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There is often a risk of pollution entering or moving in the road environment. This may give rise to problems of various severities dependant on the local environment around and under the pavement. Therefore the risks have, first, to be assessed and then appropriate action taken to minimise the movements and/or the impacts. This chapter describes the criteria to be applied when considering pollution mitigation schemes and the constraints that must be taken into account. Both traffic considerations (which often form the driver for pollution supply) and economic considerations are included in the coverage of the chapter together with some comments on site sensitivity. In particular, the chapter provides a framework for considering alternative mitigation strategies against a background of the benefits and limitations of each. Pollution mitigation measures are only mentioned where they are identifiably different from conventional drainage measures which are covered more fully in Chapter 13
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Brenčič, M., Dawson, A., Folkeson, L., François, D., Leitão, T. (2009). Pollution Mitigation. In: Dawson, A. (eds) Water in Road Structures. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8562-8_12
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