Author(s)

T. Hobbs, P. Reeves, R. Best & A. Gorman

Abstract

Within the central portion of the capital city of Australia, Canberra, lies Lake Burley Griffin along the edge of which an A$1 billion brownfields redevelopment project is currently in progress. For a comparatively young city with a limited development history, the legacy of past industrial land uses was somewhat unexpected for project developers and financiers. The discovery of a significant hydrocarbon contaminant plume had serious implications for project cost and time schedules. Initial site investigations revealed a hydrocarbon contaminant plume emanating from a former bulk storage fuel facility at the site; ash from a former coal fired power station was also identified as a contaminant. Subsequent investigations revea

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