The option to abandon: Stimulating innovative groundwater remediation technologies characterized by technological uncertainty

Physical and Chemical Groundwater Remediation Technologies

Groundwater is the main source of drinking water as well as agricultural and industrial usage. Unfortunately, groundwater quality has been degraded due to improper waste disposal practices and accidental spillage of hazardous chemicals. Therefore, it is critical that the groundwater contamination be prevented and the contaminated groundwater at numerous sites worldwide be remediated in order to...

Remediation technologies for heavy metal contaminated groundwater.

The contamination of groundwater by heavy metal, originating either from natural soil sources or from anthropogenic sources is a matter of utmost concern to the public health. Remediation of contaminated groundwater is of highest priority since billions of people all over the world use it for drinking purpose. In this paper, thirty five approaches for groundwater treatment have been reviewed an...

Evaluating in Situ Remediation Using Innovative Monitoring Technologies

Innovative monitoring probes based on a diffusion cell concept (Barber and Briegel, 1987) have been developed to provide in situ, undisturbed and on-line measurements of parameters of interest under variably-saturated conditions during remediation and contaminant monitoring. Probes for oxygen and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been tested in three field trials of in situ remediation; tw...

Assessment of the value of reducing uncertainty by sampling in a groundwater remediation system.

The success of cleaning up a contaminated site depends on the degree of knowledge of the site's characteristics. When there is much uncertainty associated with the knowledge, the uncertainty regarding whether the remediation will work increases consequently. It is therefore essential to know how much reduction of uncertainty is needed for the purpose of designing a successful and reliable remed...

Evaluation of Groundwater Management/Remediation Technologies for Application to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant