The book illustrates the role of large-scale experiments in groundwater contamination research as an important tool for bridging the gap between small-scale laboratory experiments and field site investigations.

Inhalt
The Role of Large-Scale Experiments in Groundwater and Subsurface Remediation Research: The VEGAS Concept and Approach.- From Concepts to Quantification: Experiments.- The Hierarchical Organization of Experiments, a Leading Approach in Engineering Science.- Basic Knowledge and Perspectives on Biodegradation of Xenobiotic Compounds in Soil.- Quantifying Rates of Biodegradation in Contaminated Aquifers.- Heterogeneity of Soils and its Role in Solute Transport.- Visualization Experiments at the Pore Scale.- From Processes to Technologies: Interactions and Scales.- The Borden Site for Groundwater Contamination Experiments: 19781995.- The VEGAS Research Facility: Technical Equipment and Research Projects.- Metal-Enhanced Degradation of Halocarbons: Technology Development and Implementation.- Research Centre SFB 188 Treatment of Contaminated Soils Examples from Investigations in the Field of Biological Soil Treatment.- Effective Parameters, Effective Processes: From Porous Flow Physics to In Situ Remediation Technology.- Regional Scales of Groundwater Quality Parameters and their Dependence on Geology and Land Use.- From Processes to Systems: Numerical Models.- From Processes to Systems: A Discussion of Predictive Modelling of Flow and Transport in Geologic Systems.- Predictive Modelling of Multicomponent Reactive Transport in Mining-affected Acidic Groundwater Environments.- Coupling Chemical Reactors with Particle Tracking Transport Models.- Problems and Issues of Constitutive Relationships Needed for Accurate Modelling of Multiphase Flow in Heterogenous Porous Media.- Surfactant Enhanced Dissolution of Pooled DNAPL: Numerical Modelling and Parameter Identification.- From Technology to Application: Strategies.- Safeguards and Remedies A Basis for Decisionson Major Projects in Eastern Germany, and for their Realisation.- Public and Private Initiatives to Develop Ground Water Remediation Technologies in the U.S..- Decontamination of Abandoned Hazardous Sites in the City of Düsseldorf.- In Situ Bioremediation of Chloroethene Contaminated Soil.- Groundwater Protection and Water Supply Concept and Major Results of a Technology Assessment Project Carried out on Behalf of the German Bundestag.- List of Authors.