Good practice guidance on permeable reactive barriers for remediating polluted groundwater, and a review of their use in the UK

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Smith, J W N ^a   Boshoff, G ^b   Bone, B D ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Groundwater remediation; Permeable reactive barrier (PRB)

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; REACTIVE BARRIER; REMEDIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0347300591     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.633     Document Type: Article

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