Field Treatment of MTBE-Contaminated Groundwater Using Ozone/UV Oxidation

Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 44-52

  Patterson, Craig L ^a   Cadena, Fernando ^b   Sinha, Rajib ^c   Ngo Kidd, Dzung Kim ^d   Ghassemi, Abbas ^b   Radha Krishnan, E ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

^c Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER TREATMENT; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ACETONE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OZONE; WATER TREATMENT;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ACETONE; BTEX; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEAKAGE; MTBE; OIL SPILL; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STORAGE TANK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

EID: 84877679213     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2012.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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