An anaerobic two-layer permeable reactive biobarrier for the remediation of nitrate-contaminated groundwater

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5977-5985

  Liu, She Jiang ^a   Zhao, Zhi Yuan ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Qi, Yun ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate; Permeable reactive barrier; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLISM; NITRATES; REMEDIATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DEGRADATION BY-PRODUCTS; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; METABOLIC INTERMEDIATES; MICROBIAL DENITRIFICATION; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BIOBARRIER;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; STAINLESS STEEL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; NITRATE; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; REMEDIATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84885373508     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.028     Document Type: Article

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