Stimulated microbial reductive dechlorination following surfactant treatment at the Bachman Road site

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5902-5914

  Ramsburg, C Andrew ^a   Abriola, Linda M ^a   Pennell, Kurt D ^b   Löffler, Frank E ^b   Gamache, Matthew ^c   Amos, Benjamin K ^b   Petrovskis, Erik A ^d  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CDM SMITH   (United States)

^d GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DECHLORINATION; FATTY ACIDS; IONS;

BACHMAN AQUIFERS; SURFACTANT-ENHANCED AQUIFER REMEDIATION (SEAR);

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSORBATE 80; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; FERMENTATION; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSORBATES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 8544279648     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049675i     Document Type: Article

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