Handbook of groundwater remediation using permeable reactive barriers : applications to radionuclides, trace metals, and nutrients /
Over the last century and a half, groundwaters have become contaminated by a growing number of organic and inorganic substances ranging from petroleum-derived hydrocarbons to radioactive compounds, to cancer-causing hexavalent chromium. The importance of uncontaminated groundwater for agriculture, h...
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Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | San Diego, Calif. : |
Publication Dates: | 2002. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780125135634 |
Summary: |
Over the last century and a half, groundwaters have become contaminated by a growing number of organic and inorganic substances ranging from petroleum-derived hydrocarbons to radioactive compounds, to cancer-causing hexavalent chromium. The importance of uncontaminated groundwater for agriculture, human consumption, and the environmental health of ecosystems is paramount to the health and productivity of industrial society. Water scientists and managers are focused on developing cost-effective methods to reverse this trend. Several methodologies have been developed, however few are as cost-e |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxv, 539 pages) : illustrations (1 color), maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780080533056 0080533051 |
Index Number: | TD426 |
CLC: | X523.05 |
Contents: | Front Cover; Handbook of Groundwater Remediation Using Permeable Reactive Barriers: Applications to Radionuclides, Trace Metals, and Nutrients; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; About the Editors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction To Groundwater Remediation of Metals, Radionuclides, and Nutrients with Permeable Reactive Barriers; Introduction; History of PRBs for Metals, Radionuclides, and Nutrients; Contaminant Uptake Mechanisms; Longevity; Designs; Goals of this Book; References. |