This web site aims to guide environmental managers through a framework for assessing contaminated sites and to provide information resources relevant to New Zealand assessors, auditors or reviewers. The site is a collaborative venture between a number of organisations. 

There are 2 levels of information about site contamination and risk assessment - introductory and advanced. Readers new to risk assessment should look at the introductory information first.

General information:

Site details and purpose

Additional site information

Project participants

How to contact us

Disclaimer

Liability

What's new on the site?

This is for:

Tier 1 assessors

Regional authority staff

Consultants

Financial lenders

Interested people

Answers questions:

What is a contaminated site?

What is risk management?

What is risk assessment?

What are the fundamentals?

What methods are used?

What are the limitations?

What are risk assessment tiers?

How to: 

Framework & Examples

Provides useful resources:

Glossary

FAQ's

Useful links (NZ guidelines)

This is for:

Tier 2 & 3 assessors

Researchers

Government agencies

Has New Zealand data:

Ecotoxicity testing protocols

Ecotoxicity results

Contaminant mobility tests & results

Soil property data

Provides tools & resources:

Models

Ecotoxicity databases

RA methodologies

Document resources

How to: 

Framework - advanced

This site is kindly hosted by

Landcare Research