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In many urban areas there is extensive groundwater contamination from a wide
variety of sources that result from decades if not centuries of activities. Remediation
of this groundwater resource alone is not seen as technically or financially fea-
sible. However, the use of groundwater heat storage will pump huge amounts of
groundwater. Rather than seeing groundwater protection legislation as a hindrance
to sustainable energy, perhaps sustainable energy should be seen as an opportunity
for groundwater improvement for little additional use of energy or resources. This
concept is already under active discussion in the Netherlands. In many Dutch cities
the benefits of energy and emission reduction are thought to be more important than
the mixing of contaminated groundwater. In the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands
a huge groundwater management zone is planned for this purpose. Schemes are
also under consideration in the Dutch cities of Apeldoorn, Tilburg and Zwolle.
The functional use of groundwater is therefore going to lead to rapid restoration of
groundwater quality. As a result of increased dynamics and mixing, the groundwater
quality is also expected to improve. The former premises of Philips in Eindhoven
(Case Study in Section 20.5.5 ) will be the first site in the world to have such a dual
system operating.
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