Use of Illite Clay for In Situ Remediation of137Cs-Contaminated Water Bodies:  Field Demonstration of Reduced Biological Uptake

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (14) ◽  
pp. 4500-4505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Hinton ◽  
Daniel I. Kaplan ◽  
Anna S. Knox ◽  
Daniel P. Coughlin ◽  
Rebecca V. Nascimento ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Bodies ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
In Situ Remediation ◽  
Biological Uptake

Iron-enhanced remediation of water and soil containing atrazine

Weed Science ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasbir Singh ◽  
Patrick J. Shea ◽  
Lakhwinder S. Hundal ◽  
Steve D. Comfort ◽  
Tian C. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Soil ◽  
Transformation Products ◽  
Transformation Product ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
In Situ Remediation ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Subsurface Soil ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Enhanced Remediation

Atrazine is the most widely used herbicide in the U.S. and has been detected in surface water and groundwater. Technologies are needed for onsite and in situ remediation of water and soil containing atrazine. We investigated the potential of using fine-grained, zero-valent iron (Fe0) to remove atrazine and promote its degradation in contaminated water and soil. Atrazine loss from aqueous solution increased with increasing Fe0concentration (w/v). Agitating 20 μg14C-ring-labeled atrazine L−1with 10% Fe0(w/v) removed 92% of the14C from solution within 48 h. Only about 4% of the14C lost from solution was extractable from the iron with 3 mM CaCl2(readily available pool), 81% was extractable with CH3CN (potentially available pool), and 11% was unextractable residues. A companion experiment indicated that most of the14C extracted from the iron with 3 mM CaCl2after the 48-h Fe0treatment was unaltered atrazine, while the CH3CN extract contained approximately 33% atrazine and 48% was unidentified atrazine transformation products. Treating a highly contaminated solution (20 mg atrazine L−1) with 20% Fe0(w/v) removed 88% of the14C (added as14C-ring-labeled atrazine) from solution within 48 h. Deethylatrazine was the main atrazine transformation product detected in solution after treatment, but small amounts of deisopropylatrazine, didealkylatrazine, and hydroxyatrazine were also found. Treating Sharpsburg surface soil containing 1 mg atrazine kg−1with Fe0(2%, w/w) increased atrazine mineralization from 4.1 to 11.2% after 120 d. Pyrite (4% FeS2, w/w) also increased atrazine mineralization in surface soil, but was less effective in the presence of NO3−or SO42−(100 mg kg−1soil). Adding 2% Fe0(w/w) and 100 mg NO3−kg−1to contaminated subsurface soil increased atrazine mineralization from 0.4 to 8.2% within 120 d, and unextractable residues increased from 4.6 to 9.8%. These results indicate iron can sorb atrazine and promote its transformation in water and soil.

Development of Simulators for In Situ Remediation Evaluation, Design, and Operation

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Dortch ◽  
Christian J. McGrath ◽  
John J. Nitao ◽  
Mark A. Widdowson ◽  
Steve Yabusaki
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Remediation ◽  
Evaluation Design

In Situ Remediation of Explosives Contaminated Ground-Water with Sequential Reactive Treatment Zones

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Tratnyek ◽  
Richard L. Johnson ◽  
Timothy L. Johnson ◽  
Rosemarie Miehr
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
In Situ Remediation
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