| Description |
x, 609 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Environmental science and technology |
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Environmental science and technology.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction to bioremediation -- 2. Geochemical attenuation mechanisms -- 3. Biodegradation principles -- 4. Fundamentals of groundwater flow and contaminant transport processes -- 5. Fate and transport equations and analytical models for natural attenuation -- 6. Numerical modeling of contaminant transport, transformation, and degradation processes -- 7. Field and laboratory methods to determine parameters for modeling contaminant fate and transport in groundwater -- 8. Bioremediation technologies -- 9. Performance assessment and demonstration of bioremediation and natural attenuation -- App. A. Chemical properties of various organic compounds -- App. B. Free energy and thermodynamic feasibility of chemical and biochemical reactions -- App. C. Commonly used numerical groundwater flow and solute transport codes -- App. D. Nonparametric statistical tests for determining the effectiveness of natural attenuation -- App. E. Critical values of the student t-distribution |
| Summary |
"Natural attenuation is rapidly becoming a widely used approach to manage groundwater and soil contamination by hazardous substances in petroleum-product releases and leachate from hazardous waste sites and landfalls. This book provides, under one cover, the current methodologies needed by groundwater scientists, and engineers in their efforts to evaluate subsurface contamination problems, to estimate risk to human health and ecosystems through mathematical models, and to design and formulate appropriate remediation strategies."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Wiley-Interscience." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Groundwater -- Purification.
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Groundwater flow -- Mathematical models.
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In situ bioremediation.
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Hazardous wastes -- Natural attenuation.
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| Author |
Illman, Walter A. (Walter Arthur)
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| LC no. |
2005005175 |
| ISBN |
9780471650430 hardback |
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0471650439 hardback |
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