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Basic Scenarios

The first comprehensive remediation framework concept for Bitterfeld was completed in 1994. Until then, the risks to receptors were not as severe, particularly due to the remaining pumping activities. The conclusion that the groundwater itself constitutes one large source, lead to corresponding source-oriented measures.

The complete decontamination was considered technically and economically not feasible. Therefore, the main objective was the risk reduction while guaranteeing the continuous industrial use of the site.

The following primary measures were generally considered to take into account the scale of the contamination, the complex site-specific conditions as well as the development of the hydraulic conditions after the closure of the mining activites:

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