Abstract

Contaminated land is a major problem and its remediation costs in Europe and the USA exceed €550 billion; however,

rehabilitation proceeds only at a slow pace. The normally high cost of remediation, along with the inefficient use of the available

funds, gives rise to a need for a method of effectively allocating remediation funds. Risk assessment based techniques sustain the

decision-making process regarding contaminated sites rehabilitation, along with cost/benefit analysis for the process

sustainability. This paper presents the decision-making process steps for the management of a contaminated site, and applied to a

case study in central Romania.