Fifteen-year assessment of a permeable reactive barrier for treatment of chromate and trichloroethylene in groundwater

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 186-194

  Wilkin, Richard T ^a   Acree, Steven D ^a   Ross, Randall R ^a   Puls, Robert W ^b   Lee, Tony R ^a   Woods, Leilani L ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Granular iron; Groundwater remediation; Long term performance; Permeable reactive barrier; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; DECHLORINATION; ETHYLENE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; GRANULAR IRON; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; IN-SITU HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; INFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; POTENTIOMETRIC SURFACES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; CHROMIC ACID; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHROMATE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRANULAR MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMEDIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDROLOGY; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CHROMIUM; GRANULAR IRON; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CHROMATES; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH CAROLINA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84883763908     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.056     Document Type: Article

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