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Piling over Aquifers into Contaminated Land

The Environment Agency publish several documents that offer guidance regarding piling over aquifers or into contaminated ground.

To access these documents, use the links to go to the publications catalogue on the Environment Agency website and cut and paste the Product Code into the product code search box.

Piling and Penetrative Ground Improvement Methods on land affected by Contamination: Guidance on Pollution Prevention   (Report NC/99/73)

Published 2001 by the National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre  (100 pages)
Authors:  F J Westcott, C M B Lean & M L Cunningham
Product Code SCHO0501BITT-E-E
Environment Agency Publications Catalogue

Piling in layered ground: risks to groundwater and archaeology (Science ReportSC020074/SR)
Published October 2006   (56 Pages)

Authors: 
Product Code SCHO0906BLLT-E-E
Environment Agency Publications Catalogue

Summaries of these documents are also available:-

Piling into Contaminated Sites

Published:  March 2002  (20 pages)
Author:  National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre
Product Code:  SCHO0202BISW-E-E
Environment Agency Publications Catalogue

Piling in layered ground: risks to groundwater and archaeology

Published October 2006      (2 pages)
Author:  CC Hird, KB Emmett & G Davies
(Science Summary SC020074)
(Product Code SCHO0906BLLV-B-E)
Environment Agency Publications Catalogue

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