE™ has been used successfully at four large air facilities across Australia, with each site benefitting from a site-specific remediation plan that could be implemented quickly for optimal results.

matCARE™ does a far better job than granular activated carbon and other technologies currently available, with a much smaller amount required. Around 90% cheaper than landfill, matCARE™ remediation is a cost-effective solution. And with CRC CARE’s scientific foundation, matCARE™ provides the safest solution to ensure toxins are removed from soil and water, protecting everyone who comes in contact with the facility.

Known as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs), some firefighting foam used for many years at airports and fire training facilities contained the potentially toxic chemicals PFOS and PFOA. In many cases, these chemicals have spread to groundwater, drinking water, plants and animals.

This is affecting local communities and is the focus of investigations by regulatory bodies.

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Welcome ReceptionSunday 10 September 2017 5.00pm – 5.30pm Crown Conference Centre Level 2, Foyer

Conference DinnerTuesday 12 September 2017 6.30pm for 7.00pm Crown Conference Centre Level 2, Foyer The Conference Gala Dinner is the highlight of the CleanUp social program and includes recognition of industry excellence with the presentation of the 2017 CARE Award and the Agilent Award for Innovation in Analytical Science. The evening also reveals the winners of the CRC CARE High School Essay Competition. Ticket purchases include a three-course meal, drinks and entertainment.

The Gala Dinner is proudly sponsored by ALS.

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Registration desk opening timesRegistration is located on the ground floor of the Crown Conference Centre. Opening times are:

Sunday 10 September 8:00am – 6:00pm

Monday 11 September 7:30am – 5:00pm

Tuesday 12 September 7:30am – 5:00pm

Wednesday 13 September 8:30am – 4:00pm

Notes to presentersPresenters are requested to report to the registration desk. You will be directed to the speaker preparation room [MR 14 Level 1] where your presentation will be downloaded and verified. Please meet with your session chairperson in the session room 10–15 minutes prior to the commencement of the session.

The speaker preparation room will be open during the following times:

Sunday 10 September 3:00pm – 6:00pm

Monday 11 September 7:30am – 5:00pm

Tuesday 12 September 7:30am – 5:00pm

Wednesday 13 September 7:30am – 3:30pm

If at all possible, please check-in your presentation material well before your presentation.

Special dietary requirements

If you have advised the organisers of a special dietary requirement, this information has been forwarded to the catering staff. However, it is your responsibility to identify yourself to staff.

Barista

Let our professional baristas treat you and your guests to delicious and expertly prepared freshly ground coffee – free all day, every day Monday to Wednesday in the Exhibition Hall from 8.00am. Proudly sponsored by Synergy Resource Management.

Name tagsName tags and lanyards are in your delegate envelope. For security reasons, and for easy recognition, please wear your name tag to each conference function.

Dress standardSmart casual dress is suggested for conference sessions and social functions.

SmokingThe Conference has designated this to be a non-smoking environment for all sessions and social functions.

Melbourne shopping hoursAs a general guide, trading hours for city shops are:

Saturday to Thursday – 9.00am-5.00pm Friday – 9.00am-9.00pm

Hours of operation often vary between shops and areas.

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Melbourne taxisTaxis can be hailed in the street if their sign is illuminated. Orange lights indicate that the taxi is not for hire. Uber also operates in Melbourne. Contact numbers within Australia are:

CABS 13 22 27

North Suburban 13 11 19

Silver Top 13 10 08

Melbourne Visitor CentreFederation Square

Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets

t| +61 3 9658 9658

www.thatsmelbourne.com.au

Melbourne greeter serviceFree personal orientations of the city with a local volunteer who shares your interest and speaks your language are available seven days a week. Bookings require at least 24 hours’ notice.

t|+61 3 9658 9658

City Ambassadors and info boothMelbourne’s Ambassadors wear distinctive red uniforms and rove the streets providing free information to visitors. Ask them for directions or ideas for things to do or see. The Melbourne Visitor Booth is located in Bourke Street Mall and operates daily 9.00am–5.00pm.


Dr Brian Robinson AM devoted his working life to improving Victoria’s environment, and shaping the direction of environmental protection in Australia.

Dr Brian Robinson AM devoted his working life to improving Victoria’s environment and shaping the direction of environmental protection in Australia.

Born in Northern Ireland, Brian first came to Australia in 1968 to complete his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne. After a period as a research chemist with DuPont in the UK, he returned to Australia in 1973 to play a key role in the Westernport Bay Environmental study. It was here, working on one of the largest environmental studies of its type, that he consolidated his passion for the environment and his lifelong commitment to shaping a sustainable Victoria.

Brian joined Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria in 1975, and was appointed Chairman in 1986. It was he, more than anyone else, who made EPA Victoria the nation’s leading environment protection agency. For more than 30 years he strived to ensure resource efficiency and sustainable goods and services. Over his last decade, his interests spread to identifying financial drivers for environmental improvements and ways of fully engaging local communities in sustainability issues.

Recognised nationally and internationally as one of the strongest and most articulate advocates for cleaner production, Brian realised very early in his career that a robust, high-quality environment was central to the prosperity of society and individual enterprise.

Guided by his commitment to serving the people, Brian remains the longest serving Chairman/CEO of EPA Victoria and is remembered as a humane and visionary leader with outstanding scientific and management skills. Brian dedicated his professional life to improving environmental health. He worked to ensure access for all to reliable, relevant information about the environment, and to provide people with the opportunity to participate in decisions on protecting it.

Sadly, Brian Robinson passed away on 1 May 2004. A valedictory celebration of his achievements was held in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Victoria, attended by 1200 people. Politicians of all persuasions sang his praises. Bureaucrats and captains of industry spoke of his capabilities. All were unanimous in their appreciation of his ability and his charm. His sheer niceness, it seems, oiled the machinery he constructed to reconcile differing interests. He worked what miracles he could for the environment, and for people’s quality of life. Brian’s voice was loud and his passion was clear.

The Commemorative Brain Robinson Lecture was inaugurated in 2009 at the 3rd International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference. In 2017, the organising committee wishes to acknowledge the efforts of an environmental hero whose vision, ideas and leadership were a force of global sustainability. We are pleased to announce Professor Paul Nathanail, Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of Nottingham, UK, as this year’s Brian Robinson speaker.

The Commemorative Brain Robinson Lecture is part of the official CleanUp 2017 opening on Sunday 10 September, beginning with a welcome reception at 5.00pm outside Conference Halls 1–3.

THE COMMEMORATIVE BRIAN ROBINSON LECTURE

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Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham, UKPaul Nathanail is the Professor of Engineering Geology at the University of Nottingham, and Managing Director of Land Quality Management Ltd, UK. He is the course director of the BSc Environmental Geoscience and MSc/MA Environmental Management degrees and leads the Environment & Society Research Group. He offers a unique MSc by Research tailored to practitioners and regulators from anywhere in the world wanting to deepen their knowledge of risk-based contaminated land management. Paul is a member of the UK Defra Expert Panel on Contaminated Land and represents the Geological Society on the panel that awards the highest professional qualification in land condition – the Specialist in Land Condition and sits on the national Land Forum. He is the lead author of the CIRIA C733 technical guidance on asbestos in soils and of the most widely used set of human health generic assessment criteria and chairs the ISO working group on sustainable remediation.

Paul will deliver the 2017 Commemorative Brain Robinson Lecture.

John Cherry, University of Guelph, CanadaProfessor John Cherry holds geological engineering degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and University of California Berkeley, and a PhD in hydrogeology from the University of Illinois. He co-authored the textbook Groundwater with R.A. Freeze (1979) and co-edited and co-authored several chapters in the book Dense Chlorinated Solvents and Other DNAPLs in Groundwater (1996). He has participated in the development of technologies for groundwater monitoring and remediation, co-holds several patents, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Foreign Member of the U.S. Academy of Engineering, holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and has received awards from scientific and engineering societies in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He held the Research Chair in Contaminant Hydrogeology at the University of Waterloo from 1996 to 2006, is the founding director of the University Consortium for Field-Focused Groundwater Contamination Research, and is a Principal Investigator within the G360 Institute for Groundwater Research at the University of Guelph. He was the Chair of the Canadian Expert Panel 2014 report on the environmental impacts of shale gas development report and has lectured extensively on this topic in the United States and Canada. He received the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize in 2016.

Mark Gifford, NSW Environment Protection Authority, AustraliaMark Gifford has over 33 years of experience in government, 18 of which have been in environment-related agencies. He oversees the EPA’s regulatory policies, practices and outcomes, particularly in regard to the environmental impacts from major industrial activities, including air and water quality, noise and the regulation of gas and forestry activities. Mark has made significant improvements in areas such as environment protection licensing and legislation. He led the government’s reforms to the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 to improve industry performance and public reporting, and the updating and modernising of the EPA. He oversees the EPA’s current forestry reforms and implementation of the Government’s role for the EPA under the NSW Gas Plan. He has significant experience in national regulatory harmonisation including the continuous review of the EPA’s regulatory approach and significant reforms to ensure effective, efficient and credible regulation. Mark has a Bachelor of Business (Public Administration) and is Chair of the Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network. He was awarded a Public Service Medal for services to environmental protection in June 2015.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

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Naji Akladiss, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, USANaji Akladiss is a Project Manager at State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Bureau of Remediation, USA, and an Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Integrated DNAPL Site Strategy Team Lead. He has worked for the DEP since 1989 (as an analytical chemist in DEP laboratory; as a project manager for federal facilities since 1991). He has experience in environmental technologies and Superfund remediation. Naji is the project manager for the clean-up of two Superfund sites in the state of Maine, the leader of the ITRC Integrated DNAPLs Site Strategy Team, and the co-leader of the characterisation team, and has served as the ITRC state point of contact from Maine. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Maine and a certified Quality Engineer (CQE) by the American Society for Quality.

Rula Deeb, Geosyntec, USADr Rula Deeb is a senior principal civil and environmental engineer at Geosyntec Consultants in Oakland, California. She has more than 25 years of experience in private practice and academia addressing the cross-media fate and transport of contaminants, leading many research and demonstration efforts on emerging contaminants in natural and treatment environments. Her work over the past two decades has promoted awareness and improved the understanding of the sources, occurrence, fate and transport, and behaviour of several of the most challenging environmental contaminants to date, including perfluorinated compounds, 1,4-dioxane, methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and other fuel oxygenates, perchlorate, N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), and pharmaceuticals and personal care products. She is widely published in water quality journals and is a nationally recognised expert on emerging contaminants. Rula received her doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley in Civil and Environmental Engineering where her research focused on substrate interactions of gasoline aromatics and oxygenates. She was recently appointed by to the U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board’s Environmental Engineering Committee.

Greg Davis, CSIRO Land & Water, AustraliaDr Greg Davis is based in Perth, Western Australia and is Research Director of the Environmental Contaminant Mitigation and Biotechnology Program within CSIRO Land and Water with 100 staff nationally. For over 30 years he has endeavoured to grow knowledge and remedial technologies that can help address contaminant impacts in groundwater and soil environments, and has worked with industry and regulators to find better management solutions. He chaired the organising committee of the first Australian conference on Contaminated Site Remediation in 1999 in Fremantle WA, is Adjunct Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Australia and was Chief Editor of the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

KEYNOTE AND INVITED SPEAKERS


Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith, USADr Tamzen Macbeth is a Vice President at CDM Smith in Helena, Montana, USA. Tamzen is an environmental engineer with an interdisciplinary academic and research background in microbiology and engineering. She is an internationally recognised expert in the development, demonstration and application of innovative tools and technologies for clean-up of complex contaminated sites. Tamzen is experienced in all aspects characterisation and remediation of contaminated sites including non-aqueous phase liquids, dissolved organic, inorganic, and radioactive contaminants. She has expertise in a variety of remediation techniques, including in-situ bioremediation, natural attenuation, in-situ chemical oxidation, and thermal treatment. She is a member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, American Society of Microbiology, Society of Women Engineers, National Groundwater Association and an Affiliate Faculty at Idaho State University. She completed her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2008 at the University of Idaho.

Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights, Inc., USADora Taggart is the President at Microbial Insights, Inc. in Knoxville, Tennessee. She received a Biomedical Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and has focused on the optimisation and implementation of molecular tools for environmental remediation, micro-biologically influenced corrosion and microbial source tracking. Since joining Microbial Insights in 2001, she has developed and commercialised over 100 different nucleic acid–based analyses. Under her direction, Microbial Insights has become a worldwide provider of molecular tools for leading consulting firms, government agencies and academia.

Beth Parker, University of Guelph, CanadaBeth L. Parker is Professor in the School of Engineering and Director of the G360 Institute for Groundwater Research at the University of Guelph and co-director of the University Consortium for Field Focused Groundwater Research. Holding a PhD in hydrogeology, she has more than 30 years of experience as a groundwater professional investigating subsurface contamination issues at industrial sites around the world. Her current research emphasises field and laboratory studies of DNAPLs in sedimentary rocks, clayey deposits, and heterogeneous sandy aquifers, and focuses on the effects of diffusion into and out of low permeability zones as well as DNAPL fate, plume attenuation and remediation. She is involved in research and technology demonstration projects the United States, Canada, Europe and Brazil. In December 2009, she received the John Hem Award from the Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers of the United States National Groundwater Association.

Heather Veith Rectanus, Battelle Memorial Institute, USADr Heather Rectanus is a senior research scientist at Battelle Memorial Institute with over 15 years of experience in the environmental restoration industry. She is a deputy program manager in the Environmental Remediation market segment of Battelle and serves as a co-practice area leader for the Site Characterization and Environmental Microbiology practice areas. Focusing on technology transfer to integrate the state of the science with field applications, she has served as a co-chair of Battelle’s environmental conferences since 2009 and participates in the ITRC. Additionally, Heather has worked on projects ranging from biobarrier installation, biosparging designs, monitored natural attenuation utilisation, and DNAPL remediation strategies. She received her MS and PhD degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech.

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Michael B. Smith, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, USAMichael B. Smith is a hydrogeologist with more than 30 years of experience at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. He is a remedial site manager and manages characterisation and remediation of numerous sites contaminated with chlorinated solvents, coal tar, PFAS and other contaminants. He is a co-team leader of the ITRC Characterization and Remediation of Fractured Rock team. Michael was the training liaison on the ITRC Board of Advisors from 2004 to 2011. He has an MS in hydrogeology and an MA in Climatology. Prior to working in the environmental field, Michael worked in uranium mining, oil and gas exploration and field development, and consulting.

Mark Cave, British Geological Survey, UKDr Mark Cave is a principal scientist at British Geological Survey. He has extensive experience in the analysis and interpretation of environmental chemical data with particular reference to geochemistry and human health. Key interests and experience include working on the occurrence and bioaccessibility of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in soils, investigating the geological controls on the bioaccessibility of arsenic and lead in the UK, and interpretation of geochemical data sets with reference to geogenic, anthropogenic and socio-economic influences. Key achievements include a novel sequential extraction methodology for identification of the solid phase speciation of potentially harmful elements in soils using chemometric modelling and the development of in vitro bioaccessibility testing procedures for potentially harmful substances in soils. Mark is chairman of BARGE (Bioaccessibility Research Group of Europe), member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, committee member of the International Medical Geology Association, and holds chartered status as a chemist (CChem, MRSC) and a scientist (CSci, MRSC).

Rita Mroz, Environment CanadaRita Mroz is an environmental scientist with Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC). She has over 25 years’ experience in contaminated site assessment, remediation and research, and is the Atlantic Regional coordinator for Canada’s Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan. She provides scientific, technical and regulatory advice on the assessment and remediation of federal contaminated sites. She is the co-chair of the Atlantic Regional Federal Contaminated Sites Working Group, and sits on the national PFAS Working Group and the Atlantic Partnership in Risk-Based Corrective Action Implementation committee. In 2015, Rita received ECCC’s Nancy Cutler Citation of Excellence Award for Women in Science & Technology for her work in support of contaminated site management in Canada.

Larry M. Deschaine, HydroGeoLogic, Inc., USADeacon Larry M. Deschaine, PhD, is a complex adaptive systems and optimisation expert with over 30 years’ commercial experience. He began his formal academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 and now has four degrees in three fields (engineering, science and theology). Larry earned Grand Prize distinction the 2017 American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists competition in the Research Category and received a US Vice-Presidential Hammer Award from 2007 Nobel Laureate Al Gore for business process optimisation. His PhD research produced a self-adaptive universal modelling algorithm which formally integrates human expertise, real world observations, physics, engineering and social models then automatically writes a descriptive equation of the system. The process delivers high-fidelity models for use in ‘what if’ scenario planning and systematic optimisation of complex environmental challenges.


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OverviewProviding you with specialised training in risk assessment and environmental remediation designed for the growing needs of the remediation industry both nationally and globally, this hands on practical and research-focused program will help prepare you for your dream job.

Using a balanced approach that includes both hands on and case studies, you’ll examine the core concepts, principles and techniques underlying environmental risk assessment and remediation. You’ll learn how to assess a contaminated site including following guidelines for contaminated site assessment (e.g. NEPM-ASC) and jurisdictional legislation regulating management of contaminated land; carry out desktop research for preliminary site investigation (PSI), develop conceptual site models, produce a sampling plan for a detailed site investigation using data quality objectives (DQO’s) and evaluate contaminated site data to identify contaminant fate and pathways and assess the risk presented by the contaminant(s) detected on site and determine the need for further investigation or remediation.

On completion, you’ll be able to provide full site assessment reports that exceed clients expectations, provide innovative solutions to remediation and/or risk assessment problems, and bring remediation projects to a successful conclusion.

Is it for you?Environmental practitioners can have different backgrounds and their previous experience and

knowledge often help shape the future direction of their careers. You may have a bachelor’s degree in science or applied science (engineering) and now want to expand your skills and move into the growing field of environmental remediation. Or you may want to start a research career in the field of environmental chemistry, toxicology and technology.

Career opportunitiesThe University of Newcastle’s Master of Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation will prepare you for managing contaminated site(s) projects and developing remediation action plans for both private and public organisations. With a core focus on environmental risk assessment and remediation, you will have specialised and instrumental skills that will be highly valued by mining, property development and industrial sectors. Your capacity to work internationally will be supported by the University’s own reputation in the field. Distance

study may be possible; for more information contact

[email protected].

To register your interest in this program, visit

gs.edu.au

Master of Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation Are

you an environmental practitioner or consultant who is concerned about the risks (human and ecological) associated with environmental pollution and want to be involved in providing creative solutions to minimise those risks? The University of Newcastle’s Master of Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation can be the pathway to that position you’ve been dreaming of.

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Julio Zimbron, E-Flux, USADr Julio Zimbron is the Founder and President of E-Flux, a company that provides a proprietary, low-cost passive method to measure the rate of natural source zone depletion at contaminated petroleum sites. He holds an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Colorado State University, where he is affiliated with the the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr Zimbron’s professional experience spans nearly two decades and includes two years of consulting service for Shepherd-Miller Inc., five years of industrial research at General Electric’s Environmental Technologies Lab and GE Energy’s coal gasification business, and five years of academic research at the Center for Contaminant Hydrology at Colorado State University.

Nathan Hagelin, Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure, USANathan Hagelin is the Practice Area Leader for Environmental Remediation at Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure working out of Portland, Maine. He leads Amec Forster Wheeler’s research and development efforts for PFAS remediation technologies. He is a Certified Geologist and Licensed Environmental Professional who has worked for 27 years on the remediation of contaminated industrial properties and military installations. He has prior experience as a Hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey Water Resource Division.

Blair McDonald, Golder Associates, CanadaBlair McDonald, MET, RPBio, CSAP (Risk), is a senior environmental toxicologist with Golder Associates. He has nearly 20 years of experience carrying out quantitative ecological risk assessments and specialised environmental toxicology projects. His primary area of practice is contaminated sediment and groundwater risk assessments, often at large, complex sites where regulatory engagement was a critical part of the study design. He has published peer-reviewed papers on the development of weight-of-evidence frameworks and the appropriate application of sediment toxicity testing as a primary line of evidence. He was a primary author of the guidance manual for completing detailed ecological risk assessments at contaminated sites in British Columbia and is a member of the Roster of Approved Professionals (British Columbia) for risk assessment. Blair has been a lecturer in environmental toxicology at Simon Fraser University for more than 10 years. He is also participating in the current effort by ASTM to develop a standard method for risk-based corrective actions for sediment sites, and is part of the ITRC team developing risk assessment guidance for petroleum hydrocarbons.

Grant R. Carey, Porewater Solutions, CanadaDr Grant R. Carey, President of Porewater Solutions, is expert in mathematical modelling, chemical fate and transport, and NAPL characterisation. Grant has a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Guelph and has developed industry-leading modelling and visualisation software including In-Situ Remediation MT3DMS for optimising remediation and/or modelling diffusion-dominated transport, as well as Visual Bio, the NAPL Depletion Model, Vapor-2D, BioRedox-MT3DMS, and the Remediation ToolKit which includes SEQUENCE, BioTrends, and BioTracker. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto, where he is collaborating on research related to back-diffusion and NAPL remediation. Grant has published or delivered more than 90 technical papers and short courses, and was previously a trainer for ITRC web seminars on mass flux/mass discharge and remediation of contaminated sediments.


