Pump-and-treat remediation of chlorinated solvent contamination at a controlled field-experiment site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6770-6781

  Rivett, Michael O ^a   Chapman, Steven W ^b   Allen King, Richelle M ^c   Feenstra, Stanley ^d   Cherry, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Applied Groundwater Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DENSE NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (DNAPL); EXTRACTION RATE CHANGES; PUMPING REGIME;

WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUIFER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; FIELD SURVEY; PLUME; PUMP AND TREAT; SOLVENT;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STANDARD; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33750889126     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0602748     Document Type: Article

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