The following poster was presented at The Brownfields 2000 - Research and Regionalism: Revitalizing the American Community conference in New Jersey, USA in October 2000. It was prepared by:
Edwina Laginestra
Kate Hughes
Abstract
Winning the right to host the year 2000 Olympic Games provided impetus and funding to remediate degraded land located in the middle of the Greater Sydney metropolis. Land that had previously been affected by a range of industrial activities and intensive waste dumping is now being managed by the NSW State Government to provide a safe environment for recreation, sporting competition and flora/fauna habitat.
Remediation at the Homebush Bay site entailed consolidating waste into defined areas, capping the mounds and installing a leachate collection system. No waste was taken off-site. The government also put aside funds for an "Enhanced Remediation Strategy", which provided funding to leave the site as a legacy for Sydney after the Olympic Games. The funds have been used to determine the ecological health at the site, observe remediation processes and report data in an easily understood and accessible format to provide tools for long term management decision making and public education.
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"The Olympics in Australia: Managing and Monitoring Remediated Land" (PDF - 832 K)
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