Calcium carbonate-based permeable reactive barriers for iron and manganese groundwater remediation at landfills

Waste Management

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-135

  Wang, Yu ^a   Pleasant, Saraya ^a   Jain, Pradeep ^b   Powell, Jon ^b   Townsend, Timothy ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Innovative Waste Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Iron; Landfill; Manganese; Permeable reactive barrier; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCRETES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

BARRIER PERFORMANCE; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; INFLUX OF SEDIMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

LAND FILL;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONCRETE; GROUND WATER; IRON; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; LANDFILL; MANGANESE; REACTIVE BARRIER; REMEDIATION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLORIDA; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FILTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; MANGANESE; PERMEABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84977933369     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.02.018     Document Type: Article

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