| Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Commission on Geosciences Environment an (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309065496 ISBN-13: 9780309065498 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1999 Annotation: This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil. It provides a special focus on three classes of contaminants that have proven very difficult to treat once released to the subsurface: metals, radionuclides, and dense nonaqueous-phase liquids such as chlorinated solvents. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup was commissioned by the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its program to clean up contamination in the nuclear weapons production complex. In addition to a review of remediation technologies, the book describes new trends in regulation of contaminated sites and assesses the DOE's program for developing new subsurface cleanup technologies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 363.739 |
| LCCN: 97-68979 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.16" W x 9.22" (1.42 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil. It provides a special focus on three classes of contaminants that have proven very difficult to treat once released to the subsurface: metals, radionuclides, and dense nonaqueous-phase liquids such as chlorinated solvents. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup was commissioned by the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its program to clean up contamination in the nuclear weapons production complex. In addition to a review of remediation technologies, the book describes new trends in regulation of contaminated sites and assesses DOE's program for developing new subsurface cleanup technologies. |