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By Perry L. McCarty (auth.), H.F. Stroo, C.H. Ward (eds.)

In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent Plumes

H.F. Stroo & C.H. Ward

Editors

This quantity provides a severe research and well timed synthesis of the earlier 20 years of in depth learn, improvement and demonstrations at the in situ remediation of chlorinated solvent plumes. The meant audiences comprise the choice makers, working towards engineers and hydrogeologists who will decide upon, layout and function those remedial platforms, in addition to the researchers trying to enhance the present country of the technological know-how and know-how. Our desire is this quantity will function an invaluable source to help remediation execs in making use of and constructing those applied sciences as successfully as attainable.

Topics addressed during this quantity include:

• An review of the present country of realizing of chlorinated solvents remediation.
• A precis of the chemistry of solvents, the actual, chemical and organic approaches that underpin the main often hired remediation applied sciences, and the engineering and implementation matters that effect their efficacy.
• A dialogue of web site characterization, resource sector and plume administration, and modeling ideas and tools.
• An research of the benefits, functionality and relative charges of quite a number remedial applied sciences, together with bioremediation applied sciences equivalent to monitored normal attenuation, biostimulation and bioaugmentation for anaerobic degradation of chlorinated solvents; and physical-chemical applied sciences equivalent to air sparging, chemical oxidation and relief, barrier partitions, and in-well treatment.
• A fee review of the main usually used applied sciences, with case experiences of numerous template websites and analyses of the capital expenditures, in addition to expenses for laboratory trying out, pilot-scale demonstration, layout, method operation, tracking and upkeep in the course of operations, and demolition and recovery after remediation. furthermore, analogous expense info are offered for pump-and-treat platforms for every template web site to demonstrate the capability fee mark downs linked to using replacement approaches.

• A precis of rising applied sciences comparable to phytoremediation and electrolytic reactive boundaries to demonstrate their present level of adulthood and the aptitude applicability of those methods for particular situations.
• An overview of the learn had to extra cost-effectively deal with what continues to be of a multi-billion buck legacy environmental illness problem.

Each bankruptcy during this quantity has been completely reviewed for technical content material through a number of specialists in all of the topic components coated. The editors and bankruptcy authors have produced a well-written and up to date treatise that we are hoping could be an invaluable reference for decision-makers, practitioners and builders of complex applied sciences for in situ remediation of chlorinated solvent plumes.