OverviewProviding you with specialised training in risk assessment and environmental remediation designed for the growing needs of the remediation industry both nationally and globally, this hands on practical and research-focused program will help prepare you for your dream job.

Using a balanced approach that includes both hands on and case studies, you’ll examine the core concepts, principles and techniques underlying environmental risk assessment and remediation. You’ll learn how to assess a contaminated site including following guidelines for contaminated site assessment (e.g. NEPM-ASC) and jurisdictional legislation regulating management of contaminated land; carry out desktop research for preliminary site investigation (PSI), develop conceptual site models, produce a sampling plan for a detailed site investigation using data quality objectives (DQO’s) and evaluate contaminated site data to identify contaminant fate and pathways and assess the risk presented by the contaminant(s) detected on site and determine the need for further investigation or remediation.

On completion, you’ll be able to provide full site assessment reports that exceed clients expectations, provide innovative solutions to remediation and/or risk assessment problems, and bring remediation projects to a successful conclusion.

Is it for you?Environmental practitioners can have different backgrounds and their previous experience and

knowledge often help shape the future direction of their careers. You may have a bachelor’s degree in science or applied science (engineering) and now want to expand your skills and move into the growing field of environmental remediation. Or you may want to start a research career in the field of environmental chemistry, toxicology and technology.

Career opportunitiesThe University of Newcastle’s Master of Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation will prepare you for managing contaminated site(s) projects and developing remediation action plans for both private and public organisations. With a core focus on environmental risk assessment and remediation, you will have specialised and instrumental skills that will be highly valued by mining, property development and industrial sectors. Your capacity to work internationally will be supported by the University’s own reputation in the field. Distance

study may be possible; for more information contact

[email protected].

To register your interest in this program, visit

gs.edu.au

Master of Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation Are

you an environmental practitioner or consultant who is concerned about the risks (human and ecological) associated with environmental pollution and want to be involved in providing creative solutions to minimise those risks? The University of Newcastle’s Master of Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation can be the pathway to that position you’ve been dreaming of.

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Bart Eklund, AECOM, USABart Eklund is the global vapour intrusion (VI) practice leader for AECOM. He has a BS Chemistry from the University of Illinois-Urbana and has worked in the Austin, Texas office of AECOM for over 37 years. He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist. Bart has performed air quality studies on six continents, ranging from measuring methane emissions at pig farms to modelling the air emissions associated with the disassembly of nuclear warheads. He has served as a testifying expert in US State and Federal Court, as well as for permit hearings, enforcement actions, and international arbitration proceedings. Bart has designed field measurement programs and/or performed data evaluation to address VI for over 250 sites across the US plus VI sites in Australia (NSW, Victoria, and SA) and 10 other countries. He was the primary author of the ASTM D7663 standard for soil gas sampling and was an author of the ASTM E2993 standard for evaluating methane hazard.

CAPT Gregory J. Hall, U.S. Coast Guard AcademyCaptain Gregory J. Hall serves as the Associate Dean of Academics and Professor of Chemistry at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). He completed his PhD at Tufts University in 2006. His research interests include analytical chemistry and chemometrics, and he is presently using those techniques to investigate the changes in oil left in the environment following an oil spill. CAPT Hall is the Director of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Grants Office, Editor of the Proceedings of the International Oil Spill Conference, and serves as the Academy’s Accreditation Liaison Officer representing USCGA to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. He has been invited to speak to groups including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, EPA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency about the properties of newly prominent crude oils in North America including oil sands and shale oils.

Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith, USARyan Wymore is an associate with CDM Smith in Denver, Colorado, where he serves as a technical strategy leader focused on evaluation, selection, pilot testing, design, and operation of soil and groundwater remediation technologies. He has spent the last 18 years specialising in innovative remediation technologies, particularly in-situ bioremediation, monitored natural attenuation, in-situ thermal remediation, in-situ chemical reduction, in-situ biogeochemical transformation, and in-situ chemical oxidation. He has served as lead engineer for design and implementation of full-scale remediation projects and acted in a review/advisory capacity for dozens of remediation projects across multiple sectors. He is a 16-year member of the ITRC, where he has delivered training on DNAPL characterisation/remediation technologies. He holds an MS in Civil/Environmental Engineering from the University of Idaho, and is a registered professional engineer in Colorado.

Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith, USADr Kent Sorenson is an environmental engineer at CDM Smith. He has over 20 years of experience in the characterisation and remediation of hazardous waste contaminated sites in North America, Europe and Asia. His work at more than 160 sites focuses on in-situ and on-site remediation of contaminants, including aspects of microbiology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and engineering. He has implemented bioremediation (including bioaugmentation), chemical oxidation, chemical reduction, thermal remediation, monitored natural attenuation, and combinations thereof. He is pursuing innovative methods for drilling and injection of amendments in the subsurface. Kent has six U.S. patents in remediation technologies and has co-authored over 40 scientific publications. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of Idaho.

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Eric Bergeron, Golder Associates, CanadaEric Bergeron is a chemical engineer who works as the leader of the wastewater and groundwater design group of the Golder Montréal Office. Eric has over 20 years of professional experience in studies related to soil and groundwater remediation, including wastewater treatment. As senior design process engineer, he has worked on projects involving physical, chemical and biological processes in Canada, USA, Australia and Europe. He is co-author of a patent on chemical oxidation. Eric was the design leader in the Nitchequon chemical oxidation project that won the Award of Excellence in the field of contaminated sites at the 2008 Federal Contaminated Sites National Workshop. He was the design leader for the Dow-Petromont co-composting remediation project that was recognised in 2015 by the association of consulting engineers of Québec. Eric was the design leader for the bioremediation of a former tank farm, which received a Brownie Award in the category of Sustainable Remediation Technologies and Technological Innovation at the 2009 Canadian Brownfield Conference.

Ming-Hung Wong, Hong Kong Institute of EducationMing-Hung Wong is a Research Chair and Professor of Environmental Science at Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is also Emeritus Chair Professor of Biology at Hong Kong Baptist University, and Chang Jiang Chair Professor of Environmental Science at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Having served as the Regional Coordinator of Central and North-East Asia of the project Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF), Ming-Hung has joined a panel to review the UNEP/GEF initiative Emerging Chemicals Management Issues in Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition with the aim of understanding the sources and preventing adverse impacts of chemicals on human health and the environment in rapidly developing countries.

Charles CC Lee, University of Newcastle (Australia), SingaporeDr Charles CC Lee is a Deputy Program Convenor and Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle (Australia) Singapore campus. He has more than 25 years’ experience in environmental research, teaching and consulting in North America and Asia-Pacific. He has soil science degrees from the University of Guelph (BSc) and University of Hawaii (MSc and PhD). At the Agency for Science Technology and Research, he was the lead co-author of a patent for the photocatalytic degradation of halogenated compounds. As an environmental consultant in California, he worked with State, Federal (military sites) and multinational private sector clients (Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil) to help solve complicated site assessment and remediation issues using the ASTM RBCA approach. Charles has conducted workshops and seminars on environmental remediation, environmental impact assessment and non-point source pollution. Recently, he was invited as a technical expert to conduct a technical workshop on Risk-based Corrective Action and Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites for the Chinese Federal Environmental Agency – Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.


Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE, AustraliaDr Bruce Kennedy holds the dual roles of Executive Policy Adviser and Program Leader for CRC CARE’s Best Practice Policy program, which develops guidance for the remediation of contaminated sites. He was previously Executive Director of the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC) for 14 years. In this role he was responsible for national policy development, including the assessment of site contamination and air quality, vehicle emissions, emissions reporting, interstate movement of wastes, and packaging stewardship. He was also responsible for the Environment Protection and Heritage Council, which developed national guidance in more diverse areas, including water recycling and reuse, waste management and heritage. Prior to NEPC, Bruce managed environmental impact assessments and international partnerships at the Western Australian EPA. He has qualifications in chemistry and management, and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Jenny Ivarsson, Swedish Chemicals AgencyJenny Ivarsson is a chemical engineer and is the project leader for the work on PFAS at the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI). She develops restriction proposals on a national and European Union (EU) level, including national regulation on PFAS in fire-fighting foam and an EU-restriction on C9-C14 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids. She has worked on KEMI’s development of a strategy for reducing the use of PFAS. She also coordinates the collaboration on PFAS among several Swedish authorities.

Kenneth Sajwan, Savannah State University, USADr Kenneth Sajwan is a Regents’ Distinguished Professor and Director of the Environmental Sciences Program in the Marine and Environmental Sciences at Savannah State University. Kenneth received a BS degree in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry from G. B. Pant University Agriculture and Technology and two MS degrees: one in agronomy from Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University and another in public health from Armstrong Atlantic State University. He also received two PhD degrees: one in postharvest technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, and another in soil chemistry and environmental quality from Colorado State University. Kenneth has received several national and international awards of distinction for teaching, research and service excellence.

Tom Palaia, CH2M, USA Tom Palaia is a principal technologist with CH2M and serves as the global technology leader for petroleum non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) characterisation and remediation optimisation. Over his past 25 years at CH2M, Tom has dedicated a large part of his career to technology transfer and application of best practice, and training. He focuses on quality control and ensuring that state-of-the-practice approaches are implemented on projects worldwide. He is a globally recognised subject matter expert for natural source zone depletion (NSZD), remediation optimisation, and in-situ remediation using chemical oxidation and aeration technologies. Since 2004, he has authored or co-authored four guidance documents and over 30 presentations, including the American Petroleum Institute NSZD guide. Tom is working hard to expedite the advance and practical use of NSZD as a rising technology, bringing cost-effective and sustainable remedies to worksites.

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Matt Becker, California State University, USADr Matt Becker is the Conrey Chair in Hydrogeology and Professor in the Geological Sciences Department at California State University, Long Beach. He holds a BS in Geology from Michigan State University and MS and PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has held positions with Chevron USA, Los Alamos National Labs, and the US Geological Survey National Research Program. He was a National Academy of Science Senior Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Center and a Fulbright Scholar at the University Trento, Italy. He was previously an Assistant Professor then Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Buffalo. He has been studying fluid flow in fractured rock for 20 years.

James Studer, InfraSUR, USAJames (Jim) Studer is founding principal and senior geo-environmental engineer of InfraSUR LLC, formed 17 years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. InfraSUR is a small specialty environmental remediation consulting practice that assists consulting and contracting firms with their site characterisation and remediation projects, primarily across the United States and Canada. Over more than 30 years, Jim has focused on development/delivery of solutions involving advanced scientific and engineering strategies and technology applications for subsurface remediation including in-situ chemical oxidation/reduction, surfactant/polymer enhanced NAPL recovery, aerobic/anaerobic bioremediation, and monitored natural attenuation. He is leading the commercialisation of the biogeochemical reductive dehalogenation (BiRD) process for in-situ groundwater treatment. Jim is also conducting applied research in biogeochemical manipulation, advanced hydraulic testing, intensive elemental, mineralogical, morphological, and microbial evaluation of rock and sediment core samples, and continuous microbial sensing of redox conditions. He holds an MS in Geological Engineering from Missouri S&T and is a registered professional engineer.

Karnam Ramanand, Brown and Caldwell, USADr Karnam Ramanand has over 20 years of environmental remediation experience in implementing in-situ and ex-situ treatment technologies. His experience is in soil and groundwater remediation, in-situ chemical oxidation, subsurface microbiology, in-situ biogeochemical transformations, emerging contaminants, monitored natural attenuation, and pilot studies support. He also provides process chemistry support for industrial water treatment projects. He has worked at Superfund sites and interacted with USEPA, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Air Force Civil Engineer Center, and various state agencies. Karnam has a PhD from the Central Rice Research Institute in India and worked at the University of Oklahoma for his postdoctoral program in the area of anaerobic biodegradation. He now works for Brown and Caldwell as a supervising scientist and is a member of the Technology Leadership Group providing remediation technical support to various offices. He is currently working with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and preparing the technical guidance document on performance monitoring of in-situ remedial actions.

Bill DiGuiseppi, CH2M, USABill DiGuiseppi is a principal hydrogeologist and program technology manager with almost 30 years of applied experience on hundreds of soil and groundwater investigation and remediation sites. He is a licensed Professional Geologist and is the leader of CH2M’s Emerging Contaminants Community of Practice. In that role, Bill directs a team of professionals in the identification, prioritisation and management of chemicals such as PFAS, 1,4-dioxane, 1,2,3-trichloropropane, hexavalent chromium and other critical emerging pollutants. Bill has led large and complex environmental investigation and remediation projects, published technical articles, chaired sessions at international conferences and co-authored a definitive book on 1,4-dioxane with Tom Mohr. He is Vice-Chair for Emerging Issues within the National Environmental Committee of the Society of American Military Engineers and Co-Lead for the Remediation Writing Sub-Group for the ITRC PFAS Project Team.


We wish to thank all sponsors and exhibitors for their contributions to the success of this Conference:

SPONSORS

Titanium sponsor Emerald sponsor

Silver sponsors

Platinum sponsor Gold sponsors

Lanyard sponsor

Barista sponsor Technical Tour sponsors

Satchel sponsor

Dinner sponsor Bronze sponsors

Session sponsors

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AHD TrenchlessAustralia’s first HDD company to specialise in the design and construction of horizontal extraction wells utilising propriety technology for environmental remediation dewatering and decontamination projects

Air-Met ScientificWith 6 offices nationwide, Air-Met Scientific is a leader in the supply, service and rental of OHS and environmental monitoring equipment.

ALS ALS is a leading testing, inspection, certification and verification company head quartered in Brisbane, Australia. Servicing multiple industries globally, ALS employs over 12,000 staff in 70 countries.

Adam Grant Manager Strategic Relations & Development, Environmental & Water Australia M: +61 406 376 348 E: [email protected] 2-4 Westall Road Springvale VIC 3171

Australasian Land & Groundwater Association ALGA’s mission is to promote the protection, restoration and management of land and groundwater for the benefit of human health and the environment across Australasia.

E-Flux E-Flux’s patented technology provides LNAPL sites with CO2 flux data, including 14C dating for measuring NSZD degradation rates, delineating sites, and modeling LNAPL site properties.

E-Flux contact information: [email protected] 3185A Rampart Rd Suite D216 Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA P: +1 (970)-492-4360 W: www.soilgasflux.com

Envirolab Envirolab/MPL specializes in testing for the Environmental & OHS sectors. We have Laboratories in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth & Auckland and offices in Darwin, Brisbane & Adelaide.

David Springer General Manager 12 Ashley Street Chatswood NSW 2067 M: 0400 884 967 E: [email protected] W: www.envirolab.com.au

Eurofins Eurofins | mgt provides NATA Accredited, environmental analytical laboratory testing services, both chemical and microbiological, on water, soil and air matrices.

For information contact [email protected]

Industrial Environmental ServicesIndustrial Environmental Services is a full-service remediation contracting organisation. With a focus on site-specific, innovative solutions, our team is dedicated to resolving environmental issues. By working to industry best practice and understanding the client’s drivers and site constraints, we strive to enhance a project’s environmental sustainability objectives and reduce the cost to the client.

Industrial Environmental Services Pty Ltd PO Box 4046, Essendon Fields VIC 3042 P: 03 9339 3200 W: www.industrialgroup.com.au

EXHIBITORS


Lotsearch Pty Ltd Lotsearch produce environmental risk and planning reports that help clients identify risk to land and property.

Clients regularly use our services when conducting preliminary site investigations, environmental assessments and due diligence.

We collect and combine large volumes of spatial data, mapping and aerial imagery and present this information in accurate, easy to interpret, professional looking reports.

We have coverage across ACT, NSW, QLD, SA and VIC and plan to expand further.

Reports cost $699 and are delivered in 2-3 business days.

Lotsearch Pty Ltd

Level 3, 68 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, NSW 2061

P: 0416 568 331

E: [email protected]

W: www.lotsearch.com.au

McMahon ServicesMcMahon Services is an award winning remediation services contractor capable of delivering large-scale remediation of brownfield sites to treatment of persistent chemicals using a combination of leading edge technology and hands on practical experience.

National Measurement Institute The National Measurement Institute is the peak Australian measurement body responsible for biological, chemical, legal, physical and trade measurement.

Portable Analysers Australia Portable XRF ServicesPortable Analysers Australia agents for Bruker hand held XRF instruments for soils, heavy metals and more offers excellence in sales, service, training and custom calibrations

10/5 Colin Street, West Perth, WA 6005 W: www.portableanalysersaustralia.com P: 08 9321 0321

SGS Australia Pty Ltd SGS is your industry leading provider of PFAS, Soil Vapour, Radionuclides, Hygiene services together with routine/advanced Contaminated Land testing and customised reporting formats.

SGS Australia – Environment Health & SafetyOffice and Laboratory locations: Cairns, Brisbane, Chinchilla, Sydney, Melbourne, Traralgon, Shepparton, Adelaide, Perth, Newman

P: +61 (0)8 9373 3500 E: [email protected] W: www.sgs.com.au

Spatial Vision CheckSite - backed by the power of spatial technology and up-to-date authoritative information, CheckSite provides comprehensive reports that save you time and money.

W: www.checksite.com.au P: 1300 36 67 96

Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science. The Environmental Assessment Technologies includes water level and water quality with telemetry offerings, remediation and sampling pumps, landfill and biogas analysers, and a national rental presence.

E: [email protected]

P: 1300 735 295

Ziltek Ziltek is a leading provider of waste remediation products. Signature products include RemBind: A chemical fixation reagent for the immobilisation of organic soil contaminants including PAHs and PFAS; RemScan: A handheld instrument for the real time measurement of hydrocarbons in soil; and RemActiv: A liquid bioremediation enhancer.

For further information please contact Sonya Carr on (08) 8152 9390.

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TRADE EXHIBITIONThe Conference Organising Committee thanks exhibitors for their support.

Exhibition opening times

The trade exhibition is located in the Crown Conference Centre, and will be open during the following hours:

Monday 11 September 2017: 8.30am – 5.00pm

Tuesday 12 September 2017: 8.30am – 5.00pm

Wednesday 13 September 2017: 8.30am – 3.30pm

EXHIBITOR STAND #AHD Trenchless 7

Air-Met Scientific 9

ALS Ltd 24

Australasian Land & Groundwater Association 8

CH2M 30

CRC CARE 27

E-Flux 29

Envirolab 28

EnviroPacific Services 16

Eurofins 13 & 14

Golder Associates 12

Industrial Environmental Services 19

Lotsearch Pty Ltd 20

McMahon Services 2

Menard Oceania 31

National Measurement Institute 1

NSW EPA 25

Portable Analysers Australia Portable XRF Services 15

SGS Australia Pty Ltd 17

Southern Cross University 21

Spatial Vision 18

Synergy Resource Management 22

Thermo Fisher Scientific 23

University of Newcastle 26

Ventia Utility Services 10

Ziltek 11


Thousands of new chemicals a year: how do we protect ourselves?

The World Health Organization reported that in 2012, nearly 13 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment – nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths. The leading causes of this pandemic included air, water, and soil pollution and chemical exposure.

We know very little about the effects of many of the hundreds of thousands of synthetic chemicals in use today, with thousands of new chemicals – all potential contaminants – being created each year.

Many of these emerging contaminants are not assessed, regulated or monitored. But they have the potential to enter the environment and harm the environment or our health.

Thanks to advanced detection technologies we can track some of these new substances. Prominent examples of emerging contaminants are per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which have been used in firefighting foams and other industrial and consumer products for many decades and have now been identified as potentially posing a risk to human health and the environment.

Governments are looking to scientists to better understand emerging contaminants, and are planning regulation to protect human and environmental health. What is being done to protect Australia, and what more needs to be done?

Join a panel of experts and an informed audience at the CRC CARE’s CleanUp 2017 conference, incorporating the First International PFAS Conference, at an event supported by CRC CARE (Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment).

This expert panel will be hosted by multi-award-winning science writer and broadcaster Bernie Hobbs. Bernie, known among other roles as a judge on ABC TV’s The New Inventors, conceived the online science game ABC Zoom, where players zoom down to the microscopic and molecular levels to make repairs in anything from a synchrotron to a retina.

The panel will be broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas (date to be confirmed). Audience members will have a chance to ask the panel questions and potentially feature on national radio.

Please join us for what promises to be an illuminating and passionate discussion!

When: Plenary session 3, 8.45 am – 10.00 am, Wednesday 13 September

Where: Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3

EXPERT PANEL FOR ABC RADIO NATIONAL’S BIG IDEAS

Bernie Hobbs

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CleanUp 2017 features several awards and competitions, thewinners of which will be announced at the Gala Dinner on Tuesday night.

The CARE Award recognises technologies and innovations in the area of contamination assessment and remediation of the environment, and celebrates the achievements of the winner among the industry sector and peers.

