Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater
Treatment of groundwater contaminated by improper disposal practices of the past, routine agricultural chemical usage, accidents, and leaks is going to be of increasing importance. Prevention...
Remediation Technologies in Use for Groundwater and Soil Contamination in the Santa Clara Valley
Silicon Valley is known as the origin and the heart of the high technology (Hitech) industry. However, tech-nologies used for soils and groundwater remediation in the valley are not necessarily...
Heavy Metals Sources and Waste Minimization for a POTW
This paper presents a summary of recent studies conducted to minimize heavy metals discharged to a South San Francisco Bay Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). The studies identified...
Alternative Technologies for Waste Minimization
The recently enacted waste minimization legislation, SB 14 (Roberti) places an additional regulatory burden on manufacturers in the Bay Area. The requirement for waste minimization plans...
Leveling the Playing Field
As professional sports grow, so does the market for elaborate multi-use sports arenas. The new Target Center in Minneapolis features a unique movable floor, 68 luxury suites and a state-of-the-art...
The ABCs of SRFs
With the outlook for future federal funding bleak, state and local governments will have to reply on their own resources to fund the plant expansions and upgrades needed to meet EPAs wastewater...
Environmental Engineering
This proceedings was presented at the Environmental Engineering 1990 Specialty Conference sponsored by the Environmental Engineering Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers...
Supplying Water and Saving the Environment for Six Billion People
This proceedings was presented at the 1990 Annual Civil Engineering Convention and Exposition in San Francisco, California on November 5-8, 1990. Out of the 47 sessions presented at the...
Building Moon Bases
It is widely accepted that the U.S. will begin to build a base on the moon at the turn of the century, and much of the design work has already been done. Based on papers presented at Space...
Diatomaceous Soils: A New Approach
Diatomaceous soils are formed over long periods of time when the skeletal remains of plankton and other single-celled marine creatures sink and accumulate in lakes, estuaries and oceans....
High Tech on Campus
Hannan Hall, the new laboratory building at The Catholic University of America, has a structure entirely made up of precast concrete panels and 24 in. deep double tees. The loadbearing...
Sprayed-On Polymer Mortar Construction
Sprayed-on polymer mortar has been used to construct low-cost, lightweight structures in a variety of locations. The addition of the two-component additive to one cubic yard of mortar...
Inelastic Response of Buried Pipelines Due to Landslide Effects
During earthquakes, a buried pipeline may experience significant loading as a result of large relative displacements of the ground along its length. Large ground movements can be caused...
What's Wrong With Superfund
In nine years of the federal government's Superfund program, $4 billion has been spent and only 38 of the 1,175 sites on the national priority list have been cleaned. There...
On-Site Incineration
A variety of equipment is now available for incinerating hazardous wastes in situ. Thermal treatment, compared to land disposal, offers limited liability and immediate destruction. It...
Fast Tracking Military Waste
The installation restoration program, the military version of Superfund, helped fast track the cleanup contracts for four military hazwaste sites located at Hanscom Air Field, Bedford,...
Building a Better Landfill Liner
A soil liner project was sponsored by the EPA to provide information on the construction factors that affect the permeability of compacted soil liners. After construction of a field liner,...
The Saga of Senate Bill 2067
With the advent of the California Superfund program, liability related to toxic waste cleanup became a critical issue in California. The state had no authority to indemnify consultants...
Accelerating Electrons
At a wastewater treatment plant in Miami, five scientists have pointed a 1.5 million v `e-beam' at pathogens and hazardous chemicals. It's the only full-scale...
System Identification of Meloland Road Overcrossing
The Meloland Road Overcrossing (MRO) is a two-span reinforced concrete bridge structure located east of El Centro, California, 0.3 mi from the Imperial Fault. The Imperial Valley Earthquake...
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