Remediation of an aquifer polluted with dissolved tetrachloroethylene by an array of wells filled with activated carbon

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 260, Issue , 2013, Pages 914-920

  Bortone, I ^a   Di Nardo, A ^a   Di Natale, M ^a   Erto, A ^b   Musmarra, D ^a   Santonastaso, G F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Groundwater; Passive wells; Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs); Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT PLUME; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTINUOUS BARRIER; DESIGN PROCEDURE; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; REMEDIATION METHODS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUIFERS; DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POLLUTION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUIFER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTIVE BARRIER; REGULATORY APPROACH; REMEDIATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WELL WATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; PLUME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; GROUNDWATER; PASSIVE WELLS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS (PRBS); TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84880587513     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.06.050     Document Type: Article

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