Plant and Groundwater Interactions Under Pristine Conditions - Introduction to Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater - page 127

ecology of these riparian systems. This precedent of natural
plant and groundwater interactions can be extended toward
the restoration of contaminated groundwater, the focus of
Parts II and III.
Why is this information important to the
phytoremediation of contaminated groundwater? The

natural existence of plant and groundwater interactions in
pristine areas that result in measurable changes in ground-
water levels, flow, and surface-water discharge and chemis-
try provides unequivocal and fundamental evidence to
support the use of phreatophytes in an engineered manner
to interact with contaminated groundwater.