Bioremediation and natural attenuation process fundamentals and mathematical models /
A groundbreaking text and professional resource on natural attenuation technologyNatural attenuation is rapidly becoming a widely used approach to manage groundwater and soil contamination by hazardous substances in petroleum-product releases and leachate from hazardous waste sites and landfills.
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Environmental science and technology
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/047173862X |
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A groundbreaking text and professional resource on natural attenuation technologyNatural attenuation is rapidly becoming a widely used approach to manage groundwater and soil contamination by hazardous substances in petroleum-product releases and leachate from hazardous waste sites and landfills. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 609 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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047173862X 9780471738626 0471738611 9780471738619 1280286873 9781280286872 |
Index Number: | TD426 |
CLC: | X523 |
Contents: | Introduction to bioremediation -- Geochemical attenuation mechanisms -- Biodegradation principles -- Fundamentals of ground water flow and contaminant transport processes -- Fate and transport equations and analytical models for natural attenuation -- Numerical modeling of contaminant transport, transformation, and degradation processes -- Field and laboratory techniques to determine site-specific parameters for modeling the fate and transport of groundwater pollutants -- Bioremediation technologies -- Performance assessment and demonstration of bioremediation and natural attenuation. |