ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) in the coming months. We encourage you to start using the ASCE Library to perform content searches. In the ASCE Library, you can save your search results as well as receive email content alerts when new content relevant to your area of interest is published. Try it out today at https://ascelibrary.org.

 

Dealing with DNAPLs

by Carrie J. Carter, Proj. Engr.; Consoer Townsend Envirodyne Engineers, Chicago, IL,
William H. DiGuiseppi, P.E., Sr. Hydrogeologist; Earth Tech, Alexandria, VA,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1998, Vol. 68, Issue 11, Pg. 46-48


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

Trichloroethylene (TCE) in groundwater is one of the most prevalent contamination problems at hazardous waste sites; a problem that is substantially greater if the TCE is present as dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL). This article describes a remediation project that demonstrates the effectiveness of dual-phase extraction technology, pneumatic fracturing, and air injection for remediation of aqueous, sorbed, and free-phase TCE from a shallow, low-permeable aquifer. The clean up is being performed under the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary remediation program, which allows flexibility within a less rigid regulatory framework than enforcement driven programs.

Subject Headings: TCE | Mitigation and remediation | Waste sites | Occupational safety | Groundwater pollution | Project management | Pneumatic systems

Services: Buy this book/Buy this article

 

Return to search