Remediation Technology Costs in the UK & Europe; Drivers and Changes from 2001 to 2005.

As part of a European 5^th Framework project PURE (Protection of Underground Resources), a specific market-oriented research task was undertaken by the British service provider, VHE Technology Ltd. The task was to obtain costings and market conditions/usage of remediation technologies across Europe, over the period 2001-2003; the full tabulated data is expected to be available on the Commission website (www.cordis.lu) in 2005. This paper elaborates on both the prominence of particular remediation technologies in member states (and the technical/economic/regulatory reasons for that), and the market changes that have occurred between 2001 and 2003, especially in 5 European countries: UK, France, Germany, Belgium & Italy. It further comments on specific changes in the UK market from 2003 to 2005; further research into this and European remediation technology costs is ongoing through 2005.