The Agilent Award for Innovation in Analytical Science recognises technologies and innovations in the area of analytical science pertaining to measurement of emerging and known contaminants.

The CRC CARE High School Essay Competition invites high school students (years 7 to 12) to submit an essay in one of two categories:

• The Dr Roneal Naidu award for writing on chemical contamination and its effect on food quality and human health, honouring Dr Roneal Naidu, who as a medical doctor acted upon his passion for the environment to inspire others.

• The CRC CARE award for writing on contamination of our planet: how can we ensure a clean and safe environment for future generations?

The winners receive a cash prize, a trip to Melbourne and tickets to the CleanUp Gala Dinner.

At CleanUp 2015, CRC CARE Managing Director Professor Ravi Naidu launched CRC CARE’s globalCARE™ initiative. globalCARE (global Contamination Assessment and Remediation Enterprise) is a scientific initiative to define, quantify, set limits to, help clean up, and devise new ways to curb the growing impact of chemical contamination on human health and the environment. With a node established in India and planned in other countries, globalCARE is an international alliance of leading scientific, government, industry and community organisations and individuals dedicated to making ours a cleaner, healthier and safer planet.

If you are interested to learn more or have your organisation join globalCARE, please visit www.crccare.com/globalcare or contact Ravi at [email protected].

CRC CARE is also looking to collaborate with organisations that deal with contaminated sites. If you have a contamination problem that needs solving or want to help develop better ways to clean up, please contact Dr Prashant Srivastava on +61 8 8302 6821 or at [email protected].

CleanUp 2017 AWARDS

globalCARE – JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF OUR PLANET


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Conference Hall 1 Conference Hall 2 Conference Hall 3 Meeting Room 11 Meeting Room 12 Meeting Room 13 Meeting Room 15 Meeting Room 16

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8:30 – 10:00 Workshop 1- Keys to Success for Cost-Effective Remediation

Workshop 2- How to develop a weight-of-evidence framework to ensure effective data collection when assessing risk to the environment

Workshop 5 - Assessment, Management and Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contaminated Sites

Workshop 4 - Integrated DNAPL-LNAPL site characterisation and tools selection

Workshop 3 - Bioremediation of chlorinated DNAPL source zones

Workshop 9 - Characterisation and Evaluation of Vapour Intrusion

Workshop 10 - Molecular biological tools: when, where, and how to use qPCR, CSIA, SIP, and next generation sequencing

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea10:30 – 12:30 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 4 continues Workshop 3 continues Workshop 9 continues Workshop 10 continues12:30 – 13:00 Lunch13:00 – 14:30 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 7 -

Characterisation and remediation in fractured rock

Workshop 6 - Innovative visualisation, modelling and optimisation tools for improving remediation efficiency

Workshop 9 continues Workshop 8 - Integrated DNAPL site strategy with the use of mass flux and mass discharge

14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Tea15:00 – 17:00 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 7 continues Workshop 6 continues Workshop 9 continues Workshop 8 continues17:00 – 18:45 Welcome reception, Official conference opening and Commemorative Brian Robinson Lecture

by Professor Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

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8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY SESSION 1: ON THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, John Cherry, University of Guelph (Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3)

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea10:30 – 12:10 1A - International approaches to

managing PFAS1B - Future of remediation industry 1C - Advances in vapour intrusion

and volatiles assessment, management and remediation

1D - Risk-based Corrective Action

1E - Risk assessment and management of landfills

1F - ACLCA session on young professionals

1G - Contaminant mass flux and discharge

1H - Advances in in-situ remediation

12:10 – 13:10 Lunch13:10 – 14:50 2A - Approaches to dealing with

PFAS in Australia2B - Advances in PFAS remediation technologies

2C - Advances in vapour intrusion and volatiles assessment, management and remediation

2D - Assessment and remediation of contaminants in fractured rocks

2E - Bottlenecks for remediation

2F - Fate and transport of pharmaceuticals and drugs in the environment

2G - Advances in waste management


14:50 – 15:20 Afternoon Tea15:20 – 17:00 3A - Human health and ecological

risks from PFAS contamination3B - Fate and transport of PFAS in the environment


3D - Biochar and biochar-assisted remediation

3E - Advances in human health risk assessment

3F - Advances in remediation and management of contaminated sites


3H - Advances in monitoring natural attenuation

17:00 – 18:00 Drinks and poster session

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8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY SESSION 2: - Exhibition Hall MINIMISING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONTAMINATION AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN NSW, Mark Gifford, NSW EPA (Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3)

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea

10:30 – 12:10 4A - Remediation and management of PFAS

4B - PFAS case studies 4C - Greenhouse gas emission and mitigation

4D - Regulatory considerations in landuse planning and management

4E - Advances in site characterisation

4F - Advances in sampling of environmental matrices

4G - Advances in emerging contaminants

4H - Bioavailability and bioaccessibility of contaminants

12:10 – 13:10 Lunch13:10 – 14:50 5A - Improving PFAS risk

assessments5B - Advances in analysis and measurement of contaminants

5C - Advances in chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated site assessment, remediation and management

5D - Advances in the assessment, remediation and management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites


5F - Sustainability in environmental site assessment and remediation



14:50 – 15:20 Afternoon Tea15:20 – 17:00 6A - Improving PFAS risk

assessments6B - Advances in amendment formulation and delivery


6D - Geostatistical approaches to environmental investigation


6F - Managing environmental issues in agriculture

6G - Advances in emerging contaminant

6H - Education and training in environmental risk assessment and remediation

18:30 – 19:00 Pre-dinner drinks – Level 2, Pre-function area19:00 – 23:00 Conference Gala Dinner – Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

International PFAS Conference session


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8:30 – 10:00 Workshop 1- Keys to Success for Cost-Effective Remediation

Workshop 2- How to develop a weight-of-evidence framework to ensure effective data collection when assessing risk to the environment

Workshop 5 - Assessment, Management and Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contaminated Sites

Workshop 4 - Integrated DNAPL-LNAPL site characterisation and tools selection

Workshop 3 - Bioremediation of chlorinated DNAPL source zones

Workshop 9 - Characterisation and Evaluation of Vapour Intrusion

Workshop 10 - Molecular biological tools: when, where, and how to use qPCR, CSIA, SIP, and next generation sequencing

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea10:30 – 12:30 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 4 continues Workshop 3 continues Workshop 9 continues Workshop 10 continues12:30 – 13:00 Lunch13:00 – 14:30 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 7 -

Characterisation and remediation in fractured rock

Workshop 6 - Innovative visualisation, modelling and optimisation tools for improving remediation efficiency

Workshop 9 continues Workshop 8 - Integrated DNAPL site strategy with the use of mass flux and mass discharge

14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Tea15:00 – 17:00 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 7 continues Workshop 6 continues Workshop 9 continues Workshop 8 continues17:00 – 18:45 Welcome reception, Official conference opening and Commemorative Brian Robinson Lecture

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8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY SESSION 1: ON THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, John Cherry, University of Guelph (Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3)

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea10:30 – 12:10 1A - International approaches to

managing PFAS1B - Future of remediation industry 1C - Advances in vapour intrusion

and volatiles assessment, management and remediation


1E - Risk assessment and management of landfills

1F - ACLCA session on young professionals



12:10 – 13:10 Lunch13:10 – 14:50 2A - Approaches to dealing with

PFAS in Australia2B - Advances in PFAS remediation technologies



2E - Bottlenecks for remediation




14:50 – 15:20 Afternoon Tea15:20 – 17:00 3A - Human health and ecological

risks from PFAS contamination3B - Fate and transport of PFAS in the environment


3D - Biochar and biochar-assisted remediation

3E - Advances in human health risk assessment




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8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY SESSION 2: - Exhibition Hall MINIMISING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONTAMINATION AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN NSW, Mark Gifford, NSW EPA (Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3)

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea

10:30 – 12:10 4A - Remediation and management of PFAS

4B - PFAS case studies 4C - Greenhouse gas emission and mitigation






12:10 – 13:10 Lunch13:10 – 14:50 5A - Improving PFAS risk

assessments5B - Advances in analysis and measurement of contaminants







14:50 – 15:20 Afternoon Tea15:20 – 17:00 6A - Improving PFAS risk

assessments6B - Advances in amendment formulation and delivery






6H - Education and training in environmental risk assessment and remediation

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8:30 – 10:00 PLENARY SESSION 3: EXPERT PANEL HOSTED BY BERNIE HOBBS FOR ABC RADIO NATIONAL'S 'BIG IDEAS' - THOUSANDS OF NEW CHEMICALS A YEAR: HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES? (Conference Halls 1, 2 and 3)

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea10:30 – 12:10 7A - Developments in PFAS

Analysis7B - Advances in ecological risk assessment

7C - Advances in nanotechnology for environmental remediation

7D - LNAPL Natural source zone depletion

7E - Case studies on contaminant assessment, remediation and management

7F - Assessment and remediation of heavy metal contaminated sites

7G - Development of national remediation framework in Australia

7H - Recent research on environmental contamination by HDR students and early career researchers

12:10 – 13:10 Lunch13:10 – 14:50 8A - Understanding PFAS in the

environment8B - Remediation engineering: Improving design and operation of groundwater remediation systems

8C - THE UNSESSION 8D - Determining LNAPL remediation end points


8F - Mine site rehabilitation and remediation

8G - On-site assessment of contaminants


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10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea10:30 – 12:10 7A - Developments in PFAS

Analysis7B - Advances in ecological risk assessment


7D - LNAPL Natural source zone depletion





12:10 – 13:10 Lunch13:10 – 14:50 8A - Understanding PFAS in the

environment8B - Remediation engineering: Improving design and operation of groundwater remediation systems

8C - THE UNSESSION 8D - Determining LNAPL remediation end points





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Technical tour 2: Analytical tour

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08:00 Registration

Full Day Workshops

08:30 WK 1 Keys to Success for Cost-Effective Remediation

Room: Conference Hall 1

WK 2 How to develop a weight-of-evidence framework to ensure effective data collection when assessing risk to the environment


WK 5 Assessment, Management and Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contaminated Sites


WK 9 Characterisation and Evaluation of Vapour Intrusion

Room: Meeting Room 13

10:00 Morning tea

10:30 Workshop 1 continues Workshop 2 continues Workshop 5 continues Workshop 9 continues

12:30 Lunch


14:30 Afternoon tea


17:00 Full Day Workshops close

Morning Workshops

08:30 WK 3 Bioremediation of chlorinated DNAPL source zones

Meeting Room 12

WK 4 Integrated DNAPL-LNAPL site characterisation and tools selection

Meeting Room 11

WK 10 Molecular biological tools: when, where, and how to use qPCR, CSIA, SIP, and next generation sequencing

Meeting Room 15

10:00 Morning tea

10:30 -12:30 Workshop 3 continues Workshop 4 continues Workshop 10 continues

12:30 Morning Workshops close

12:30 Lunch

Afternoon Workshops

13:00 WK 6 Innovative visualisation, modelling and optimisation tools for improving remediation efficiency

Meeting Room 12

WK 7 Characterisation and remediation in fractured rock

Meeting Room 11

WK 8 Integrated DNAPL site strategy with the use of mass flux and mass discharge

Meeting Room 15

14:30 Afternoon tea

15:00 Workshop 6 continues Workshop 7 continues Workshop 8 continues

17:00 Afternoon Workshops close

Official conference opening

17:00 Welcome Reception

17:30 Official Opening

17:45 Commemorative Brian Robinson Lecture Professor Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

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08:00 Registration

Full Day Workshops

08:30 WK 1 Keys to Success for Cost-Effective Remediation


WK 2 How to develop a weight-of-evidence framework to ensure effective data collection when assessing risk to the environment


WK 5 Assessment, Management and Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contaminated Sites


WK 9 Characterisation and Evaluation of Vapour Intrusion


10:00 Morning tea


12:30 Lunch


14:30 Afternoon tea


17:00 Full Day Workshops close

Morning Workshops

08:30 WK 3 Bioremediation of chlorinated DNAPL source zones

Meeting Room 12

WK 4 Integrated DNAPL-LNAPL site characterisation and tools selection

Meeting Room 11

WK 10 Molecular biological tools: when, where, and how to use qPCR, CSIA, SIP, and next generation sequencing

Meeting Room 15

10:00 Morning tea

10:30 -12:30 Workshop 3 continues Workshop 4 continues Workshop 10 continues

12:30 Morning Workshops close

12:30 Lunch

Afternoon Workshops

13:00 WK 6 Innovative visualisation, modelling and optimisation tools for improving remediation efficiency

Meeting Room 12

WK 7 Characterisation and remediation in fractured rock

Meeting Room 11

WK 8 Integrated DNAPL site strategy with the use of mass flux and mass discharge

Meeting Room 15

14:30 Afternoon tea

15:00 Workshop 6 continues Workshop 7 continues Workshop 8 continues

17:00 Afternoon Workshops close

Official conference opening

17:00 Welcome Reception

17:30 Official Opening

17:45 Commemorative Brian Robinson Lecture Professor Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

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08:45 PLENARY SESSION 1: Conference Hall 1, 2 and 3

ON THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, John Cherry, University of Guelph

10:00 Morning tea

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1A - 1H1A - International approaches to managing PFAS


Chair: Naji Akladiss, Maine Department of Environment Protection

1B - Future of remediation industry (Sponsor: Ventia Utility Services)


Chair: Emmylou Cooke



Chair: Jonathan Medd, Golder Associates



Chair: David Blackmore, NSW Department of Planning & Environment - Resources & Geoscience

10:30 1A.1 KEYNOTE: PFAS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES: A UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE, Rula Deeb, Geosyntec Consultants

1B.1 KEYNOTE: REMEDIATION IN THE 2050s - WILL THE MILLENNIALS HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LEFT TO SOLVE?, John Hunt, Ventia Utility Services

1C.1 KEYNOTE: OPTIMIZATION OF VAPOUR INTRUSION DECISION-MAKING: CRITIQUE OF TYPICAL VI POLICY & GUIDANCE, Bart Eklund, AECOM

1D.1 KEYNOTE: UTILIZING THE RBCA FRAMEWORK TO ESTABLISH DEFENSIBLE CLEANUP GOALS FOR REMEDIATION, Charles CC Lee, University of Newcastle

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11:10 1A.2 REGULATING LEGACY PFAS CONTAMINATION IN NORWAY–GOVERNMENT ACTIONS, ITS RELATION TO OTHER REGULATIONS OF PFASES IN NORWAY, AND RISK ASSESSMENT FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Thomas Hartnik, Norwegian Environment Agency

1B.2 REMEDIAL INNOVATION AND PSEUDO-INNOVATION OR ZEN AND THE ART OF REMEDIATION AUDITING, Jason Clay, Senversa

1C.2 INCREASING CERTAINTY IN VAPOUR INTRUSION ASSESSMENTS, Paul Nicholson, Geosyntec Consultants

1D.2 BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF RISK BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION, DEMONSTRATED THROUGH CASE STUDIES, Sarah Richards, Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd

11:30 1A.3 PFOS, PFOA AND PFAS IN CANADA: PAST, PRESENT AND POSSIBILITIES, Rita Mroz, Environment & Climate Change Canada

1B.3 EMERGING CONTAMINANTS - LIFE AFTER PFAS, Karl Bowles, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

1C.3 TRICHLOROETHENE (TCE) VAPOUR MITIGATION PILOT TRIAL OVERVIEW, Mitchell Talbot, South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

1D.3 RISK-BASED MANAGEMENT OF DERELICT MINES, Peter Sanderson, University of Newcastle

11:50 1A.4 REGULATION AND OTHER MEASURES ON PFAS IN SWEDEN, Jenny Ivarsson, Swedish Chemicals Agency

1B.4 SITE CONTAINMENT AND OFF-SITE DISPOSAL – POST-DESIGN LIFE CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET, Mark Bennett, Ventia Pty Ltd

1C.4 AN AUSTRALIAN FIRST? RETROSPECTIVE VAPOUR MITIGATION SYSTEM INSTALLATION TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, Justin Kerr, Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd

1D.4 HOW ACHIEVABLE IS MY REMEDIATION GOAL? PRACTICALITIES OF IMPLEMENTING RISK BASED REMEDIATION, Sophie Wood, Environmental Resources Management Australia

12:10 Lunch

DETAILED PROGRAM



08:00 Registration

08:30 Official Conference Opening


ON THE NATURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, John Cherry, University of Guelph

10:00 Morning tea

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1A - 1H1A - International approaches to managing PFAS



1B - Future of remediation industry (Sponsor: Ventia Utility Services)


Chair: Emmylou Cooke



Chair: Jonathan Medd, Golder Associates



Chair: David Blackmore, NSW Department of Planning & Environment - Resources & Geoscience

10:30 1A.1 KEYNOTE: PFAS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES: A UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE, Rula Deeb, Geosyntec Consultants

1B.1 KEYNOTE: REMEDIATION IN THE 2050s - WILL THE MILLENNIALS HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LEFT TO SOLVE?, John Hunt, Ventia Utility Services

1C.1 KEYNOTE: OPTIMIZATION OF VAPOUR INTRUSION DECISION-MAKING: CRITIQUE OF TYPICAL VI POLICY & GUIDANCE, Bart Eklund, AECOM

1D.1 KEYNOTE: UTILIZING THE RBCA FRAMEWORK TO ESTABLISH DEFENSIBLE CLEANUP GOALS FOR REMEDIATION, Charles CC Lee, University of Newcastle

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11:10 1A.2 REGULATING LEGACY PFAS CONTAMINATION IN NORWAY–GOVERNMENT ACTIONS, ITS RELATION TO OTHER REGULATIONS OF PFASES IN NORWAY, AND RISK ASSESSMENT FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, Thomas Hartnik, Norwegian Environment Agency

1B.2 REMEDIAL INNOVATION AND PSEUDO-INNOVATION OR ZEN AND THE ART OF REMEDIATION AUDITING, Jason Clay, Senversa

1C.2 INCREASING CERTAINTY IN VAPOUR INTRUSION ASSESSMENTS, Paul Nicholson, Geosyntec Consultants

1D.2 BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF RISK BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION, DEMONSTRATED THROUGH CASE STUDIES, Sarah Richards, Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd

11:30 1A.3 PFOS, PFOA AND PFAS IN CANADA: PAST, PRESENT AND POSSIBILITIES, Rita Mroz, Environment & Climate Change Canada

1B.3 EMERGING CONTAMINANTS - LIFE AFTER PFAS, Karl Bowles, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

1C.3 TRICHLOROETHENE (TCE) VAPOUR MITIGATION PILOT TRIAL OVERVIEW, Mitchell Talbot, South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

1D.3 RISK-BASED MANAGEMENT OF DERELICT MINES, Peter Sanderson, University of Newcastle

11:50 1A.4 REGULATION AND OTHER MEASURES ON PFAS IN SWEDEN, Jenny Ivarsson, Swedish Chemicals Agency

1B.4 SITE CONTAINMENT AND OFF-SITE DISPOSAL – POST-DESIGN LIFE CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET, Mark Bennett, Ventia Pty Ltd

1C.4 AN AUSTRALIAN FIRST? RETROSPECTIVE VAPOUR MITIGATION SYSTEM INSTALLATION TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, Justin Kerr, Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd

1D.4 HOW ACHIEVABLE IS MY REMEDIATION GOAL? PRACTICALITIES OF IMPLEMENTING RISK BASED REMEDIATION, Sophie Wood, Environmental Resources Management Australia

12:10 Lunch

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Chair: Nanthi Bolan, University of Newcastle

1F - ACLCA young professionals


Chair: Clinton Smiljanic, ACLCA



Chair: Ken de Greene, Golder Associates



Chair: Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights

10:30 1E.1 EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER RISKS FROM CLOSED LANDFILLS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE VICTORIAN IRRIGATED RIVERINE PLAINS, Alana Tranter, Jacobs

1F.1 THE COX PENINSULA REMEDIATION PROJECT, Ben Grasso, ACLCA Victoria

1G.1 KEYNOTE: AUSTRALIAN GUIDANCE ON FLUX-BASED ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER, Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE

1H.1 KEYNOTE: APPLICATION OF N-ZVI-BIOCHAR COMPOSITE FOR IN-SITU GROUNDWATER TREATMENT, Mengfang Chen, Chinese Academy of Science

10:50 1E.2 LANDFILL GAS RISK ASSESSMENT - UNDERSTANDING REASONABLE WORST CASE CONDITIONS, Stephen Cambridge, EHS Support Pty Ltd

1F.2 FVPDM: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO ASSESS GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANT MASS FLUX UNDER VARIABLE HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS, Alex Savaglia, ACLCA SA

11:10 1E.3 REDEVELOPMENT OF A LANDFILL - DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL FOR PERTH STADIUM, Ivan Kwan, Golder Associates Pty Ltd

1F.3 PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS FOR THE REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER IN THE ANTARCTIC, Benjamin Freidman, ACLCA QLD

