Field test of a cross-injection scheme for stimulating in situ denitrification near a municipal water supply well

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 48-70

  Gierczak, R ^a   Devlin, J F ^b   Rudolph, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross injection scheme; Denitrification; Nitrate; Nutrient injection wall; Remediation; Water quality; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CARBON SUPPLY; CROSS INJECTION SCHEME; NUTRIENT INJECTION WALLS (NIW);

WATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; NITRATE; NITRITE; SULFATE; WELL WATER;

AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETATE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; DENITRIFICATION; FIELD SURVEY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; NITRITE; REMEDIATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETATES; AMMONIA; CITIES; IRON; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; ONTARIO; SULFATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 37849187416     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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