Preface.................................................................................................................... vii
Editors......................................................................................................................ix
Contributors............................................................................................................xi
1 Permeable Reactive Barriers: Cost-Effective and Sustainable
Remediation of Groundwater ......................................................................1
Ravi Naidu, Dawit N. Bekele, and Volker Birke
2 Two Decades of Application of Permeable Reactive Barriers
to Groundwater Remediation .................................................................... 25
Scott D. Warner
3 Choosing the Best Design and Construction Technologies
for Permeable Reactive Barriers ................................................................ 41
Dawit N. Bekele, Ravi Naidu, Volker Birke, and Sreenivasulu Chadalavada
4 Groundwater Modeling Involving PRBs: General Aspects,
Case Study......................................................................................................63
Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, Martin Wegner, and Ravi Naidu
5 Impact of Trace Elements and Impurities in Technical
Zero-Valent Iron Brands on Reductive Dechlorination of
Chlorinated Ethenes in Groundwater...................................................... 87
Volker Birke, Christine Schuett, Harald Burmeier,
and Hans-Jürgen Friedrich
6 Fourteen-Year Assessment of a Permeable Reactive Barrier
for Treatment of Hexavalent Chromium and Trichloroethylene........ 99
Richard T. Wilkin, Tony R. Lee, Mary Sue McNeil, Chunming Su,
and Cherri Adair
7 Sequenced Permeable Reactive Barrier for the Pretreatment
of Nitrate and Remediation of Trichloroethene................................... 109
Keely Mundle, Janet Macmillan, and Ben McCarthy
8 Organic-Based Permeable Reactive Barriers for the Treatment
of Heavy Metals, Arsenic, and Acidity .................................................. 135
Ralph D. Ludwig, Richard T. Wilkin, Steven D. Acree,
Randall R. Ross, and Tony R. Lee
Contents
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Editors......................................................................................................................ix
Contributors............................................................................................................xi
1 Permeable Reactive Barriers: Cost-Effective and Sustainable
Remediation of Groundwater ......................................................................1
Ravi Naidu, Dawit N. Bekele, and Volker Birke
2 Two Decades of Application of Permeable Reactive Barriers
to Groundwater Remediation .................................................................... 25
Scott D. Warner
3 Choosing the Best Design and Construction Technologies
for Permeable Reactive Barriers ................................................................ 41
Dawit N. Bekele, Ravi Naidu, Volker Birke, and Sreenivasulu Chadalavada
4 Groundwater Modeling Involving PRBs: General Aspects,
Case Study......................................................................................................63
Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, Martin Wegner, and Ravi Naidu
5 Impact of Trace Elements and Impurities in Technical
Zero-Valent Iron Brands on Reductive Dechlorination of
Chlorinated Ethenes in Groundwater...................................................... 87
Volker Birke, Christine Schuett, Harald Burmeier,
and Hans-Jürgen Friedrich
6 Fourteen-Year Assessment of a Permeable Reactive Barrier
for Treatment of Hexavalent Chromium and Trichloroethylene........ 99
Richard T. Wilkin, Tony R. Lee, Mary Sue McNeil, Chunming Su,
and Cherri Adair
7 Sequenced Permeable Reactive Barrier for the Pretreatment
of Nitrate and Remediation of Trichloroethene................................... 109
Keely Mundle, Janet Macmillan, and Ben McCarthy
8 Organic-Based Permeable Reactive Barriers for the Treatment
of Heavy Metals, Arsenic, and Acidity .................................................. 135
Ralph D. Ludwig, Richard T. Wilkin, Steven D. Acree,
Randall R. Ross, and Tony R. Lee
Contents
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