1G.2 DIFFERENTIATING GROUNDWATER SOURCES USING MASS FLUX, Ken Kiefer, ERM

1H.2 A TALE OF TWO SITES: A BIOREMEDIATION PARADOX, Jonathan Ho, AECOM

11:30 1E.4 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASTM GUIDE ON BENEFICIAL USE OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS STORED IN IMPOUNDMENTS AND LANDFILLS, Gwen Eklund, Eklund Environmental LLC

1F.4 SITE MATURITY JOURNEY, Daniel Wong, ACLCA NSW

1G.3 EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANT MASS FLUX TO A MARINE ENVIRONMENT USING FLUORESCENT DYE TRACER TEST, Zoe Thiele, Golder Associates

1H.3 LOW PH IMPACTS ON ENHANCED IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION, Sarah Schiess, Geosyntec Consultants Pty Ltd

11:50 1E.5 PHYTOCAPPING: A COST-EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE LANDFILL CAPPING OPTION, Kartik Venkatraman, Acacia Waste Management Solutions Pty Ltd

1F.5 HOW IS DECLINING RAINFALL AFFECTING HYDROLOGICAL CONTAMINANT EXPORT BEHAVIOUR IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S SOUTH WEST?, Cameron Ritchie, ACLCA WA

1G.4 COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE GUIDANCE FOR DNAPL SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND REMEDIATION: OVERVIEW OF RECENT ITRC PRODUCTS, Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith

1H.4 IN SILICO ANALYSIS FOR 1,4-DIOXANE TOXICITY AND BIODEGRADATION, Suresh Subashchandrabose, University of Newcastle

12:10 Lunch

DETAILED PROGRAM


CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1A - 1H1E - Risk assessment and management of landfills



1F - ACLCA young professionals


Chair: Clinton Smiljanic, ACLCA



Chair: Ken de Greene, Golder Associates




10:30 1E.1 EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER RISKS FROM CLOSED LANDFILLS AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE VICTORIAN IRRIGATED RIVERINE PLAINS, Alana Tranter, Jacobs

1F.1 THE COX PENINSULA REMEDIATION PROJECT, Ben Grasso, ACLCA Victoria

1G.1 KEYNOTE: AUSTRALIAN GUIDANCE ON FLUX-BASED ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER, Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE

1H.1 KEYNOTE: APPLICATION OF N-ZVI-BIOCHAR COMPOSITE FOR IN-SITU GROUNDWATER TREATMENT, Mengfang Chen, Chinese Academy of Science

10:50 1E.2 LANDFILL GAS RISK ASSESSMENT - UNDERSTANDING REASONABLE WORST CASE CONDITIONS, Stephen Cambridge, EHS Support Pty Ltd

1F.2 FVPDM: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO ASSESS GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANT MASS FLUX UNDER VARIABLE HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS, Alex Savaglia, ACLCA SA

11:10 1E.3 REDEVELOPMENT OF A LANDFILL - DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL FOR PERTH STADIUM, Ivan Kwan, Golder Associates Pty Ltd

1F.3 PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS FOR THE REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER IN THE ANTARCTIC, Benjamin Freidman, ACLCA QLD

1G.2 DIFFERENTIATING GROUNDWATER SOURCES USING MASS FLUX, Ken Kiefer, ERM

1H.2 A TALE OF TWO SITES: A BIOREMEDIATION PARADOX, Jonathan Ho, AECOM

11:30 1E.4 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASTM GUIDE ON BENEFICIAL USE OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS STORED IN IMPOUNDMENTS AND LANDFILLS, Gwen Eklund, Eklund Environmental LLC

1F.4 SITE MATURITY JOURNEY, Daniel Wong, ACLCA NSW

1G.3 EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER AND CONTAMINANT MASS FLUX TO A MARINE ENVIRONMENT USING FLUORESCENT DYE TRACER TEST, Zoe Thiele, Golder Associates

1H.3 LOW PH IMPACTS ON ENHANCED IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION, Sarah Schiess, Geosyntec Consultants Pty Ltd

11:50 1E.5 PHYTOCAPPING: A COST-EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE LANDFILL CAPPING OPTION, Kartik Venkatraman, Acacia Waste Management Solutions Pty Ltd

1F.5 HOW IS DECLINING RAINFALL AFFECTING HYDROLOGICAL CONTAMINANT EXPORT BEHAVIOUR IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S SOUTH WEST?, Cameron Ritchie, ACLCA WA

1G.4 COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE GUIDANCE FOR DNAPL SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND REMEDIATION: OVERVIEW OF RECENT ITRC PRODUCTS, Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith

1H.4 IN SILICO ANALYSIS FOR 1,4-DIOXANE TOXICITY AND BIODEGRADATION, Suresh Subashchandrabose, University of Newcastle

12:10 Lunch

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Chair: Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE

2B - Advances in PFAS remediation technologies


Chair: Rula Deeb, Geosyntec Consultants



Chair: Bart Eklund, AECOM




13:10 2A.1 KEYNOTE: RISK-BASED ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF PFOS AND PFOA, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

2B.1 KEYNOTE: DEVELOPMENTS IN THERMAL TREATMENT OF POLY-FLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES PFAS, John Lucas, University of Newcastle / Ventia

2C.1 KEYNOTE: REVIEW OF VI MODELS FOR CRAWL-SPACE HOMES, Jackie Wright, Environmental Risk Sciences

2D.1 KEYNOTE: EVALUATING HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY IN FRACTURED BEDROCK FROM METERS TO KILOMETERS, Matthew Becker, California State University Long Beach

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13:50 2A.2 PFAS REMEDIATION IN AUSTRALIA, Andrew McNee, Department of the Environment and Energy

2B.2 REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL (ISR-MT3DMS) FOR IMPROVING REMEDIATION EFFECTIVENESS, Grant Carey, Porewater Solutions

2C.2 KEYNOTE: RISK ASSESSMENT 102: WHEN ONE SITE IS REALLY TWO (OR MORE), Jean Meaklim, Greencap Pty Ltd

2D.2 KEYNOTE: GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION IN FRACTURED ROCK: CHALLENGES TO SOLUTIONS, James Studer, InfraSUR LLC

14:10 2A.3 PER- AND POLY- FLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) INVESTIGATION, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE, Luke McLeod,

2B.3 SUSTAINABLE REMOVAL OF PFAS FROM GROUNDWATER USING REGENERABLE ION EXCHANGE MEDIA AND ON-SITE DESTRUCTION OF PFAS BY PLASMA TREATMENT, Nathan Hagelin, Amec Foster Wheeler

14:30 2A.4 PFAS: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXPERIENCE, Jason Clay, Senversa

2B.4 PFAS WATER TREATMENT PROCESS INNOVATION TESTED, Pearce Anderson, InSite Remediation Services

2C.3 PREDICTIVE SOIL VAPOUR ASSESSMENT, Graham Smith, WSP Australia

2D.3 ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION OF CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFERS, Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2A - 2H2A - Approaches to dealing with PFAS in Australia



2B - Advances in PFAS remediation technologies


Chair: Rula Deeb, Geosyntec Consultants



Chair: Bart Eklund, AECOM




13:10 2A.1 KEYNOTE: RISK-BASED ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF PFOS AND PFOA, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

2B.1 KEYNOTE: DEVELOPMENTS IN THERMAL TREATMENT OF POLY-FLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES PFAS, John Lucas, University of Newcastle / Ventia

2C.1 KEYNOTE: REVIEW OF VI MODELS FOR CRAWL-SPACE HOMES, Jackie Wright, Environmental Risk Sciences

2D.1 KEYNOTE: EVALUATING HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY IN FRACTURED BEDROCK FROM METERS TO KILOMETERS, Matthew Becker, California State University Long Beach

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13:50 2A.2 PFAS REMEDIATION IN AUSTRALIA, Andrew McNee, Department of the Environment and Energy

2B.2 REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL (ISR-MT3DMS) FOR IMPROVING REMEDIATION EFFECTIVENESS, Grant Carey, Porewater Solutions

2C.2 KEYNOTE: RISK ASSESSMENT 102: WHEN ONE SITE IS REALLY TWO (OR MORE), Jean Meaklim, Greencap Pty Ltd

2D.2 KEYNOTE: GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION IN FRACTURED ROCK: CHALLENGES TO SOLUTIONS, James Studer, InfraSUR LLC

14:10 2A.3 PER- AND POLY- FLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) INVESTIGATION, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE, Luke McLeod,

2B.3 SUSTAINABLE REMOVAL OF PFAS FROM GROUNDWATER USING REGENERABLE ION EXCHANGE MEDIA AND ON-SITE DESTRUCTION OF PFAS BY PLASMA TREATMENT, Nathan Hagelin, Amec Foster Wheeler

14:30 2A.4 PFAS: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXPERIENCE, Jason Clay, Senversa

2B.4 PFAS WATER TREATMENT PROCESS INNOVATION TESTED, Pearce Anderson, InSite Remediation Services

2C.3 PREDICTIVE SOIL VAPOUR ASSESSMENT, Graham Smith, WSP Australia

2D.3 ENHANCED BIOREMEDIATION OF CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFERS, Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights

14:50 Afternoon tea

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Chair: Kerry Scott, CRC CARE



Chair: Ajit Sarmah, University of Auckland

2G - Advances in waste management Room: Meeting Room 15

Chair: Simon Leake, SESL Australia Pty Ltd



Chair: Mengfang Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences

13:10 2E.1 KEYNOTE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT REMEDIAL APPROACH WHEN SITE CONSTRAINTS LIMIT YOUR CHOICES, Brendan Brodie, ERM

2F.1 KEYNOTE: PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN SEWAGE: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT CLEAN-UP TECHNIQUES, R&D APPROACHES AND NEEDS, Volker Birke, University of Wismar

2G.1 KEYNOTE: ORGANIC RECYCLING TO BENEFIT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Nanthi Bolan, University of Newcastle

2H.1 KEYNOTE: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL-SCALE IN-SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF TETRACHLOROETHENE IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER USING SURFACTANT-ENHANCED SODIUM PERMANGANATE AT AN URBAN LOCATION, Karnam Ramanand, Brown and Caldwell

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13:50 2E.2 REMEDIAL DESIGN INVESTIGATION - RAISING THE BAR FOR THE INDUSTRY, Matthew Clutterham, Ventia

2F.2 THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG! WHAT AUSTRALIA'S ONGOING FASCINATION WITH METH MEANS FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND CLEAN-UP INDUSTRIES, Miles Stratford, MethSolutions

2G.2 REDUCING WASTE DISPOSAL THROUGH IMPROVED BACKGROUND SOIL CHARACTERISATION - FINDINGS FROM A MAJOR BACKGROUND SOIL SURVEY, VICTORIA, Hannah Mikkonen, RMIT and CDM Smith

2H.2 PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS ERECTED EVERY DAY MAY KEEP SERIOUS ISSUES ON PROPER AND SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION OF A LOT OF CONTAMINATED SITES AWAY, Volker Birke, University of Wismar

14:10 2E.3 LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION, Elizabeth Wild, Henry Davis York

2F.3 SORPTION AND DEGRADATION OF ANTIDIABETIC DRUG METFORMIN AND ITS TRANSFORMATION PRODUCT GUANYLUREA IN SOILS, Rowena Briones, University of Auckland

2G.3 THE ROLE OF GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, Richard NcAree, Tellus Holdings Ltd

2H.3 IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF CARBON DISULFIDE USING ACTIVATED SODIUM PERSULFATE, Ian Ross, Arcadis

14:30 2E.4 COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, THE DUAL NATURE OF CONTAMINATED LAND PROJECTS, Adam Anderson, Aurecon

2F.4 FATE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT, Lokesh Padhye, University of Auckland

2G.4 APPLICATION OF BIOENERGY FOR ENERGY OR MATERIALS: FUTURE PERSPECTIVE THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY, Abdeen Omer, Energy Research Institute

2H.4 IN SITU GASWORKS REMEDIATION - CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS, Ben Kay, Enviropacific Services

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 2A - 2H2E - Bottlenecks for remediation





Chair: Ajit Sarmah, University of Auckland

2G - Advances in waste management Room: Meeting Room 15

Chair: Simon Leake, SESL Australia Pty Ltd



Chair: Mengfang Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences

13:10 2E.1 KEYNOTE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT REMEDIAL APPROACH WHEN SITE CONSTRAINTS LIMIT YOUR CHOICES, Brendan Brodie, ERM

2F.1 KEYNOTE: PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN SEWAGE: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT CLEAN-UP TECHNIQUES, R&D APPROACHES AND NEEDS, Volker Birke, University of Wismar

2G.1 KEYNOTE: ORGANIC RECYCLING TO BENEFIT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Nanthi Bolan, University of Newcastle

2H.1 KEYNOTE: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL-SCALE IN-SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF TETRACHLOROETHENE IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER USING SURFACTANT-ENHANCED SODIUM PERMANGANATE AT AN URBAN LOCATION, Karnam Ramanand, Brown and Caldwell

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13:50 2E.2 REMEDIAL DESIGN INVESTIGATION - RAISING THE BAR FOR THE INDUSTRY, Matthew Clutterham, Ventia

2F.2 THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG! WHAT AUSTRALIA'S ONGOING FASCINATION WITH METH MEANS FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND CLEAN-UP INDUSTRIES, Miles Stratford, MethSolutions

2G.2 REDUCING WASTE DISPOSAL THROUGH IMPROVED BACKGROUND SOIL CHARACTERISATION - FINDINGS FROM A MAJOR BACKGROUND SOIL SURVEY, VICTORIA, Hannah Mikkonen, RMIT and CDM Smith

2H.2 PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS ERECTED EVERY DAY MAY KEEP SERIOUS ISSUES ON PROPER AND SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION OF A LOT OF CONTAMINATED SITES AWAY, Volker Birke, University of Wismar

14:10 2E.3 LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION, Elizabeth Wild, Henry Davis York

2F.3 SORPTION AND DEGRADATION OF ANTIDIABETIC DRUG METFORMIN AND ITS TRANSFORMATION PRODUCT GUANYLUREA IN SOILS, Rowena Briones, University of Auckland

2G.3 THE ROLE OF GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, Richard NcAree, Tellus Holdings Ltd

2H.3 IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION OF CARBON DISULFIDE USING ACTIVATED SODIUM PERSULFATE, Ian Ross, Arcadis

14:30 2E.4 COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, THE DUAL NATURE OF CONTAMINATED LAND PROJECTS, Adam Anderson, Aurecon

2F.4 FATE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT, Lokesh Padhye, University of Auckland

2G.4 APPLICATION OF BIOENERGY FOR ENERGY OR MATERIALS: FUTURE PERSPECTIVE THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY, Abdeen Omer, Energy Research Institute

2H.4 IN SITU GASWORKS REMEDIATION - CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIONS, Ben Kay, Enviropacific Services

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Chair: Belinda Goldsworthy, Ramboll Environ Australia

3B - Fate and transport of PFAS in the environment


Chair: Nathan Hagelin, AMEC FOSTER WHEELER



Chair: Jackie Wright, enRiskS

3D - Biochar and biochar-assisted remediation (Sponsor: University of Newcastle)



15:20 3A.1 KEYNOTE: BIOMONITORING OF HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Wadsworth Center

3B.1 UNDERSTANDING FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PFAS TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE CONCEPTUAL SITE MODELS, Ian Ross, Arcadis

3C.1 KEYNOTE: REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN VAPOUR INTRUSION RISKS AND CONSERVATISM IN CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON SITE DECISION MAKING, Ken Kiefer, ERM

3D.1 KEYNOTE: THE LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP OF PYROLYSIS BIOCHAR IN CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION- A PERSPECTIVE, Ajit Sarmah, University of Auckland

15:40 3B.2 PFAS OCCURRENCE, FATE AND TRANSPORT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, Doug Ahearne, Senversa Pty Ltd

16:00 3A.2 PFAS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE, Andrea Hinwood, Laura-Lee Innes, EPA Victoria

3B.3 BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS FOR PFAS IN AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTS, Victoria Lazenby, Arcadis Australia Pacific Pty Ltd

3C.2 KEYNOTE: DEVELOPMENT AND FIELD APPLICATION OF A NEW SULFIDIZED NANOIRON FORMULATION FOR CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND DEGRADATION, Denis O'Carroll, UNSW

3D.2 CADMIUM SOLUBILITY AND BIOAVAILABILITY IN BIOCHAR-AMENDED SOILS, Fangjie Qi, University of Newcastle, Australia

16:20 3A.3 ECOTOXICITY OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES- NEW INSIGHTS, Megharaj Mallavarapu, University of Newcastle

3B.4 ADSORPTION OF PERFLUOOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) USING GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS, Supriya Lath, University of Adelaide

3D.3 USING BIOCHAR TO REMEDIATE SOILS CONTAMINATED BY PB, Pacian Netherway, RMIT University

16:40 3A.4 HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Barrie Selcoe, CH2M

3B.5 SORPTION OF PFOS IN SOILS VARYING IN PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES, Yanju Liu, University of Newcastle

3C.3 ASSESSING VAPOUR RISK FROM SHALLOW COAL TAR AND DEGRADED HYDROCARBON SOURCES, Katie Richardson, Senversa

3D.4 BIOCHAR-DESIGNING TO SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVE CARBON RETENTION, CONTROLLED NUTRIENT RELEASE, AND SOIL REMEDIATION, Ling Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

17:00 Poster Session - Exhibition Hall

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3A - 3H3A - Human health and ecological risks from PFAS contamination



3B - Fate and transport of PFAS in the environment


Chair: Nathan Hagelin, AMEC FOSTER WHEELER



Chair: Jackie Wright, enRiskS

3D - Biochar and biochar-assisted remediation (Sponsor: University of Newcastle)



15:20 3A.1 KEYNOTE: BIOMONITORING OF HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Wadsworth Center

3B.1 UNDERSTANDING FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PFAS TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE CONCEPTUAL SITE MODELS, Ian Ross, Arcadis

3C.1 KEYNOTE: REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN VAPOUR INTRUSION RISKS AND CONSERVATISM IN CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON SITE DECISION MAKING, Ken Kiefer, ERM

3D.1 KEYNOTE: THE LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP OF PYROLYSIS BIOCHAR IN CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION- A PERSPECTIVE, Ajit Sarmah, University of Auckland

15:40 3B.2 PFAS OCCURRENCE, FATE AND TRANSPORT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, Doug Ahearne, Senversa Pty Ltd

16:00 3A.2 PFAS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN EXPOSURE, Andrea Hinwood, Laura-Lee Innes, EPA Victoria

3B.3 BIOACCUMULATION FACTORS FOR PFAS IN AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTS, Victoria Lazenby, Arcadis Australia Pacific Pty Ltd

3C.2 KEYNOTE: DEVELOPMENT AND FIELD APPLICATION OF A NEW SULFIDIZED NANOIRON FORMULATION FOR CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND DEGRADATION, Denis O'Carroll, UNSW

3D.2 CADMIUM SOLUBILITY AND BIOAVAILABILITY IN BIOCHAR-AMENDED SOILS, Fangjie Qi, University of Newcastle, Australia

16:20 3A.3 ECOTOXICITY OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES- NEW INSIGHTS, Megharaj Mallavarapu, University of Newcastle

3B.4 ADSORPTION OF PERFLUOOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA) USING GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS, Supriya Lath, University of Adelaide

3D.3 USING BIOCHAR TO REMEDIATE SOILS CONTAMINATED BY PB, Pacian Netherway, RMIT University

16:40 3A.4 HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Barrie Selcoe, CH2M

3B.5 SORPTION OF PFOS IN SOILS VARYING IN PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES, Yanju Liu, University of Newcastle

3C.3 ASSESSING VAPOUR RISK FROM SHALLOW COAL TAR AND DEGRADED HYDROCARBON SOURCES, Katie Richardson, Senversa

3D.4 BIOCHAR-DESIGNING TO SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVE CARBON RETENTION, CONTROLLED NUTRIENT RELEASE, AND SOIL REMEDIATION, Ling Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University


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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3A - 3H3E - Advances in human health risk assessment


Chair: Blair McDonald, Golder Associates



Chair: Karnam Ramanand, Brown and Caldwell

3G - Advances in waste management (Sponsor: SESL Australia Pty Ltd)


Chair: John Hunt, Ventia Utility Services



Chair: Peter Beck, GHD

15:20 3E.1 KEYNOTE: CONTAMINATNT EXPOSURE TO HUMAN HEALTH IMPLICATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF MERCURY AND FOOD CONSUMPTION, Ming Hung Wong, The Education University of Hong Kong

3F.1 KEYNOTE: TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, Heather Rectanus, Battelle

3G.1 KEYNOTE: REBUILDING FUNCTIONAL SOIL: THE ROLE OF WASTES, Simon Leake, SESL Australia Pty Limited

3H.1 KEYNOTE: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN METHODS TO MONITOR PETROLEUM NATURAL ATTENUATION, Tom Palaia, CH2M

