Description
Remediation of groundwater is complex and often challenging. But the cost of pump and treat technology, coupled with the dismal results achieved, has paved the way for newer, better technologies to be developed. Among these techniques is permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology, which allows groundwater to pass through a buried porous barrier that either captures the contaminants or breaks them down. And although this approach is gaining popularity, there are few references available on the subject. Until now. Permeable Reactive Barrier: Sustainable Groundwater Remediation brings together the information required to plan, design/model, and apply a successful, cost-effective, and sustainable PRB technology.
With contributions from pioneers in this area, the book covers state-of-the-art information on PRB technology. It details design criteria, predictive modeling, and application to contaminants beyond petroleum hydrocarbons, including inorganics and radionuclides. The text also examines implementation stages such as the initial feasibility assessment, laboratory treatability studies (including column studies), estimation of PRB design parameters, and development of a long-term monitoring network for the performance evaluation of the barrier. It also outlines the predictive tools required for life cycle analysis and cost/performance assessment.
A review of current PRB technology and its applications, this book includes case studies that exemplify the concepts discussed. It helps you determine when to recommend PRB, what information is needed from the site investigation to design it, and what regulatory validation is required.
Table of Contents
Permeable Reactive Barriers: Cost-Effective and Sustainable Remediation of Groundwater
Ravi Naidu, Dawit N. Bekele, and Volker Birke
Two Decades of Application of Permeable Reactive Barriers to Groundwater Remediation
Scott D. Warner
Choosing the Best Design and Construction Technologies for Permeable Reactive Barriers
Dawit N. Bekele, Ravi Naidu, Volker Birke, and Sreenivasulu Chadalavada
Groundwater Modeling Involving PRBs: General Aspects, Case Study
Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, Martin Wegner, and Ravi Naidu
Impact of Trace Elements and Impurities in Technical Zero-Valent Iron Brands on Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes in Groundwater
Volker Birke, Christine Schuett, Harald Burmeier, and Hans-Jürgen Friedrich
Fourteen-Year Assessment of a Permeable Reactive Barrier for Treatment of Hexavalent Chromium and Trichloroethylene
Richard T. Wilkin, Tony R. Lee, Mary Sue McNeil, Chunming Su, and Cherri Adair
Sequenced Permeable Reactive Barrier for the Pretreatment of Nitrate and Remediation of Trichloroethene
Keely Mundle
Organic-Based Permeable Reactive Barriers for the Treatment of Heavy Metals, Arsenic, and Acidity
Ralph D. Ludwig, Richard T. Wilkin, Steven D. Acree, Randall R. Ross, and Tony R. Lee
Effective Cleanup of Groundwater Contaminated with Radionuclides Using Permeable Reactive Barriers
Franz-Georg Simon and Tamás Meggyes
Reactive (Oxygen) Gas Barrier and Zone Technologies
Ronald Giese, Frank Ingolf Engelmann, Dietrich Swaboda, Uli Uhlig, and Ludwig Luckner
Remediation of PAHs, NSO-Heterocycles, and Related Aromatic Compounds in Permeable Reactive Barriers Using Activated Carbon
Wolf-Ulrich Palm, Jan Sebastian Mänz, and Wolfgang Ruck
Case Study of PRB Application for the Remediation of Groundwater
James Stening
Permeable Reactive Barriers in Europe
Volker Birke and Harald Burmeier
