A permeable reactive barrier (PRB) media sequence for the remediation of heavy metal and hydrocarbon contaminated water: A field assessment at Casey Station, Antarctica

Chemosphere

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 368-375

  Statham, Tom M ^a,b   Stark, Scott C ^c   Snape, Ian ^c   Stevens, Geoffrey W ^a   Mumford, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JBS and G   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groundwater remediation; PRB; Zeolite; ZeoPro; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; LAND RECLAMATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION; ZEOLITES;

GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; ZEOPRO; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; ZEOLITE; CHARCOAL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; ZEOLITE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER MEDIA SEQUENCE; SAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CHARCOAL; HYDROCARBONS; METALS, HEAVY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEOLITES;

EID: 84957836799     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.133     Document Type: Article

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