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16:00 3E.2 DECISION MAKING AT CONTAMINATED SITES: ISSUES AND OPTIONS IN HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT, Barrie Selcoe, CH2M

3F.2 IS “INNOVATIVE PUMP AND TREAT” AN OXYMORON? – A CASE STUDY, Andrew Cooper, Orica Ltd

3G.2 BENEFICIAL REUSE OF REMEDIATED SOILS BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE REMEDIATION PROJECTS IN SYDNEY, NSW, Michael Nicholls, SESL Australia Pty Limited

3H.2 IDENTIFICATION OF NATURAL ATTENUATION MECHANISMS AND RATES USING ADVANCED TOOLS, Julie Konzuk, Geosyntec Consultants

16:20 3E.3 DIFFERENTIAL TOXICITY EFFECT OF ARSENIC SPECIES ON GUT MICROBIOME, ESCHERICHIA COLI, Shiv Bolan, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

3F.3 REMEDIATION OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION AT A FORMER CHLORALKALI PLANT IN NSW USING INTEGRATED CAP AND CONTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, Gavan Butterfield, Golder Associates

3G.3 THERMAL DESORPTION - THE MOVE FROM MOBILE TO FIXED TREATMENT FACILITIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET, Mark Bennett, Ventia Utility Services

3H.3 EXAMINING THE VALUE OF INORGANIC ELECTRON ACCEPTORS AS INDICATORS OF NATURAL ATTENUATION IN HYDROCARBON PLUMES, Nivari Jayasinghe, WSP Australia Pty Limited

16:40 3E.4 EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL METHAMPHETAMINE EXPOSURE THROUGH HAIR ANALYSIS, Jackie Wright, Flinders University

3F.4 RE-ASSESSING REMEDIAL TARGETS BASED ON CHANGES IN TOTAL RECOVERABLE HYDROCARBONS MIXTURES DURING REMEDIATION, Ken Kiefer, ERM

3G.4 ASBESTOS: A DISCUSSION ON SITE-SPECIFIC HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT, Nathan Aust, Regional EnviroScience

3H.4 BACTERIA ASSISTED PHYTOREMEDIATION OF TANNERY WASTEWATER BY SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA (L.) SCHLEID., Piyush Malaviya, University Of Jammu


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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3A - 3H3E - Advances in human health risk assessment


Chair: Blair McDonald, Golder Associates



Chair: Karnam Ramanand, Brown and Caldwell

3G - Advances in waste management (Sponsor: SESL Australia Pty Ltd)


Chair: John Hunt, Ventia Utility Services



Chair: Peter Beck, GHD

15:20 3E.1 KEYNOTE: CONTAMINATNT EXPOSURE TO HUMAN HEALTH IMPLICATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF MERCURY AND FOOD CONSUMPTION, Ming Hung Wong, The Education University of Hong Kong

3F.1 KEYNOTE: TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, Heather Rectanus, Battelle

3G.1 KEYNOTE: REBUILDING FUNCTIONAL SOIL: THE ROLE OF WASTES, Simon Leake, SESL Australia Pty Limited

3H.1 KEYNOTE: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN METHODS TO MONITOR PETROLEUM NATURAL ATTENUATION, Tom Palaia, CH2M

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16:00 3E.2 DECISION MAKING AT CONTAMINATED SITES: ISSUES AND OPTIONS IN HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT, Barrie Selcoe, CH2M

3F.2 IS “INNOVATIVE PUMP AND TREAT” AN OXYMORON? – A CASE STUDY, Andrew Cooper, Orica Ltd

3G.2 BENEFICIAL REUSE OF REMEDIATED SOILS BETWEEN TWO SEPARATE REMEDIATION PROJECTS IN SYDNEY, NSW, Michael Nicholls, SESL Australia Pty Limited

3H.2 IDENTIFICATION OF NATURAL ATTENUATION MECHANISMS AND RATES USING ADVANCED TOOLS, Julie Konzuk, Geosyntec Consultants

16:20 3E.3 DIFFERENTIAL TOXICITY EFFECT OF ARSENIC SPECIES ON GUT MICROBIOME, ESCHERICHIA COLI, Shiv Bolan, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

3F.3 REMEDIATION OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION AT A FORMER CHLORALKALI PLANT IN NSW USING INTEGRATED CAP AND CONTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES, Gavan Butterfield, Golder Associates

3G.3 THERMAL DESORPTION - THE MOVE FROM MOBILE TO FIXED TREATMENT FACILITIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET, Mark Bennett, Ventia Utility Services

3H.3 EXAMINING THE VALUE OF INORGANIC ELECTRON ACCEPTORS AS INDICATORS OF NATURAL ATTENUATION IN HYDROCARBON PLUMES, Nivari Jayasinghe, WSP Australia Pty Limited

16:40 3E.4 EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL METHAMPHETAMINE EXPOSURE THROUGH HAIR ANALYSIS, Jackie Wright, Flinders University

3F.4 RE-ASSESSING REMEDIAL TARGETS BASED ON CHANGES IN TOTAL RECOVERABLE HYDROCARBONS MIXTURES DURING REMEDIATION, Ken Kiefer, ERM

3G.4 ASBESTOS: A DISCUSSION ON SITE-SPECIFIC HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT, Nathan Aust, Regional EnviroScience

3H.4 BACTERIA ASSISTED PHYTOREMEDIATION OF TANNERY WASTEWATER BY SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA (L.) SCHLEID., Piyush Malaviya, University Of Jammu


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08:00 Registration

08:45 PLENARY SESSION 2: Conference Hall 1, 2 and 3 (Sponsor: NSW EPA) MINIMISING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONTAMINATION AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN NSW, Mark Gifford, NSW EPA

10:00 Morning tea

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4A - 4H4A - Remediation and management of PFAS (Sponsor: University of Newcastle)


Chair: Megharaj Mallavarapu, University of Newcastle

4B - PFAS case studies

Room: Conference Hall 2 (Sponsor: GHD)

Chair: Andrew Kohlrusch, GHD

4C - Greenhouse gas emission and mitigation





Chair: Arminda Ryan, NSW EPA

10:30 4A.1 KEYNOTE: IN SITU TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PFAS-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER, Kurt Pennell, Tufts University

4B.1 KEYNOTE: PFAS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FLYOVER: LESSONS LEARNED FROM >100 DOD SITES, Nathan Hagelin, AMEC FOSTER WHEELER

4C.1 KEYNOTE: COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS: MANAGING EMISSIONS AND WASTES, Kenneth Sajwan, Savannah State University

4D.1 THE EU HORIZON 2020 INSPIRATION EUROPEAN’S STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SPATIAL PLANNING, LAND USE AND SOIL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

10:50 4D.2 FISHERMANS BEND: REGIONAL-SCALE GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS, Anne Northway, EPA Victoria

11:10 4A.2 IN SITU TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PFAS-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER, Cheng Fang, CRC CARE, GCER, UON

4B.2 10 YEARS OF PFOS-REMEDIATION IN SWEDEN - EXPERIENCES GAINED WITH REGARD TO RISK ASSESSMENT, CONTAMINATION MAPPING AND PFAS-REMEDIATION, Andreas Woldegiorgis, WSP Sweden

4C.2 ENERGY PRODUCTION FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENERGY CROPS UTILIZING NUTRIENTS FROM RECYCLED WATER, Sonia Shilpi, University of Newcastle

4D.3 COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO PRECINCT REMEDIATION PLANNING - ADVANCING ALIGNMENT OF VISION, TECHNOLOGY, AND REGULATIONS, Christian Wallis, CDM Smith

11:30 4A.3 IN-SITU STABILIZATION OF PFAS IN GROUNDWATER, Peter Storch, Arcadis

4B.3 PFAS REMOVAL OPTIONS FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT: AN OVERVIEW AND CASE STUDY, Yaode Yan, Hunter H2O

4C.3 ULTRA HIGH SURFACE AREA ACTIVATED CARBONS PREPARED FROM BIOMASS FOR HIGH PRESSURE CO2 ADSOPRTION, Gurwinder Singh, CRCCARE

4D.4 HUNTER COUNCILS JOIN FORCES IN A CONTAMINATED LAND PROGRAM, Anna Lundmark, Hunter Councils

11:50 4A.4 APPROACH AND PRACTICE OF COUPLING SEPARATION AND DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR PFAS TREATMENT, Dora Chiang, AECOM

4B.4 A CASE STUDY: EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO PFAS CONTAMINATION IN OVER 250 DOMESTIC WATER WELLS, Michael Smith, VT Dept. Environmental Conservation

4C.4 ESTIMATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS FROM BIOSOLID LAND APPLICATION, Hasintha Wijesekara, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER)

4D.5 MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED LAND RISKS IN GENERALIZED REZONING PROCESSES: WHAT CAN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?, Derek Langgons, Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd

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DETAILED PROGRAM



08:00 Registration

08:45 PLENARY SESSION 2: Conference Hall 1, 2 and 3 (Sponsor: NSW EPA) MINIMISING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CONTAMINATION AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN NSW, Mark Gifford, NSW EPA

10:00 Morning tea

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4A - 4H4A - Remediation and management of PFAS (Sponsor: University of Newcastle)



4B - PFAS case studies

Room: Conference Hall 2 (Sponsor: GHD)

Chair: Andrew Kohlrusch, GHD

4C - Greenhouse gas emission and mitigation





Chair: Arminda Ryan, NSW EPA

10:30 4A.1 KEYNOTE: IN SITU TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PFAS-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER, Kurt Pennell, Tufts University

4B.1 KEYNOTE: PFAS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FLYOVER: LESSONS LEARNED FROM >100 DOD SITES, Nathan Hagelin, AMEC FOSTER WHEELER

4C.1 KEYNOTE: COAL FIRED POWER STATIONS: MANAGING EMISSIONS AND WASTES, Kenneth Sajwan, Savannah State University

4D.1 THE EU HORIZON 2020 INSPIRATION EUROPEAN’S STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SPATIAL PLANNING, LAND USE AND SOIL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

10:50 4D.2 FISHERMANS BEND: REGIONAL-SCALE GROUNDWATER ASSESSMENT AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS, Anne Northway, EPA Victoria

11:10 4A.2 IN SITU TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PFAS-CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER, Cheng Fang, CRC CARE, GCER, UON

4B.2 10 YEARS OF PFOS-REMEDIATION IN SWEDEN - EXPERIENCES GAINED WITH REGARD TO RISK ASSESSMENT, CONTAMINATION MAPPING AND PFAS-REMEDIATION, Andreas Woldegiorgis, WSP Sweden

4C.2 ENERGY PRODUCTION FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENERGY CROPS UTILIZING NUTRIENTS FROM RECYCLED WATER, Sonia Shilpi, University of Newcastle

4D.3 COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO PRECINCT REMEDIATION PLANNING - ADVANCING ALIGNMENT OF VISION, TECHNOLOGY, AND REGULATIONS, Christian Wallis, CDM Smith

11:30 4A.3 IN-SITU STABILIZATION OF PFAS IN GROUNDWATER, Peter Storch, Arcadis

4B.3 PFAS REMOVAL OPTIONS FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT: AN OVERVIEW AND CASE STUDY, Yaode Yan, Hunter H2O

4C.3 ULTRA HIGH SURFACE AREA ACTIVATED CARBONS PREPARED FROM BIOMASS FOR HIGH PRESSURE CO2 ADSOPRTION, Gurwinder Singh, CRCCARE

4D.4 HUNTER COUNCILS JOIN FORCES IN A CONTAMINATED LAND PROGRAM, Anna Lundmark, Hunter Councils

11:50 4A.4 APPROACH AND PRACTICE OF COUPLING SEPARATION AND DESTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR PFAS TREATMENT, Dora Chiang, AECOM

4B.4 A CASE STUDY: EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO PFAS CONTAMINATION IN OVER 250 DOMESTIC WATER WELLS, Michael Smith, VT Dept. Environmental Conservation

4C.4 ESTIMATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS FROM BIOSOLID LAND APPLICATION, Hasintha Wijesekara, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER)

4D.5 MANAGEMENT OF CONTAMINATED LAND RISKS IN GENERALIZED REZONING PROCESSES: WHAT CAN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?, Derek Langgons, Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd

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Chair: Dan Ombalski, Directed Technologies Drilling, Inc.



Chair: Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith



Chair: Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith

4H - Bioavailability And Bioaccessibility Of Contaminants



10:30 4E.1 KEYNOTE: INNOVATIVE VISUALIZATION METHOD FOR DELINEATING BIODEGRADATION ZONES IN GROUNDWATER, Grant Carey, Porewater Solutions

4F.1 KEYNOTE: VARIABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH SAMPLING, ANALYSIS, AND RISK ASSESSMENT, Naji Akladiss, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

4G.1 KEYNOTE: SUMMARY OF 1,4-DIOXANE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, William DiGuiseppi, CH2M HILL

4H.1 KEYNOTE: GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON THE BIOACCESSIBLE FRACTIONS OF SELECTED ELEMENTS IN LONDON SOILS, Mark Cave, British Geological Survey

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11:10 4E.2 HIGH RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES FOR GEOENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A SITE WITH METHANE IN THE SUBSOIL, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, Institute for Technological Research

4F.2 FAILURE OF VALIDATION OF ORGANIC SITE CONTAMINATION USING CONVENTIONAL BULK SOIL SAMPLING: INTRODUCING A BETTER METHOD, Adrian Heggie, WSP Australia

4G.2 PROBING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF ACESULFAME, Kelvin Leung, Hong Kong Baptist University

4H.2 BIOAVAILABILITY OF BENZO[A]PYRENE IN SOILS USING A SWINE MODEL, Luchun Duan, University of Newcastle

11:30 4E.3 OPTIMIZE GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK USING FRACTAL SINGULARITY INDEX TECHNIQUE, Hamed Esfahani, James Cook University

4F.3 UNDERWATER DRONE SAMPLING TO ASSESS HYDROCARBON IMPACTS AND NATURAL ATTENUATION IN A MARINE PIPELINE, Scott Robinson, AECOM

4G.3 SOIL MIXING OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS, Marika Sallot Des Noyers, Menard Oceania

4H.3 CAN LEAD ENTER INDEPENDENTLY IN THE PRESENCE OF ZINC INTO HUMAN BODY? A STUDY ON EFFECT OF ZINC ON LEAD BIOAVAILABILITY, Ayanka Wijayawardena, University of Newcastle

11:50 4E.4 MEASURING BEDROCK FRACTURE HYDRAULICS AND GEOMECHANICS USING LOW FREQUENCY FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING (DAS), Matthew Becker, California State University Long Beach

4F.4 THE USE OF THE PASSIVE SOIL VAPOUR SAMPLING METHOD TO IDENTIFY SOURCE AREAS AND QUANTIFY IMPACT OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS, Nivari Jayasinghe, WSP Australia Pty Limited

4G.4 OZOFRACTIONATIVELY CATALYSED REAGENT ADDITION PERFORMANCE IN REMOVAL OF PFAS FROM 3

CONTAMINATED WATERS, Michael Dickson, Evocra

4H.4 SPECIATION AND BIOACCESSIBILITY OF LEAD IN SHOOTING RANGE SOILS OF CHINA, Yeling Li, University of Science and Technology of China

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Chair: Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith



Chair: Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith

4H - Bioavailability And Bioaccessibility Of Contaminants



10:30 4E.1 KEYNOTE: INNOVATIVE VISUALIZATION METHOD FOR DELINEATING BIODEGRADATION ZONES IN GROUNDWATER, Grant Carey, Porewater Solutions

4F.1 KEYNOTE: VARIABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH SAMPLING, ANALYSIS, AND RISK ASSESSMENT, Naji Akladiss, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

4G.1 KEYNOTE: SUMMARY OF 1,4-DIOXANE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES, William DiGuiseppi, CH2M HILL

4H.1 KEYNOTE: GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON THE BIOACCESSIBLE FRACTIONS OF SELECTED ELEMENTS IN LONDON SOILS, Mark Cave, British Geological Survey

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11:10 4E.2 HIGH RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES FOR GEOENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A SITE WITH METHANE IN THE SUBSOIL, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, Institute for Technological Research

4F.2 FAILURE OF VALIDATION OF ORGANIC SITE CONTAMINATION USING CONVENTIONAL BULK SOIL SAMPLING: INTRODUCING A BETTER METHOD, Adrian Heggie, WSP Australia

4G.2 PROBING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF ACESULFAME, Kelvin Leung, Hong Kong Baptist University

4H.2 BIOAVAILABILITY OF BENZO[A]PYRENE IN SOILS USING A SWINE MODEL, Luchun Duan, University of Newcastle

11:30 4E.3 OPTIMIZE GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK USING FRACTAL SINGULARITY INDEX TECHNIQUE, Hamed Esfahani, James Cook University

4F.3 UNDERWATER DRONE SAMPLING TO ASSESS HYDROCARBON IMPACTS AND NATURAL ATTENUATION IN A MARINE PIPELINE, Scott Robinson, AECOM

4G.3 SOIL MIXING OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS, Marika Sallot Des Noyers, Menard Oceania

4H.3 CAN LEAD ENTER INDEPENDENTLY IN THE PRESENCE OF ZINC INTO HUMAN BODY? A STUDY ON EFFECT OF ZINC ON LEAD BIOAVAILABILITY, Ayanka Wijayawardena, University of Newcastle

11:50 4E.4 MEASURING BEDROCK FRACTURE HYDRAULICS AND GEOMECHANICS USING LOW FREQUENCY FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING (DAS), Matthew Becker, California State University Long Beach

4F.4 THE USE OF THE PASSIVE SOIL VAPOUR SAMPLING METHOD TO IDENTIFY SOURCE AREAS AND QUANTIFY IMPACT OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS, Nivari Jayasinghe, WSP Australia Pty Limited

4G.4 OZOFRACTIONATIVELY CATALYSED REAGENT ADDITION PERFORMANCE IN REMOVAL OF PFAS FROM 3

CONTAMINATED WATERS, Michael Dickson, Evocra

4H.4 SPECIATION AND BIOACCESSIBILITY OF LEAD IN SHOOTING RANGE SOILS OF CHINA, Yeling Li, University of Science and Technology of China

12:10 Lunch

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 5A - 5H5A - Improving PFAS risk assessments (Sponsor: GHD)


Chair: Matthew Rousseau, GHD

5B - Advances in analysis and measurement of contaminants (Sponsor: Agilent Technologies)


Chair: Mahmud Rahman, University of Newcastle



Chair: Eric Bergeron, Golder Associates



Chair: Greg Davis, CSIRO

13:10 5A.1 PROVISIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR PFOS IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER, AND THE NEED FOR OTHER TOOLS FOR ASSESSMENT OF PFAS CONTAMINATED SOIL, Michael Pettersson, Swedish Geotechnical Institute

5B.1 KEYNOTE: COMPREHENSIVE WORKFLOW FOR THE SCREENING AND IDENTIFICATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASS) IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS, Tarun Anumol, Agilent Technologies

5C.1 KEYNOTE: THE CHANGING PARADIGM OF CHLORINATED SOLVENT REMEDIATION, Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith

5D.1 KEYNOTE: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? NEWLY APPRECIATED WEATHERING MECHANISMS IN MACONDO WELL OIL, Gregory Hall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

13:30 5A.2 COLLABORATING WITH PFAS-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES FOR TECHNICAL OUTCOMES, Sharon Suzor, AECOM

13:50 5A.3 PFAS CONTAMINATION - HOW MUCH WILL IT COST POLLUTERS? QUANTIFYING CLAIMS ARISING FROM PFAS CONTAMINATION, Sarah Mansfield, Henry Davis York Lawyers

5B.2 IDENTIFYING ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS WITH HYDROCARBON TESTING THROUGH PROFICIENCY TESTING, Raluca Iavetz, National Measurement Institute

5C.2 IMPORTANCE OF UNUSUAL DICHLOROETHYLENE ISOMER RATIOS AND SEWER LEAKAGE TO AN IN SITU REMEDIATION, James Studer, InfraSUR, LLC

5D.2 EVOLUTION OF RISK BASED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, Tanya Astbury, Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd

14:10 5A.4 FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PFAS, CONCEPTUAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS, Mark Clough, GHD

5B.3 IMPROVING MEASUREMENT USING PROFICIENCY TESTING, LUMINITA ANTIN, National Measurement Institute

5C.3 MANAGING CHC AT EDINBURGH DEFENCE PRECINCT - A RISK BASED APPROACH, Mark Donaghey, CRC CARE

5D.3 AMENDMENT-BASED BIOSTIMULATION ENHANCES DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON-CONTAMINATED FINE GRAINED SOIL: A LABORATORY MICROCOSM STUDY, Mezbaul Bahar, University of Newcastle

14:30 5A.5 USES OF 2003-2014 NHANES DATA TO DETERMINE THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND CHOLESTEROL, Zhaomin Dong, University of Newcastle

