Survey data for Thala Valley Clean Up Project 2003/4
Survey information on the Thala Valley landfill clean up site from the summer season of 2003/2004 - final survey of site before departure, including stockpile sites - survey of all points where samples were taken throughout project Until the mid-1980s, waste handling in Antarctica typically involved...
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Survey information on the Thala Valley landfill clean up site from the summer season of 2003/2004 - final survey of site before departure, including stockpile sites - survey of all points where samples were taken throughout project Until the mid-1980s, waste handling in Antarctica typically involved the dumping of material in gullies and bays in the immediate vicinity of stations. In a massive logistical exercise in the 2003-04 Antarctic summer, the Australian Antarctic Division cleaned up one such site - in Thala Valley, near Casey station. Although the major operational phase occurred this year, the project began in earnest in 2000. A nationally-advertised call for expressions of interest sourced suitable on-site and post-removal hazardous waste remediation technologies. Site assessments conducted over successive summers identified issues influencing the choice of removal strategies and enabled environmental monitoring baselines to be established. The excavation of diversion channels to direct summer melt water away from the site, and the deployment of a specially designed water treatment plant to separate particulate and dissolved contaminants from site run-off, were among methods chosen to control the mobilisation of contaminants present in the tip. The excavated material was containerised and shipped to Tasmania using 235 purpose-built containers donated by Vivendi (now Veolia). To contain costs associated with the heavy metal stabilisation treatment of some of the waste, samples from each container were analysed using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). In accordance with stringent quarantine and National Environment Protection Measure requirements, the material was then deep buried in an appropriately certified landfill near the Port of Hobart. Twenty-four related scientific papers were published in peer-reviewed journals in 2003, and many parties to the project have participated in a formal project debrief. Early monitoring results indicate that the activity has been conducted in a manner consistent with Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty requirements, in particular that clean-up actions not result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving the material in situ. |
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PATERSON, CHRIS (hasPrincipalInvestigator) COOK, HEATHER (hasPrincipalInvestigator) READ, AARON (processor) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) |
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Survey data for Thala Valley Clean Up Project 2003/4 |
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Survey data for Thala Valley Clean Up Project 2003/4 |
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Survey data for Thala Valley Clean Up Project 2003/4 |
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Survey data for Thala Valley Clean Up Project 2003/4 |
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survey data for thala valley clean up project 2003/4 |
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Australian Antarctic Data Centre |
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https://researchdata.ands.org.au/survey-thala-valley-project-20034/701949 https://doi.org/10.26179/5d5f819816b1f https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/TVCleanupSurvey0304 http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536 |
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Spatial: northlimit=-66.2611; southlimit=-66.2638; westlimit=110.5333; eastLimit=110.5416; projection=WGS84 Temporal: From 2003-10-17 to 2004-02-27 |
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ENVELOPE(110.528,110.528,-66.282,-66.282) ENVELOPE(110.536,110.536,-66.280,-66.280) ENVELOPE(110.5333,110.5416,-66.2611,-66.2638) |
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Antarctic Casey Station Thala Valley The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Casey Station Thala Valley The Antarctic |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Australian Antarctic Division |
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ftands:oai:ands.org.au::701949 2023-05-15T13:47:00+02:00 Survey data for Thala Valley Clean Up Project 2003/4 PATERSON, CHRIS (hasPrincipalInvestigator) COOK, HEATHER (hasPrincipalInvestigator) READ, AARON (processor) Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher) Spatial: northlimit=-66.2611; southlimit=-66.2638; westlimit=110.5333; eastLimit=110.5416; projection=WGS84 Temporal: From 2003-10-17 to 2004-02-27 https://researchdata.ands.org.au/survey-thala-valley-project-20034/701949 https://doi.org/10.26179/5d5f819816b1f https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/TVCleanupSurvey0304 http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536 unknown Australian Antarctic Data Centre https://researchdata.ands.org.au/survey-thala-valley-project-20034/701949 9e591b0a-a21c-4ea7-8e12-7ce646cae9b9 doi:10.26179/5d5f819816b1f TVCleanupSurvey0304 https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/TVCleanupSurvey0304 http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536 Australian Antarctic Data Centre biota environment geoscientificInformation inlandWaters WATER MANAGEMENT EARTH SCIENCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION FREEZE/THAW TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE SNOW/ICE SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY SURFACE WATER CONTAMINANTS WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY DISPERSION GROUND WATER EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER FEATURES > DRAINAGE BASINS CLEAN UP CONTAMINATION CONTAMINATED SITE LANDFILL THALA VALLEY THALA TIP WASTE VISUAL OBSERVATIONS FIELD INVESTIGATION CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey Station GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR dataset ftands https://doi.org/10.26179/5d5f819816b1f 2020-01-05T21:19:29Z Survey information on the Thala Valley landfill clean up site from the summer season of 2003/2004 - final survey of site before departure, including stockpile sites - survey of all points where samples were taken throughout project Until the mid-1980s, waste handling in Antarctica typically involved the dumping of material in gullies and bays in the immediate vicinity of stations. In a massive logistical exercise in the 2003-04 Antarctic summer, the Australian Antarctic Division cleaned up one such site - in Thala Valley, near Casey station. Although the major operational phase occurred this year, the project began in earnest in 2000. A nationally-advertised call for expressions of interest sourced suitable on-site and post-removal hazardous waste remediation technologies. Site assessments conducted over successive summers identified issues influencing the choice of removal strategies and enabled environmental monitoring baselines to be established. The excavation of diversion channels to direct summer melt water away from the site, and the deployment of a specially designed water treatment plant to separate particulate and dissolved contaminants from site run-off, were among methods chosen to control the mobilisation of contaminants present in the tip. The excavated material was containerised and shipped to Tasmania using 235 purpose-built containers donated by Vivendi (now Veolia). To contain costs associated with the heavy metal stabilisation treatment of some of the waste, samples from each container were analysed using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). In accordance with stringent quarantine and National Environment Protection Measure requirements, the material was then deep buried in an appropriately certified landfill near the Port of Hobart. Twenty-four related scientific papers were published in peer-reviewed journals in 2003, and many parties to the project have participated in a formal project debrief. Early monitoring results indicate that the activity has been conducted in a manner consistent with Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty requirements, in particular that clean-up actions not result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving the material in situ. Dataset Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Australian Antarctic Division Research Data Australia (Australian National Data Service - ANDS) Antarctic Casey Station ENVELOPE(110.528,110.528,-66.282,-66.282) Thala Valley ENVELOPE(110.536,110.536,-66.280,-66.280) The Antarctic ENVELOPE(110.5333,110.5416,-66.2611,-66.2638) |