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Main Title Demonstration of the AquaBlok® sediment capping technology innovative technology evaluation report. [electronic resource] :
CORP Author Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH.; National Risk Management Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. Office of Research and Development.
Publisher National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 2007
Report Number EPA/540/R-07/008; EPA-68-C-00-185
Stock Number PB2008-108864
Subjects Hazardous waste site remediation
Additional Subjects Sediments ; Capping ; Technology innovation ; Contaminants ; Dredged materials ; Clays ; Polymers ; Water treatment ; Soil erosion ; Aggregates ; Deployment ; Demonstration projects
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs0705.html
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P10030OW.PDF
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/540r07008/540R07008.pdf
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NTIS  PB2008-108864 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 online resource (145 p.) : digital, PDF file
Abstract
AquaBlok (Trade Name) is an innovative, proprietary clay polymer composite developed by AquaBlok, Ltd. of Toledo, OH, and represents an alternative to traditional sediment capping materials such as sand. It is designed to swell and form a continuous and highly impermeable isolation barrier between contaminated sediments and the overlying water column, and claims superior impermeability, stability, and erosion resistance and general cost-competitiveness relative to more traditional capping materials. AquaBlok is generally marketed as a non-specific capping material that could encapsulate any class or type of contaminant as well as theoretically any range of contaminant concentration. Although there is claimed to be no practicable limit to the depth at which the material would function, AquaBlok is typically formulated to function in relatively shallow, freshwater to brackish, generally nearshore environments and is commonly comprised of bentonite clay with polymer additives covering a small aggregate core. In addition, other specific formulations of AquaBlok are available, including varieties that can function in saline environments and advanced formulations that incorporate treatment reagents to actively treat or sequester sediment contaminants or plant seeds to promote the establishment or regrowth of vegetated habitat.
Notes
"EPA/540/R-07/008." "September 2007." "Final." Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 26, 2010).