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IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION OF GROUND WATER
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION OF GROUND WATER. EPA/540/S-92/017 (NTIS PB93146850), 1993.
Impact/Purpose:
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Description:
The Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory (RSKERL) has developed a number of Issue Papers and Briefing Documents which are designed to exchange up-to-date information related to the remediation of contaminated soil and ground water at hazardous waste sites. n an attempt to make the content of these documents available to a wider audience, RSKERL is developing a series of Summary Papers which are condensed versions of the original documents. here are a number of techniques that may potentially be used for dealing with problems resulting from the contamination of ground water with organic compounds. hese include physical containment using slurry walls or grout curtains, or hydraulic controls using pumping wells or interceptor systems to manipulate the hydraulic gradient; free product recovery techniques; or the extraction of contaminated ground water followed by treatment at the surface. lso, ground water can sometimes be treated in place using chemical or biological processes. n-situ chemical treatment, for example, may involve the neutralization, precipitation, oxidization, or reduction of contaminants by injecting reactive materials into the subsurface.