TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED SOILS DFG-RESEARCH CENTRE SFB 188

Key words: contaminated soils, physical-chemico processes, biological treat- ment, analytical and ecotoxicological methods

The research centre "Treatment of Contaminated Soils" was established by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in 1989. It is the aim of the research centre to investigate, develop and optimise decontamination methods. There are a large number of contaminated sites, e.g., industrial sites, former gas works, coking plants, chemical plants, etc., on which production residues were improperly stored or buried. In addition, many subsoil contaminations were caused by leaking fuel pipes or tanks (former refineries, airports). The releases also threaten the ground water and detract from the use of the sites until complete remediate.