Performance of a field-scale permeable reactive barrier based on organic substrate and zero-valent iron for in situ remediation of acid mine drainage

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7854-7862

  Gibert, Oriol ^a   Cortina, José Luis ^a   de Pablo, Joan ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Groundwater; Heavy metals; In situ remediation; Permeable reactive barrier; Sulphate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; IRON;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPOST; DESIGN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HETEROGENEITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUBSTRATE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; MINING; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MINING; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84885905783     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1507-2     Document Type: Article

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