5B.4 QUANTIFICATION OF PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES BY MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONISATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY, Brooke Dilmetz, Molecular Life Sciences, University of Adelaide

5C.4 THE LEARNINGS FROM THREE YEARS OF WIDE-SCALE CHC ASSESSMENT, Andrew Pruszinski, SA Environment Protection Authority

5D.4 NOVEL FIELD APPLICATION OF A SMALL SCALE TREATMENT TRIAL, Shane Giliam, WSP Australia

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Chair: Mahmud Rahman, University of Newcastle



Chair: Eric Bergeron, Golder Associates



Chair: Greg Davis, CSIRO

13:10 5A.1 PROVISIONAL GUIDELINE VALUES FOR PFOS IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER, AND THE NEED FOR OTHER TOOLS FOR ASSESSMENT OF PFAS CONTAMINATED SOIL, Michael Pettersson, Swedish Geotechnical Institute

5B.1 KEYNOTE: COMPREHENSIVE WORKFLOW FOR THE SCREENING AND IDENTIFICATION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASS) IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS, Tarun Anumol, Agilent Technologies

5C.1 KEYNOTE: THE CHANGING PARADIGM OF CHLORINATED SOLVENT REMEDIATION, Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith

5D.1 KEYNOTE: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? NEWLY APPRECIATED WEATHERING MECHANISMS IN MACONDO WELL OIL, Gregory Hall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

13:30 5A.2 COLLABORATING WITH PFAS-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES FOR TECHNICAL OUTCOMES, Sharon Suzor, AECOM

13:50 5A.3 PFAS CONTAMINATION - HOW MUCH WILL IT COST POLLUTERS? QUANTIFYING CLAIMS ARISING FROM PFAS CONTAMINATION, Sarah Mansfield, Henry Davis York Lawyers

5B.2 IDENTIFYING ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS WITH HYDROCARBON TESTING THROUGH PROFICIENCY TESTING, Raluca Iavetz, National Measurement Institute

5C.2 IMPORTANCE OF UNUSUAL DICHLOROETHYLENE ISOMER RATIOS AND SEWER LEAKAGE TO AN IN SITU REMEDIATION, James Studer, InfraSUR, LLC

5D.2 EVOLUTION OF RISK BASED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, Tanya Astbury, Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd

14:10 5A.4 FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PFAS, CONCEPTUAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS, Mark Clough, GHD

5B.3 IMPROVING MEASUREMENT USING PROFICIENCY TESTING, LUMINITA ANTIN, National Measurement Institute

5C.3 MANAGING CHC AT EDINBURGH DEFENCE PRECINCT - A RISK BASED APPROACH, Mark Donaghey, CRC CARE

5D.3 AMENDMENT-BASED BIOSTIMULATION ENHANCES DEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON-CONTAMINATED FINE GRAINED SOIL: A LABORATORY MICROCOSM STUDY, Mezbaul Bahar, University of Newcastle

14:30 5A.5 USES OF 2003-2014 NHANES DATA TO DETERMINE THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND CHOLESTEROL, Zhaomin Dong, University of Newcastle

5B.4 QUANTIFICATION OF PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES BY MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONISATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY, Brooke Dilmetz, Molecular Life Sciences, University of Adelaide

5C.4 THE LEARNINGS FROM THREE YEARS OF WIDE-SCALE CHC ASSESSMENT, Andrew Pruszinski, SA Environment Protection Authority

5D.4 NOVEL FIELD APPLICATION OF A SMALL SCALE TREATMENT TRIAL, Shane Giliam, WSP Australia

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Chair: Luchun Duan, University of Newcastle

13:10 5E.1 KEYNOTE: STATE OF THE ART: THE EVOLUTION OF HDD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HORIZONTAL WELLS, Dan Ombalski, Directed Technologies Drilling, Inc.

5F.1 KEYNOTE: SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE: A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

5G.1 KEYNOTE: GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF MTBE, Lyn Denison, DLA Environmental Services

5H.1 KEYNOTE: STUDY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, POLICY, AND DATA GAPS FOR BIOAVAILABILTIY OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN SOIL, Yvette Lowney, Yvette Wieder Lowney

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13:50 5E.2 ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO SUPPORT MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION FOR DNAPL PLUME IN BEDROCK, Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith

5F.2 CAN REMEDIATION REALLY BE SUSTAINABLE - A GASWORKS CASE STUDY, Adam Fletcher, Ventia Pty Ltd

5G.2 ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL ATTENTUATION OF MTBE AFTER SHUT DOWN OF A BIOBARRIER SYSTEM, Heather Rectanus, Battelle

5H.2 DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSERVATIVE METHOD TO ASSESS LEAD BIOACCESSIBILITY FROM PM10 AND PM2.5 SIMULATING A HUMAN INHALATION SCENARIO, Farzana Kastury, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia

14:10 5E.3 APPLYING A RANGE OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS GROUNDWATER IMPACT IN A REMOTE AREA, Dora Kovacsy, ERM Australia

5F.3 RISK-BASED SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF PFOS, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

5G.3 PFOS AND PFOA ECOLOGICAL GUIDELINE VALUES - CONSIDERATIONS FOR DERIVATION, Carolyn Brumley, Golder Associates

5H.3 A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLAY-ASSOCIATED ORGANIC MATERIAL AND PAH BIOACCESSIBILITY IN SOIL: FOCUS ON HIGHLY SEQUESTERED PAH RESIDUES, Anthony Umeh, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

14:30 5E.4 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE: A NEW FORENSIC/ DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX?, Julie Konzuk, Geosyntec Consultants

5F.4 A REVIEW OF PFAS REMEDIATION METHODS, THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY METRICS, Charles Grimison, Ventia

5G.4 RISK-BASED MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF BENZO(A)PYRENE, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

5H.4 EFFECTS OF SOURCE MATERIALS ON DESORPTION KINETICS OF PAHS FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS, Linbo Yu, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER)

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13:10 5E.1 KEYNOTE: STATE OF THE ART: THE EVOLUTION OF HDD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HORIZONTAL WELLS, Dan Ombalski, Directed Technologies Drilling, Inc.

5F.1 KEYNOTE: SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE: A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

5G.1 KEYNOTE: GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF MTBE, Lyn Denison, DLA Environmental Services

5H.1 KEYNOTE: STUDY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, POLICY, AND DATA GAPS FOR BIOAVAILABILTIY OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN SOIL, Yvette Lowney, Yvette Wieder Lowney

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13:50 5E.2 ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS TO SUPPORT MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION FOR DNAPL PLUME IN BEDROCK, Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith

5F.2 CAN REMEDIATION REALLY BE SUSTAINABLE - A GASWORKS CASE STUDY, Adam Fletcher, Ventia Pty Ltd

5G.2 ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL ATTENTUATION OF MTBE AFTER SHUT DOWN OF A BIOBARRIER SYSTEM, Heather Rectanus, Battelle

5H.2 DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSERVATIVE METHOD TO ASSESS LEAD BIOACCESSIBILITY FROM PM10 AND PM2.5 SIMULATING A HUMAN INHALATION SCENARIO, Farzana Kastury, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia

14:10 5E.3 APPLYING A RANGE OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS GROUNDWATER IMPACT IN A REMOTE AREA, Dora Kovacsy, ERM Australia

5F.3 RISK-BASED SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF PFOS, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

5G.3 PFOS AND PFOA ECOLOGICAL GUIDELINE VALUES - CONSIDERATIONS FOR DERIVATION, Carolyn Brumley, Golder Associates

5H.3 A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLAY-ASSOCIATED ORGANIC MATERIAL AND PAH BIOACCESSIBILITY IN SOIL: FOCUS ON HIGHLY SEQUESTERED PAH RESIDUES, Anthony Umeh, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

14:30 5E.4 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE: A NEW FORENSIC/ DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX?, Julie Konzuk, Geosyntec Consultants

5F.4 A REVIEW OF PFAS REMEDIATION METHODS, THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY METRICS, Charles Grimison, Ventia

5G.4 RISK-BASED MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION OF BENZO(A)PYRENE, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

5H.4 EFFECTS OF SOURCE MATERIALS ON DESORPTION KINETICS OF PAHS FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS, Linbo Yu, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER)

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6B - Advances in amendment formulation and delivery


Chair: Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, CRC CARE



Chair: Heather Rectanus, Battelle



Chair: Kurt Pennell, Tufts University

15:20 6A.1 PFAS OCCURRENCE GLEANED FROM EVALUATIONS OF OVER 1,000 POTENTIAL PFAS RELEASE LOCATIONS, Bill DiGuiseppi, CH2M HILL

6B.1 ELECTROKINETIC FIELD TRIAL FOR AMENDMENT EMPLACEMENT AND CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION, Denis O’Carroll, UNSW

6C.1 KEYNOTE: CHARACTERISTICS OF CHLORINATED SOLVENT SOURCE ZONES & PLUMES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCK: IMPLICATIONS FOR REMEDIATION, MONITORING AND SOURCE WATER PROTECTION, Beth Parker, University of Guelph

6D.1 KEYNOTE: DESIGN OPTIMISATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION PROJECTS USING MASSIVELY PARALLEL SOLUTION METHODS, Larry M. Deschaine, HydroGeoLogic

15:40 6A.2 IMMOBILISATION OF PFC IMPACTED SOILS, Adrian Scott, Enviropacific Services

6B.2 DEMONSTRATION OF PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR IN SITU REMEDIATION AT THREE LOW PERMEABILITY SITES, Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith

16:00 6A.3 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK CHARACTERISATION COMPARISON FROM PFOS EXPOSURE USING A MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE APPROACH, Amanda Lee, AECOM

6B.3 IS IT IMMOBILISED?, Danielle Toase, Ventia

6C.2 KEYNOTE: INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR NAPL CHARACTERISATION AND REMEDIATION, Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith

6D.2 A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO GEOSTATISTICS APPLIED TO CONTAMINANTS IN SOILS, Mark Cave, British Geological Survey

16:20 6A.4 PFOS AND PFOA HEALTH BASED DECONTAMINATION CRITERIA FOR FIRE FIGHTING APPLIANCES, Eric Friebel, GHD

6B.4 IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION CASE STUDIES - TAILORING AMENDMENT APPLICATION TO OPTIMISE AND MAINTAIN TREATMENT CONDITIONS, Daniel Hodges, Golder Associates

6D.3 THE CONCEPT OF DECISION AREA OR VOLUME IN THE CONTEXT OF STATISTICALLY BASED SAMPLE PATTERN DESIGN AND DATA ASSESSMENT, Peter Beck, GHD

16:40 6A.5 SAMPLING SITES POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED BY PFAS- OVERREACTING OR UNRAVELING THE ISSUE?, Victor Arias, University of Newcastle

6B.5 HOLLOW SPHERE SILICA NANO-BULLET:TO KILL OR PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, A PESTICIDE DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE, Md Nuruzzaman, University of Newcastle and CRC CARE

6C.3 CHLORINATED SOLVENT INVESTIGATIONS IN A LOW-YIELDING ENVIRONMENT, Mark Chapman, AECOM

6D.4 BETTER THAN HUMAN: CAN WE MAKE BETTER PREDICTIONS ABOUT SITE CONTAMINATION THROUGH APPLIED DATA ANALYTICS?, Andrew Barker, CDM Smith

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Chair: Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, CRC CARE



Chair: Heather Rectanus, Battelle



Chair: Kurt Pennell, Tufts University

15:20 6A.1 PFAS OCCURRENCE GLEANED FROM EVALUATIONS OF OVER 1,000 POTENTIAL PFAS RELEASE LOCATIONS, Bill DiGuiseppi, CH2M HILL

6B.1 ELECTROKINETIC FIELD TRIAL FOR AMENDMENT EMPLACEMENT AND CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION, Denis O’Carroll, UNSW

6C.1 KEYNOTE: CHARACTERISTICS OF CHLORINATED SOLVENT SOURCE ZONES & PLUMES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCK: IMPLICATIONS FOR REMEDIATION, MONITORING AND SOURCE WATER PROTECTION, Beth Parker, University of Guelph

6D.1 KEYNOTE: DESIGN OPTIMISATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION PROJECTS USING MASSIVELY PARALLEL SOLUTION METHODS, Larry M. Deschaine, HydroGeoLogic

15:40 6A.2 IMMOBILISATION OF PFC IMPACTED SOILS, Adrian Scott, Enviropacific Services

6B.2 DEMONSTRATION OF PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR IN SITU REMEDIATION AT THREE LOW PERMEABILITY SITES, Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith

16:00 6A.3 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK CHARACTERISATION COMPARISON FROM PFOS EXPOSURE USING A MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE APPROACH, Amanda Lee, AECOM

6B.3 IS IT IMMOBILISED?, Danielle Toase, Ventia

6C.2 KEYNOTE: INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR NAPL CHARACTERISATION AND REMEDIATION, Tamzen Macbeth, CDM Smith

6D.2 A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO GEOSTATISTICS APPLIED TO CONTAMINANTS IN SOILS, Mark Cave, British Geological Survey

16:20 6A.4 PFOS AND PFOA HEALTH BASED DECONTAMINATION CRITERIA FOR FIRE FIGHTING APPLIANCES, Eric Friebel, GHD

6B.4 IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION CASE STUDIES - TAILORING AMENDMENT APPLICATION TO OPTIMISE AND MAINTAIN TREATMENT CONDITIONS, Daniel Hodges, Golder Associates

6D.3 THE CONCEPT OF DECISION AREA OR VOLUME IN THE CONTEXT OF STATISTICALLY BASED SAMPLE PATTERN DESIGN AND DATA ASSESSMENT, Peter Beck, GHD

16:40 6A.5 SAMPLING SITES POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED BY PFAS- OVERREACTING OR UNRAVELING THE ISSUE?, Victor Arias, University of Newcastle

6B.5 HOLLOW SPHERE SILICA NANO-BULLET:TO KILL OR PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, A PESTICIDE DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE, Md Nuruzzaman, University of Newcastle and CRC CARE

6C.3 CHLORINATED SOLVENT INVESTIGATIONS IN A LOW-YIELDING ENVIRONMENT, Mark Chapman, AECOM

6D.4 BETTER THAN HUMAN: CAN WE MAKE BETTER PREDICTIONS ABOUT SITE CONTAMINATION THROUGH APPLIED DATA ANALYTICS?, Andrew Barker, CDM Smith



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Chair: Prashant Srivastava, CRC CARE



Chair: Joytishna Jit, CRC CARE

6H - Education and training in environmental risk assessment and remediation (Sponsor: University of Newcastle)


Chair: Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE/University of Newcastle

15:20 6E.1 KEYNOTE: THE STATE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL TOOLS: LEAPS FORWARD AND LESSONS LEARNED, Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights

6F.1 BIOCHAR IN COMBINATION WITH COMPOST ENHANCED MAIZE GROWTH ON CONTAMINATED SOIL AND TRANSFORMED PB TO NON-TOXIC FORM AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL, Sifau Adejumo, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

6G.1 TREATMENT OF AFFF-IMPACTED GROUNDWATER USING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT TRAIN, Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith

6H.1 Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE/University of Newcastle

15:40 6F.2 BIOCHAR MODULATES THE HEAVY METAL TOXICITY ON MICROORGANISMS AS MEASURED BY MICROBIAL CARBON USE EFFICIENCY, Yilu Xu, University of Newcastle

6G.2 THE ANGIOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECT OF PHOTO-DEGRADED PRODUCTS OF ACESULFAME, Patrick Yue, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University

6H.2 Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

16:00 6E.2 PROVEN APPROACH TO ASSESS THE AGE, LOCATION, AND VAPOR INTRUSION (VI) POTENTIAL OF VOC SOURCES BENEATH LARGE BUILDINGS, Craig Cox, Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc.

6F.3 ARSENIC ACCUMULATION AND UPTAKE IN DIFFERENT RICE VARITIES, Md Zahangir Hossain, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

6G.3 SCIENTIFIC LEARNINGS FOLLOWING PREPARATION OF PFAS AND PESTICIDES AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM GUIDELINES, Kirsten Broadgate, Golder Associates

6H.3 Monica Esposito, University of Newcastle

16:20 6E.3 CONTINUOUS MONITORING PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO QUANTIFY AND REDUCE MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF CONTAMINATED SITES, Alastair Reed, HydroTerra Pty Ltd

6F.4 INFLUENCE OF WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON CADMIUM ACCUMULATION IN RICE, Syfullah Shahriar, GCER, UoN

6G.4 TREATMENT OF POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN GROUNDWATER USING GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON, Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University

6H.4 Belinda Goldsworthy, Ramboll Environ Australia

16:40 6E.4 BEYOND COMPLIANCE: A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO MONITORING PROVIDES A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DERIVING MULTIPLE-LINES OF EVIDENCE FOR REMEDIATION, Richard Campbell, HydroTerra Pty Ltd

6F.5 GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CULTIVATED LANDS IRRIGATED WITH POST METHANATED DISTILLERY EFFLUENT IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH OF INDIA, Uday Pratap Shahi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology

6G.5 LEARNINGS FROM A PFAS GROUNDWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AT A FEDERAL AIRPORT SITE IN QUEENSLAND, Andrew Thomas, Enviropacific Services

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6H - Education and training in environmental risk assessment and remediation (Sponsor: University of Newcastle)


Chair: Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE/University of Newcastle

15:20 6E.1 KEYNOTE: THE STATE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL TOOLS: LEAPS FORWARD AND LESSONS LEARNED, Dora Taggart, Microbial Insights

6F.1 BIOCHAR IN COMBINATION WITH COMPOST ENHANCED MAIZE GROWTH ON CONTAMINATED SOIL AND TRANSFORMED PB TO NON-TOXIC FORM AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL, Sifau Adejumo, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

6G.1 TREATMENT OF AFFF-IMPACTED GROUNDWATER USING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT TRAIN, Ryan Wymore, CDM Smith

6H.1 Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE/University of Newcastle

15:40 6F.2 BIOCHAR MODULATES THE HEAVY METAL TOXICITY ON MICROORGANISMS AS MEASURED BY MICROBIAL CARBON USE EFFICIENCY, Yilu Xu, University of Newcastle

6G.2 THE ANGIOSUPPRESSIVE EFFECT OF PHOTO-DEGRADED PRODUCTS OF ACESULFAME, Patrick Yue, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University

6H.2 Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

16:00 6E.2 PROVEN APPROACH TO ASSESS THE AGE, LOCATION, AND VAPOR INTRUSION (VI) POTENTIAL OF VOC SOURCES BENEATH LARGE BUILDINGS, Craig Cox, Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc.

6F.3 ARSENIC ACCUMULATION AND UPTAKE IN DIFFERENT RICE VARITIES, Md Zahangir Hossain, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

6G.3 SCIENTIFIC LEARNINGS FOLLOWING PREPARATION OF PFAS AND PESTICIDES AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM GUIDELINES, Kirsten Broadgate, Golder Associates

6H.3 Monica Esposito, University of Newcastle

16:20 6E.3 CONTINUOUS MONITORING PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO QUANTIFY AND REDUCE MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF CONTAMINATED SITES, Alastair Reed, HydroTerra Pty Ltd

6F.4 INFLUENCE OF WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ON CADMIUM ACCUMULATION IN RICE, Syfullah Shahriar, GCER, UoN

6G.4 TREATMENT OF POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN GROUNDWATER USING GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON, Michelle Crimi, Clarkson University

6H.4 Belinda Goldsworthy, Ramboll Environ Australia

16:40 6E.4 BEYOND COMPLIANCE: A MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO MONITORING PROVIDES A COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DERIVING MULTIPLE-LINES OF EVIDENCE FOR REMEDIATION, Richard Campbell, HydroTerra Pty Ltd

6F.5 GROUNDWATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF CULTIVATED LANDS IRRIGATED WITH POST METHANATED DISTILLERY EFFLUENT IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH OF INDIA, Uday Pratap Shahi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology

6G.5 LEARNINGS FROM A PFAS GROUNDWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AT A FEDERAL AIRPORT SITE IN QUEENSLAND, Andrew Thomas, Enviropacific Services

6H.5 Andrew Pruszinski, SA EPA



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Expert panel hosted by Bernie Hobbs for ABC Radio National’s ‘Big Ideas’ - Thousands of new chemicals a year: how do we protect ourselves?

