contaminated site treatment Articles
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A Procedure to assess Contaminated Soil Ecotoxicity
Abstract :Two polluted soil samples were assessed for both acute (Microtox®,Daphnia magna,Thamnocephalus platyurus) and chronic (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata) toxicity, as well as for genotoxicity (Mutatox®). Bioassays were performed on soil water leachates and on soil solvent extracts to characterize not only the water soluble pollutants but also to evaluate less soluble pollutants or ...
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Biopiles
Biopile treatment is a full-scale technology in which excavated soils are mixed with soil amendments and placed on a treatment area that includes leachate collection systems and some form of aeration. It is used to reduce concentrations of petroleum constituents in excavated soils through the use of biodegradation. Moisture, heat, nutrients, oxygen, and pH can be controlled to enhance ...
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Gasoline, jet and diesel fuel soils contaminated - Petroleum product storage terminal
LOCATION: Tiverton, Rhode IslandPROJECT DATE: April, 1993 to PresentCLIENT: Confidential BACKGROUND: Soils at this 106 acre former petroleum product storage terminal have been impacted with gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel over the course of 50 years. Estimates of the impacted soils range from 200,000 to 400,000 cubic yards. ACTION TAKEN: Ex-situ bioremediation is being used as the ...
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The Alberta Swan Hills Special Waste Treatment Centre expansion: environmental concerns
This article examines the establishment and recent expansion of the high technology special Waste Management Treatment Centre at Swan Hills, Alberta. The focus is on a number of deficiencies in the expansion application and potential negative environmental impacts that may have been inadequately assessed by the review process then existing. These concerns include weaknesses in site geology, ...
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