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 7A - 7H7A - Developments in PFAS Analysis


Chair: Raja Dharmarajan, University of Newcastle

7B - Advances in ecological risk assessment (Sponsor: Golder Associates)


Chair: Naomi Lee, NSW EPA




7D - LNAPL Natural source zone depletion (Sponsors: E-Flux and CH2M)


Chair: Robert Lenhard, CSIRO

10:30 7A.1 PFAS PROFICIENCY TESTING: BETTER MEASUREMENT, BETTER MANAGEMENT, Daniel Slee, National Measurement Institute

7B.1 KEYNOTE: SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGING RISKS TO THE RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT, Blair McDonald, Golder Associates Ltd

7C.1 A DIPPING METHOD FOR IMPROVING NZVI IMMOBILIZATION ONTO ELECTROSPINNING NANOFIBER MAT, Ho Kyong Shon, University of Technology Sydney

7D.1 KEYNOTE: SOURCE ZONE NATURAL DEPLETION: INITIAL COMPARISON OF DEGRADATION RATES AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, Greg Davis, CSIRO

10:50 7A.2 AFFF ANALYSIS WITH TOF-CIC, TOPA & LC-MS/MS: CONNECTING THE DOTS, Robert Symons, Eurofins | mgt

7C.2 EFFECT OF TIO2 NANOPARTICLES ON CELL VIABILITY AND MORPHOLOGY OF MURINE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS, Chamila Samarasinghe, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

11:10 7A.3 VALIDATION OF SOIL LEACHING PROTOCOLS FOR DETERMINING PFAS MOBILITY IN SOILS, Karl Bowles, NSW OEH

7B.2 NEW GENERATION OF TOOLS AND APPROACHES FOR ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS, Anupama Kumar, CSIRO

7C.3 APPLICATION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR THE DETOXIFICATION OF WATER CONTAMINANTS, Sudeep Shukla, Amity University Haryana

7D.2 A COMPARISON OF NATURAL SOURCE ZONE DEPLETION AND ACTIVE REMEDIATION RATES, Tom Palaia, CH2M

11:30 7A.4 ASSESSMENT OF PFAS IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER: DIRECT COMPARISON OF NEW ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF PFAS INCLUDING PRECURSORS, Ian Ross, Arcadis

7B.3 COMPETITIVE AND MULTISPECIES MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TERRESTRIAL BIOTIC LIGAND MODELS, Dane Lamb, GCER

7C.4 IRON NANOPARTICLES, METALLIC MUSCLES FOR CLAY: STRENGTHENING THE ARSENIC REMEDIAL EFFICIENCY, Kh Ashraf Uz-Zaman, University of Newcastle

7D.3 SOURCE ZONE NATURAL ATTENUATION MICROBIAL PROCESSES AND OVERVIEW OF SZNA FLUX-BASED METHODS, Julio Zimbron, E-Flux

11:50 7A.5 DEVELOPMENT OF A FAST METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PFAS COMPOUNDS, James Pyke, Agilent Technologies

7B.4 PATHWAY FORENSICS: NEW DIRECTION FOR ASSESSING CONTAMINANT MIGRATION TO ECOLOGICAL AQUATIC RECEPTORS, Frederic Cosme, Golder Associates

7C.5 GREEN REMEDIATION OF MIXED CONTAMINANTS USING SURFACE-TAILORED ORGANOCLAYS, Bhabananda Biswas, Future Industries Institute

7D.4 LNAPL SOURCE ZONE NATURAL ATTENUATION AS DELINEATION TOOL AND REMEDY: USING SURFICIAL CO2 EFFLUX TO HELP CHARACTERIZE AND MANAGE LNAPL SITES, Matthew Rousseau, GHD

12:10 Lunch

DETAILED PROGRAM



08:00 Registration


Expert panel hosted by Bernie Hobbs for ABC Radio National’s ‘Big Ideas’ - Thousands of new chemicals a year: how do we protect ourselves?

10:00 Morning tea

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 7A - 7H7A - Developments in PFAS Analysis


Chair: Raja Dharmarajan, University of Newcastle

7B - Advances in ecological risk assessment (Sponsor: Golder Associates)


Chair: Naomi Lee, NSW EPA




7D - LNAPL Natural source zone depletion (Sponsors: E-Flux and CH2M)


Chair: Robert Lenhard, CSIRO

10:30 7A.1 PFAS PROFICIENCY TESTING: BETTER MEASUREMENT, BETTER MANAGEMENT, Daniel Slee, National Measurement Institute

7B.1 KEYNOTE: SOLUTIONS FOR MANAGING RISKS TO THE RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT, Blair McDonald, Golder Associates Ltd

7C.1 A DIPPING METHOD FOR IMPROVING NZVI IMMOBILIZATION ONTO ELECTROSPINNING NANOFIBER MAT, Ho Kyong Shon, University of Technology Sydney

7D.1 KEYNOTE: SOURCE ZONE NATURAL DEPLETION: INITIAL COMPARISON OF DEGRADATION RATES AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, Greg Davis, CSIRO

10:50 7A.2 AFFF ANALYSIS WITH TOF-CIC, TOPA & LC-MS/MS: CONNECTING THE DOTS, Robert Symons, Eurofins | mgt

7C.2 EFFECT OF TIO2 NANOPARTICLES ON CELL VIABILITY AND MORPHOLOGY OF MURINE REPRODUCTIVE CELLS, Chamila Samarasinghe, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

11:10 7A.3 VALIDATION OF SOIL LEACHING PROTOCOLS FOR DETERMINING PFAS MOBILITY IN SOILS, Karl Bowles, NSW OEH

7B.2 NEW GENERATION OF TOOLS AND APPROACHES FOR ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS, Anupama Kumar, CSIRO

7C.3 APPLICATION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR THE DETOXIFICATION OF WATER CONTAMINANTS, Sudeep Shukla, Amity University Haryana

7D.2 A COMPARISON OF NATURAL SOURCE ZONE DEPLETION AND ACTIVE REMEDIATION RATES, Tom Palaia, CH2M

11:30 7A.4 ASSESSMENT OF PFAS IN SOIL AND GROUNDWATER: DIRECT COMPARISON OF NEW ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF PFAS INCLUDING PRECURSORS, Ian Ross, Arcadis

7B.3 COMPETITIVE AND MULTISPECIES MODELS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TERRESTRIAL BIOTIC LIGAND MODELS, Dane Lamb, GCER

7C.4 IRON NANOPARTICLES, METALLIC MUSCLES FOR CLAY: STRENGTHENING THE ARSENIC REMEDIAL EFFICIENCY, Kh Ashraf Uz-Zaman, University of Newcastle

7D.3 SOURCE ZONE NATURAL ATTENUATION MICROBIAL PROCESSES AND OVERVIEW OF SZNA FLUX-BASED METHODS, Julio Zimbron, E-Flux

11:50 7A.5 DEVELOPMENT OF A FAST METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PFAS COMPOUNDS, James Pyke, Agilent Technologies

7B.4 PATHWAY FORENSICS: NEW DIRECTION FOR ASSESSING CONTAMINANT MIGRATION TO ECOLOGICAL AQUATIC RECEPTORS, Frederic Cosme, Golder Associates

7C.5 GREEN REMEDIATION OF MIXED CONTAMINANTS USING SURFACE-TAILORED ORGANOCLAYS, Bhabananda Biswas, Future Industries Institute

7D.4 LNAPL SOURCE ZONE NATURAL ATTENUATION AS DELINEATION TOOL AND REMEDY: USING SURFICIAL CO2 EFFLUX TO HELP CHARACTERIZE AND MANAGE LNAPL SITES, Matthew Rousseau, GHD

12:10 Lunch

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 7A - 7H7E - Case studies on contaminant assessment, remediation and management


Chair: Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith



Chair: Piyush Malaviya, University of Jammu






Chair: Suresh Subhashchandrabose, University of Newcastle

10:30 7E.1 THE MACDONALDTOWN GASWORKS REMEDIATION: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, Catherine Fletcher, Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd

7F.1 THE EFFECT OF LEAD IN SOIL ON CRIME DEPRIVATION IN DERBY, LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM, Mark Cave, British Geological Survey

7G.1 KEYNOTE: NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR REMEDIATION - DEVELOPMENT AND FINALISATION, Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE

7H.1 ESTIMATION OF SAFE MERCURY LEVELS IN SOIL BY SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION APPROACH, Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, University of Technology Sydney

10:50 7E.2 HIVE MIND: LESSONS FROM 25 YEARS OF CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION, Emmylou Cooke, Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd

7F.2 RANKING CONTAMINATED SITES BY RISK - A CASE STUDY OF SHOOTING RANGES IN VICTORIA, Victor Kabay, Environment Protection Authority Victoria

7H.2 PLANT UPTAKE AND RISK ESTIMATION OF HEAVY METALS IN CCA TREATED TIMBER AFTER REMEDIATION FOR UTILISATION AS GARDEN MATERIALS, Yanju Liu, University of Newcastle

11:10 7E.3 DEVELOPING OPERATIONAL SITE-SPECIFIC GROUNDWATER TRIGGER LEVELS AND REMEDIATION CRITERIA AT AN ALUMINA REFINERY, Andrew Howes, Golder Associates

7F.3 PARAMETER OPTIMISATION OF SHOOTING RANGE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR STRONGLY WEATHERED CLAY RICH TROPICAL SOIL: FIELD SCALE RESEARCH, Kandasamy Thangavadivel, CRC CARE

7G.2 ESTABLISHING REMEDIATION OBJECTIVES FOR SITES: BEST PRACTICES FROM AUSTRALIA, Joytishna Jit, CRC CARE / University of South Australia

7H.3 CHEMODYNAMICS AND PHYTOTOXICITY OF BINARY METAL(LOID) MIXTURES AT LOW-TOXIC EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS, Mohammed Kader, GCER, University of Newcastle

11:30 7E.4 INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF A GROUNDWATER CONTAINMENT AND TREATMENT SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE NORTH COAST OF NSW, Pedro Balbachevsky, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

7F.4 TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT - THE CHALLENGE OF REMEDIATING AND MANAGEMENT OF LEAD IMPACTED SHOOTING RANGES, VICTORIA, Christian Wallis, CDM Smith

7G.3 COST BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TOOL, Luke Clements, CH2M

7H.4 LEACHING BEHAVIOUR OF HEAVY METAL(LOIDS) IN CCA TREATED TIMBER AND ITS IMMOBILISATION, Jianhua Jason Du, GCER

11:50 7E.5 CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE APPROACH OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION IN COLOMBIA, Alfonso Rodriguez, R3 Environmental Technology Colombia SAS

7F.5 INORGANIC ARSENIC IN RICE AND CANCER RISK, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, University of Newcastle

7G.4 IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION OPTIONS, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

7H.5 GEOCHEMICAL PARTIONING AND MOBILITY OF TRACE METALS IN SEDIMENTS OF A HIGHLY IMPACTED TROPICAL LAGOON, Amii Usese, University of Lagos

12:10 Lunch

DETAILED PROGRAM




Chair: Kent Sorenson, CDM Smith



Chair: Piyush Malaviya, University of Jammu






Chair: Suresh Subhashchandrabose, University of Newcastle

10:30 7E.1 THE MACDONALDTOWN GASWORKS REMEDIATION: A CASE STUDY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, Catherine Fletcher, Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd

7F.1 THE EFFECT OF LEAD IN SOIL ON CRIME DEPRIVATION IN DERBY, LEICESTER AND NOTTINGHAM, Mark Cave, British Geological Survey

7G.1 KEYNOTE: NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR REMEDIATION - DEVELOPMENT AND FINALISATION, Bruce Kennedy, CRC CARE

7H.1 ESTIMATION OF SAFE MERCURY LEVELS IN SOIL BY SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION APPROACH, Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub, University of Technology Sydney

10:50 7E.2 HIVE MIND: LESSONS FROM 25 YEARS OF CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION, Emmylou Cooke, Ventia Utility Services Pty Ltd

7F.2 RANKING CONTAMINATED SITES BY RISK - A CASE STUDY OF SHOOTING RANGES IN VICTORIA, Victor Kabay, Environment Protection Authority Victoria

7H.2 PLANT UPTAKE AND RISK ESTIMATION OF HEAVY METALS IN CCA TREATED TIMBER AFTER REMEDIATION FOR UTILISATION AS GARDEN MATERIALS, Yanju Liu, University of Newcastle

11:10 7E.3 DEVELOPING OPERATIONAL SITE-SPECIFIC GROUNDWATER TRIGGER LEVELS AND REMEDIATION CRITERIA AT AN ALUMINA REFINERY, Andrew Howes, Golder Associates

7F.3 PARAMETER OPTIMISATION OF SHOOTING RANGE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR STRONGLY WEATHERED CLAY RICH TROPICAL SOIL: FIELD SCALE RESEARCH, Kandasamy Thangavadivel, CRC CARE

7G.2 ESTABLISHING REMEDIATION OBJECTIVES FOR SITES: BEST PRACTICES FROM AUSTRALIA, Joytishna Jit, CRC CARE / University of South Australia

7H.3 CHEMODYNAMICS AND PHYTOTOXICITY OF BINARY METAL(LOID) MIXTURES AT LOW-TOXIC EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS, Mohammed Kader, GCER, University of Newcastle

11:30 7E.4 INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF A GROUNDWATER CONTAINMENT AND TREATMENT SYSTEM INSTALLED IN THE NORTH COAST OF NSW, Pedro Balbachevsky, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

7F.4 TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT - THE CHALLENGE OF REMEDIATING AND MANAGEMENT OF LEAD IMPACTED SHOOTING RANGES, VICTORIA, Christian Wallis, CDM Smith

7G.3 COST BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TOOL, Luke Clements, CH2M

7H.4 LEACHING BEHAVIOUR OF HEAVY METAL(LOIDS) IN CCA TREATED TIMBER AND ITS IMMOBILISATION, Jianhua Jason Du, GCER

11:50 7E.5 CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE APPROACH OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION IN COLOMBIA, Alfonso Rodriguez, R3 Environmental Technology Colombia SAS

7F.5 INORGANIC ARSENIC IN RICE AND CANCER RISK, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, University of Newcastle

7G.4 IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION OPTIONS, Peter Nadebaum, GHD

7H.5 GEOCHEMICAL PARTIONING AND MOBILITY OF TRACE METALS IN SEDIMENTS OF A HIGHLY IMPACTED TROPICAL LAGOON, Amii Usese, University of Lagos

12:10 Lunch

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8A - 8H8A - Understanding PFAS in the environment


Chair: Michael Smith, VT Dept. Environmental Conservation

8B - Remediation engineering: Improving design and operation of groundwater remediation systems (Sponsor: Golder Associates)


Chair: Larry M. Deschaine, HydroGeoLogic

8C - THE UNSESSION


Chair: Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

8D - Determining LNAPL remediation end points


Chair: Tom Palaia, CH2M

13:10 8A.1 PFAS SERUM HALF-LIFE IN SHEEP OF DIFFERENT AGES AND GENDER, Roger Drew, ToxConsult Pty Ltd

8B.1 KEYNOTE: IMPROVING DESIGN AND OPERATION OF GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION SYSTEMS, Eric Bergeron, Golder Associates Ltd

An unsession is a session with no structure - yet. The session content will be determined by conference delegates suggesting topics and then voting on which ones to cover.

A BLANK unposter space will be provided for delegates to suggest topics to cover during the unsession. The most popular topics will be taken forward and the Conversation Driver will ensure the right amount is spent on each one.

RULES

There are only two rules at an unsession:

1. Nobody is giving a presentation – unsessions are all about conversations;

2. If a session does not inspire attendees and they are not contributing, they should get up and find a different one. (It’s called the Law of Two Feet.)”

8D.1 KEYNOTE: A PREDICTIVE ANALYTICAL MODEL TO EXPLORE THE ENDPOINT FOR SUBSURFACE LNAPL RECOVERY: MODEL DESCRIPTION, Robert Lenhard, CSIRO

13:30 8A.2 PFAS MEASUREMENT IN BIOTA AND HUMANS: BEST PRACTICES FROM A CASE STUDY IN SAN FRANCISCO, Bharat Chandramouli, SGS AXYS

13:50 8A.3 DETERMINATION OF PFAS IN VICTORIAN WASTEWATER UTILIZING TARGETED AND UNTARGETED ANALYSIS, Timothy Coggan, RMIT University

8B.2 MANAGING A COMPLEX REMEDIATION PROJECT IN AN EVOLVING ENVIRONMENT, Camillo Coladonato, Dow Chemical

8D.2 A PREDICTIVE ANALYTICAL MODEL TO EXPLORE THE ENDPOINT FOR SUBSURFACE LNAPL RECOVERY: MODEL TESTING AGAINST NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS, John Rayner, CSIRO

14:10 8A.4 BALANCING POLLUTION FROM FIRES AGAINST POLLUTION FROM FIREFIGHTING - WHAT IS THE NEW NORM?, Mike Willson, Willson Consulting

8B.3 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN CONTAMINATION SOURCES AND MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN FOR CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS, Bithin Datta, James Cook University

8D.3 MODELLING LNAPL RECOVERY METHODS TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVE ENDPOINTS, Kaveh Sookhak Lari, CSIRO

14:30 8A.5 Two case studies on PFAS, Vanja Alling, Norwegian Environment Agency

8B.4 ORICA BOTANY GROUNDWATER CLEANUP: A CASE STUDY OF ADAPTIVE REMEDIATION MANAGEMENT, James Fairweather, Orica Limited

8D.4 VACUUM ENHANCED LNAPL RECOVERY SYSTEM - PORT MELBOURNE, Tom O’Callaghan, Enviropacific Services

14:50 Afternoon tea

DETAILED PROGRAM



CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8A - 8H8A - Understanding PFAS in the environment


Chair: Michael Smith, VT Dept. Environmental Conservation

8B - Remediation engineering: Improving design and operation of groundwater remediation systems (Sponsor: Golder Associates)


Chair: Larry M. Deschaine, HydroGeoLogic

8C - THE UNSESSION


Chair: Paul Nathanail, University of Nottingham

8D - Determining LNAPL remediation end points


Chair: Tom Palaia, CH2M

13:10 8A.1 PFAS SERUM HALF-LIFE IN SHEEP OF DIFFERENT AGES AND GENDER, Roger Drew, ToxConsult Pty Ltd

8B.1 KEYNOTE: IMPROVING DESIGN AND OPERATION OF GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION SYSTEMS, Eric Bergeron, Golder Associates Ltd

An unsession is a session with no structure - yet. The session content will be determined by conference delegates suggesting topics and then voting on which ones to cover.

A BLANK unposter space will be provided for delegates to suggest topics to cover during the unsession. The most popular topics will be taken forward and the Conversation Driver will ensure the right amount is spent on each one.

RULES

There are only two rules at an unsession:

1. Nobody is giving a presentation – unsessions are all about conversations;

2. If a session does not inspire attendees and they are not contributing, they should get up and find a different one. (It’s called the Law of Two Feet.)”

8D.1 KEYNOTE: A PREDICTIVE ANALYTICAL MODEL TO EXPLORE THE ENDPOINT FOR SUBSURFACE LNAPL RECOVERY: MODEL DESCRIPTION, Robert Lenhard, CSIRO

13:30 8A.2 PFAS MEASUREMENT IN BIOTA AND HUMANS: BEST PRACTICES FROM A CASE STUDY IN SAN FRANCISCO, Bharat Chandramouli, SGS AXYS

13:50 8A.3 DETERMINATION OF PFAS IN VICTORIAN WASTEWATER UTILIZING TARGETED AND UNTARGETED ANALYSIS, Timothy Coggan, RMIT University

8B.2 MANAGING A COMPLEX REMEDIATION PROJECT IN AN EVOLVING ENVIRONMENT, Camillo Coladonato, Dow Chemical

8D.2 A PREDICTIVE ANALYTICAL MODEL TO EXPLORE THE ENDPOINT FOR SUBSURFACE LNAPL RECOVERY: MODEL TESTING AGAINST NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS, John Rayner, CSIRO

14:10 8A.4 BALANCING POLLUTION FROM FIRES AGAINST POLLUTION FROM FIREFIGHTING - WHAT IS THE NEW NORM?, Mike Willson, Willson Consulting

8B.3 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN CONTAMINATION SOURCES AND MONITORING NETWORK DESIGN FOR CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS, Bithin Datta, James Cook University

8D.3 MODELLING LNAPL RECOVERY METHODS TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVE ENDPOINTS, Kaveh Sookhak Lari, CSIRO

14:30 8A.5 Two case studies on PFAS, Vanja Alling, Norwegian Environment Agency

8B.4 ORICA BOTANY GROUNDWATER CLEANUP: A CASE STUDY OF ADAPTIVE REMEDIATION MANAGEMENT, James Fairweather, Orica Limited

8D.4 VACUUM ENHANCED LNAPL RECOVERY SYSTEM - PORT MELBOURNE, Tom O’Callaghan, Enviropacific Services

14:50 Afternoon tea

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Chair: Mark Donaghey, CRC CARE



Chair: Kenneth Sajwan, Savannah State University



Chair: James Studer, InfraSUR LLC



Chair: Sudeep Shukla, Amity University

13:10 8E.1 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PFAS PLANT UPTAKE STUDY AT THE RAAF BASSE WILLIAMTOWN, Rachael Casson, AECOM

8F.1 SURVEY OF MINE PIT LAKE FEATURES IN THE PILBARA, Wijnand Germs, ERM

8G.1 KEYNOTE: IDENTIFICATION AND DELINEATION OF NAPLS USING LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF), David Heicher, Dakota Technologies

8H.1 HYDROCARBON TOXICITY ASSESSMENT IN FRESH AND WEATHERED SOILS USING OECD PLANTS AND NATIVE AUSTRALIAN GRASSES, Muhammad Khan, University of South Australia

13:30 8E.2 GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON: A PROVEN SOLUTION FOR PFAS TREATMENT, Jenalle Brewer, Calgon Carbon

8F.2 MINE TAILING DRAINAGE: A BOTTOMS UP APPROACH USING HDD DRILLING AND INSTALLATION METHODS, Dan Ombalski, Directed Technologies Drilling

8H.2 ACCUMULATION OF AS, CD, CU, PB, AND ZN IN NATIVE PLANTS GROWING ON CONTAMINATED THAI NGUYEN SITES, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, University of Newcastle

13:50 8E.3 PFAS SOIL AND WATER TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW OF OPTIONS UNDER EVOLVING REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, Annette Nolan, Ventia

8F.3 HARNESSING HYPERACCUMULATIVE PLANTS TO REMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL SOILS CONTAMINATED BY METALS MINE DISCHARGE, Charles CC Lee, University of Newcastle

8G.2 APPLICATION OF XRF AS A SCREENING TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CCA CONTAMINATED SITES, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, IPT

8H.3 BIOAVAILABILITY OF ARSENIC FROM RICE: SIGNIFICANCE OF RICE GENOTYPES, Shofiqul Islam, University of Newcastle

14:10 8E.4 BEST PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OF ASBESTOS IN SOIL UNDER A STRINGENT REGULATOR AND PUBLIC, Will Magnus, Enviropacific Services

8F.4 REHABILITATING MERCURY CONTAMINATED MINING LANDS IN COLOMBIA USING BIOCHAR, Alfonso Rodriguez, R3 Environmental Technology Colombia SAS

8G.3 IS XRF WORTH THE HYPE AND EXPENSE?, Bryden Tiddy, Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd

8H.4 8H.4: PLANTS TREATMENT WITH PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASs): UPTAKE AND EFFECTS ON GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGY, Nisha Sharma, University of Padova

14:30 8E.5 NATURALLY OCCURING ASBESTOS: A REVIEW OF THE ISSUES AND RISKS, Juliet Duffy, Regional EnviroScience

8F.5 SIMULATION OF REACTIVE GEOCHEMICAL SPECIES AND RADIONUCLIDES TRANSPORT TO EVALUATE THE SOURCE TERM IN A CONTAMINATED AQUIFER OF AN ABANDONED URANIUM MINE SITE, Michael Hayford, James Cook University

8G.4 A METHOD FOR SEPARATION OF HEAVY METAL SOURCES IN GROUNDWATER USING XRF PROFILES AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS: FISHERMANS BEND, AUSTRALIA, Emily Hepburn, RMIT University

8H.5 REMEDIATION OF PHENOL CONTAMINATION IN OGONILAND, NIGERIA., Abadi Rufus Ndukari, University of Brighton

14:50 Afternoon tea

PLENARY SESSION 4: Conference Hall 1, 2 and 315:20 Conference closing session

17:00 Conference closes

DETAILED PROGRAM




Chair: Mark Donaghey, CRC CARE



Chair: Kenneth Sajwan, Savannah State University



Chair: James Studer, InfraSUR LLC



Chair: Sudeep Shukla, Amity University

13:10 8E.1 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PFAS PLANT UPTAKE STUDY AT THE RAAF BASSE WILLIAMTOWN, Rachael Casson, AECOM

8F.1 SURVEY OF MINE PIT LAKE FEATURES IN THE PILBARA, Wijnand Germs, ERM

8G.1 KEYNOTE: IDENTIFICATION AND DELINEATION OF NAPLS USING LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF), David Heicher, Dakota Technologies

8H.1 HYDROCARBON TOXICITY ASSESSMENT IN FRESH AND WEATHERED SOILS USING OECD PLANTS AND NATIVE AUSTRALIAN GRASSES, Muhammad Khan, University of South Australia

13:30 8E.2 GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON: A PROVEN SOLUTION FOR PFAS TREATMENT, Jenalle Brewer, Calgon Carbon

8F.2 MINE TAILING DRAINAGE: A BOTTOMS UP APPROACH USING HDD DRILLING AND INSTALLATION METHODS, Dan Ombalski, Directed Technologies Drilling

8H.2 ACCUMULATION OF AS, CD, CU, PB, AND ZN IN NATIVE PLANTS GROWING ON CONTAMINATED THAI NGUYEN SITES, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, University of Newcastle

13:50 8E.3 PFAS SOIL AND WATER TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW OF OPTIONS UNDER EVOLVING REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, Annette Nolan, Ventia

8F.3 HARNESSING HYPERACCUMULATIVE PLANTS TO REMEDIATE AGRICULTURAL SOILS CONTAMINATED BY METALS MINE DISCHARGE, Charles CC Lee, University of Newcastle

8G.2 APPLICATION OF XRF AS A SCREENING TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CCA CONTAMINATED SITES, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, IPT

8H.3 BIOAVAILABILITY OF ARSENIC FROM RICE: SIGNIFICANCE OF RICE GENOTYPES, Shofiqul Islam, University of Newcastle

14:10 8E.4 BEST PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OF ASBESTOS IN SOIL UNDER A STRINGENT REGULATOR AND PUBLIC, Will Magnus, Enviropacific Services

8F.4 REHABILITATING MERCURY CONTAMINATED MINING LANDS IN COLOMBIA USING BIOCHAR, Alfonso Rodriguez, R3 Environmental Technology Colombia SAS

8G.3 IS XRF WORTH THE HYPE AND EXPENSE?, Bryden Tiddy, Coffey Services Australia Pty Ltd

8H.4 8H.4: PLANTS TREATMENT WITH PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASs): UPTAKE AND EFFECTS ON GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGY, Nisha Sharma, University of Padova

14:30 8E.5 NATURALLY OCCURING ASBESTOS: A REVIEW OF THE ISSUES AND RISKS, Juliet Duffy, Regional EnviroScience

8F.5 SIMULATION OF REACTIVE GEOCHEMICAL SPECIES AND RADIONUCLIDES TRANSPORT TO EVALUATE THE SOURCE TERM IN A CONTAMINATED AQUIFER OF AN ABANDONED URANIUM MINE SITE, Michael Hayford, James Cook University

8G.4 A METHOD FOR SEPARATION OF HEAVY METAL SOURCES IN GROUNDWATER USING XRF PROFILES AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS: FISHERMANS BEND, AUSTRALIA, Emily Hepburn, RMIT University

8H.5 REMEDIATION OF PHENOL CONTAMINATION IN OGONILAND, NIGERIA., Abadi Rufus Ndukari, University of Brighton

14:50 Afternoon tea

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P1 ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGNS IN BUILDINGS: CLEANER AND GREENER ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT, Abdeen Omer, Energy Research Institute

P6 SUSTAINABLE TREATMENT OPTIMISATION, Graham Smith, WSP Australia

P11 INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION OF MULTIPLE PFAS SOURCE ZONES AT AN AIRPORT TO SAFEGUARD A WATER SUPPLY, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P16 ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN FISH FARMS EFFLUENT: ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT, Moyosore Akinsulire, University of Lagos

P2 UTILISATION OF FIPRONIL, AN ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE AS NUTRIENT SOURCE AND BIODEGRADATION BY BACTERIA IN CARDAMOM PLANTATION SOILS OF IDUKKI, KERALA, INDIA, Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent, University of Kerala

P7 SIGNIFICANCE AND SCOPE OF FLORAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA, Ganga Mathian, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

P12 IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION VIA ACTIVATED PERSULFATE FOR REMEDIATION OF MULTIPLE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P17 NITRIC OXIDE AMELIORATE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ARSENIC-INDUCED STRESS ON YIELD PARAMETERS IN MUNGBEAN, Pradeep Kumar Shukla, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

P3 PULVERISED BIOFUELS FLAME PROPAGATION IN COMPARISON TO COALS, Muhammad Azam Saeed, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

P8 PFAS OCCURRENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH AFFF RELEASES AT MULTIPLE US MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, Nathan Hagelin, Amec Foster Wheeler

P13 REDUCTION OF POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS IN THEIR CONTAMINATED SOIL BY MICROSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON, Chien Ying Yang, University of Newcastle

P18 INFORMATION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION ADAPTATION: LESSONS AND NEEDS IN FIJI, Deeksha Krishna, FNU

P4 REMEDIATION OF PHENOL CONTAMINATION IN OGONILAND, NIGERIA., Ndukari Abadi Rufus, University of Brighton

P9 FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELLING OF PFOS IN A FRACTURED CHALK AQUIFER TOWARDS A LARGE SCALE DRINKING WATER ABSTRACTION, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P14 SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND NEEM EXTRACT SYNERGISM FOR EFFECTIVE ELIMINATION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM STANDARD SURFACE STERILIZATION PROCEDURE, Pragati Misra, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad

P19 IMPACT OF LAND USE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON FRACTIONS AND CO2 EFFLUX, Hasintha Wijesekara, GCER

P5 AUGMENTING MICROBIAL POPULATIONS TO ENHANCE TREATMENT, Graham Smith, WSP Australia

P10 REMEDIATION OF POLY- AND PERFLUORO ALKYL SUBSTANCES: DEVELOPING REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMERGING CHALLENGES, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P15 BIOAUGMENTATION OF A MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR BY SPECIFIC BIOFILM-FORMING, PHENOL-DEGRADING BACTERIA FOR ASSESSING OF PHENOL DEGRADATION, Sahar Irankhah, Alzahra University

P20 EFFECTS OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON METALS UPTAKE, PLANT GROWTH AND YIELD OF FINGER MILLET WITH INCREASING ZN AND CD CONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL, Deeksha Krishna, Fiji National University

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P1 ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGNS IN BUILDINGS: CLEANER AND GREENER ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT, Abdeen Omer, Energy Research Institute

P6 SUSTAINABLE TREATMENT OPTIMISATION, Graham Smith, WSP Australia

P11 INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION OF MULTIPLE PFAS SOURCE ZONES AT AN AIRPORT TO SAFEGUARD A WATER SUPPLY, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P16 ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN FISH FARMS EFFLUENT: ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT, Moyosore Akinsulire, University of Lagos

P2 UTILISATION OF FIPRONIL, AN ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE AS NUTRIENT SOURCE AND BIODEGRADATION BY BACTERIA IN CARDAMOM PLANTATION SOILS OF IDUKKI, KERALA, INDIA, Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent, University of Kerala

P7 SIGNIFICANCE AND SCOPE OF FLORAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA, Ganga Mathian, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

P12 IN SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATION VIA ACTIVATED PERSULFATE FOR REMEDIATION OF MULTIPLE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P17 NITRIC OXIDE AMELIORATE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ARSENIC-INDUCED STRESS ON YIELD PARAMETERS IN MUNGBEAN, Pradeep Kumar Shukla, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

P3 PULVERISED BIOFUELS FLAME PROPAGATION IN COMPARISON TO COALS, Muhammad Azam Saeed, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

P8 PFAS OCCURRENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH AFFF RELEASES AT MULTIPLE US MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, Nathan Hagelin, Amec Foster Wheeler

P13 REDUCTION OF POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS IN THEIR CONTAMINATED SOIL BY MICROSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON, Chien Ying Yang, University of Newcastle

P18 INFORMATION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION ADAPTATION: LESSONS AND NEEDS IN FIJI, Deeksha Krishna, FNU

P4 REMEDIATION OF PHENOL CONTAMINATION IN OGONILAND, NIGERIA., Ndukari Abadi Rufus, University of Brighton

P9 FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELLING OF PFOS IN A FRACTURED CHALK AQUIFER TOWARDS A LARGE SCALE DRINKING WATER ABSTRACTION, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P14 SILVER NANOPARTICLES AND NEEM EXTRACT SYNERGISM FOR EFFECTIVE ELIMINATION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM STANDARD SURFACE STERILIZATION PROCEDURE, Pragati Misra, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad

P19 IMPACT OF LAND USE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON FRACTIONS AND CO2 EFFLUX, Hasintha Wijesekara, GCER

P5 AUGMENTING MICROBIAL POPULATIONS TO ENHANCE TREATMENT, Graham Smith, WSP Australia

P10 REMEDIATION OF POLY- AND PERFLUORO ALKYL SUBSTANCES: DEVELOPING REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMERGING CHALLENGES, Ian Ross, Arcadis

P15 BIOAUGMENTATION OF A MOVING BED BIOFILM REACTOR BY SPECIFIC BIOFILM-FORMING, PHENOL-DEGRADING BACTERIA FOR ASSESSING OF PHENOL DEGRADATION, Sahar Irankhah, Alzahra University

P20 EFFECTS OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON METALS UPTAKE, PLANT GROWTH AND YIELD OF FINGER MILLET WITH INCREASING ZN AND CD CONCENTRATIONS IN SOIL, Deeksha Krishna, Fiji National University

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P21 URBAN LEAD CONTAMINATION- NOT AS "DIFFUSE" AS PERCEIVED - FINDINGS FROM A VICTORIAN BACKGROUND SOIL SURVEY, Hannah Mikkonen, RMIT and CDM Smith

P26 GREEN SYNTHESIZED BIOCOMPATIBLE ANODE IN MFCS FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENTS AND ELECTRICITY RECYCLING, YING CHENG, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

P31 IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY OF SRI LANKA Mudalige Kulathunga University of Newcastle

P22 ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING APPLIED TO CHEMICAL SPILLS, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, IPT

P27 MAGNETICALLY-EXTRACTABLE MAGNETITE-SILICA-TITANIA PHOTOCATALYST AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE DEGRADATION OF 4-CHLOROPHENOL, Alexandre de Oliveira Jorgetto, Sao Paulo State University

P32 DUST PLUME DISPERSION STUDIES USING DOPPLER LIDAR AND NUMERICAL MODELLING - A CASE STUDY AT PORT HEDLAND Vaibhav Mohale Curtin University

P23 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DEFINED MECHANOCHEMICAL REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN A BALL MILL, Volker Birke, University of Wismar

P28 USING SOIL PROPERTIES TO PREDICT LEAD BIOAVAILABILITY, Kaihong Yan, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle

P33 A HANDHELD INFRARED TECHNOLOGY FOR MEASURING TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH) IN SOIL TO REDUCE MINE SITE COSTS Richard Stewart Ziltek Pty Ltd

P24 SORPTION OF NORFLOXACIN ONTO HUMIC ACID EXTRACTED FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST, Kai Yang, Advanced Materials Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences

P29 PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CADMIUM ACCUMULATION IN RICE, Abu Bakkar Siddique, University of Newcastle

P25 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ORGANOCHLORINATED COMPOUNDS IN SOIL, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, Institute for Technological Research

P30 EFFECT OF POTAMOGETON CRISPUS L. ON BIOAVAILABILITY AND BIODEGRADATION ACTIVITY OF PYRENE IN AGED AND UNAGED SEDIMENTS, Fanbo Meng, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation


P21 URBAN LEAD CONTAMINATION- NOT AS "DIFFUSE" AS PERCEIVED - FINDINGS FROM A VICTORIAN BACKGROUND SOIL SURVEY, Hannah Mikkonen, RMIT and CDM Smith

P26 GREEN SYNTHESIZED BIOCOMPATIBLE ANODE IN MFCS FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENTS AND ELECTRICITY RECYCLING, YING CHENG, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

P31 IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE OF UNKNOWN AETIOLOGY OF SRI LANKA Mudalige Kulathunga University of Newcastle

P22 ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING APPLIED TO CHEMICAL SPILLS, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, IPT

P27 MAGNETICALLY-EXTRACTABLE MAGNETITE-SILICA-TITANIA PHOTOCATALYST AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE DEGRADATION OF 4-CHLOROPHENOL, Alexandre de Oliveira Jorgetto, Sao Paulo State University

P32 DUST PLUME DISPERSION STUDIES USING DOPPLER LIDAR AND NUMERICAL MODELLING - A CASE STUDY AT PORT HEDLAND Vaibhav Mohale Curtin University

P23 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DEFINED MECHANOCHEMICAL REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN A BALL MILL, Volker Birke, University of Wismar

P28 USING SOIL PROPERTIES TO PREDICT LEAD BIOAVAILABILITY, Kaihong Yan, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation, University of Newcastle

P33 A HANDHELD INFRARED TECHNOLOGY FOR MEASURING TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH) IN SOIL TO REDUCE MINE SITE COSTS Richard Stewart Ziltek Pty Ltd

P24 SORPTION OF NORFLOXACIN ONTO HUMIC ACID EXTRACTED FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST, Kai Yang, Advanced Materials Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences

P29 PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CADMIUM ACCUMULATION IN RICE, Abu Bakkar Siddique, University of Newcastle

P25 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ORGANOCHLORINATED COMPOUNDS IN SOIL, Leandro Gomes de Freitas, Institute for Technological Research

P30 EFFECT OF POTAMOGETON CRISPUS L. ON BIOAVAILABILITY AND BIODEGRADATION ACTIVITY OF PYRENE IN AGED AND UNAGED SEDIMENTS, Fanbo Meng, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation

Date: Thursday, 14 September 2017

Time: 9am – 4pm

As part of CleanUp 2017, delegates will have the opportunity to take one of two technical tours.

1. Remediation Tour

Delegates registered for this full-day tour will enjoy guided tours by local experts at contaminated sites undergoing assessment, remediation and/or management as well as a remediation facility.

Itinerary

9:00 am Bus departs Crown Promenade Hotel

9:30 am Arrive at the EnviroPacific Services site

EnviroPacific Services are currently constructing a hazardous soil facility at their licensed site at Altona. Designed as a thermal unit for the destruction of persistent organic pollutants and other compounds including chlorinated hydrocarbons and PFAS, this facility will offer the contaminated land industry and broader waste market a nationally recognised outlet for their solid and liquid waste streams. Delegates will also: tour future waste storage sheds and observe emission control systems before they go live; meet with expert thermal treatment managers; and gain an understanding of the process of thermal waste treatment.

Morning tea will be served during the tour.

12:00 noon Depart site

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Bus departs for HydroTerra site

2:00 pm Arrive at HydroTerra site

HydroTerra will demonstrate a contaminated in-fill development site at Newport. This tour will showcase: the use of Microbial Insights for methodological assessment prior to site works; the use of a trailer-mounted SV unit; manual and automated ground gas assessment; and discussions on monitored natural attenuation.

We will then visit an ex-landfill site in the City of Casey employing the use of cutting-edge continuous gas monitoring equipment.

The tour will include some of the HydroTerra speakers from the conference sessions discussing their in-situ technology.

4:00 pm Tour finishes

5:00 pm Bus arrives at Crown Promenade Hotel

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2. Analytical and instrumentation Tour

Delegates registered for this full-day tour will be guided by experts through some of the best analytical and instrumentation facilities in Melbourne.

Itinerary

9:00 am Bus departs Crown Promenade Hotel

9:30 am Arrive at the Agilent Technologies’ state-of-the-art facility

The tour will include:

• research and development facilities

• an application laboratory

• a brief history of the site, including development of atomic absorption spectrometer technology in Australia.

Morning tea will be served during the tour.

12:00 noon Depart site

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Bus departs for Eurofins | mgt analytical laboratory

2:00 pm Arrive at Eurofins | mgt

Participants will get behind-the-scenes insight into environmental samples from their receipt to reporting. The tour will include:

• Overview of the facility

• A session on the development of robotics and automation

• LEAN – utilisation within the Eurofins group

• TOF (Total OrganoFluorine) – an explanation from Dr Bob Symons on methodology and instrumentation

• Air Toxics – Demonstration of sampling and analysis of Air for TO15 analysis

4:00 pm Tour finishes

5:00 pm Bus arrives at Crown Promenade Hotel


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Tel. 0508 00 11 22www.asurequality.com

AsureQuality offers specialist

analytical chemistry services to

support investigation and monitoring

of emerging and legacy contaminants.

Our ISO17025 accredited services

enable you meet global standards for

monitoring and research programs.

Contaminant Services You Can Trust

GLOBAL EXPERTS IN FOOD ASSURANCE

We offer:

•Aspecialistscientificteamwithextensiveanalyticalmethoddevelopmentexperienceforproject-specificrequirements,fromenvironmentalandecosystemcontaminantinvestigationstohumanhealthandexposurestudies.

•Expertisetohelpyouinvestigateandsolvedifficultenvironmentalproblems.Wespecialiseinchallengingandunusualanalysesofawiderangeofenvironmentalsampletypesfromwatertobiota.

Talktousaboutlegacyandemergingcontaminantsincluding,PFAS,PPCPs,EndocrineDisruptors,1,4-Dioxane,ChlorinatedParaffins,PesticidesandMetabolites,VeterinaryMedicines,Dioxins,PCBs,BFRs,PAHs,BPAandPhthalates.

THINKOFUSASAPARTNER,NOTJUSTACONTRACTOR.

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