In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater

Author:   Hans F. Stroo ,  C. Herb Ward
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
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9781441927460


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   21 September 2011
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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, our nation began to grapple with the legacy of past disposal practices for toxic chemicals. With the passage in 1980 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, it became the law of the land to remediate these sites. The U. S. Department of Defense (DoD), the nation’s largest industrial organization, also recognized that it too had a legacy of contaminated sites. Historic operations at Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps facilities, ranges, manufacturing sites, shipyards, and depots had resulted in widespread contamination of soil, groundwater, and sediment. While Superfund began in 1980 to focus on remediation of heavily contaminated sites largely abandoned or neglected by the private sector, the DoD had already initiated its Installation Restoration Program in the mid 1970s. In 1984, the DoD began the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP) for contaminated site assessment and remediation. Two years later, the U. S. Congress codified the DERP and directed the Secretary of Defense to carry out a concurrent program of research, development, and demonstration of innovative remediation technologies. As chronicled in the 1994 National Research Council report, “Ranking Hazardous-Waste Sites for Remedial Action”, our early estimates on the cost and suitability of existing technologies for cleaning up contaminated sites were wildly optimistic. Original estimates, in 1980, projected an average Superfund cleanup cost of a mere $3.

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Author:   Hans F. Stroo ,  C. Herb Ward
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9781441927460


ISBN 10:   1441927468
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   21 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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From the reviews: In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater ... provides an excellent overview and copious field-based detail regarding the advantages and limitations of perchlorate bioremediation. ... Overall, I found In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater to be very readable, thoughtfully organized, and brimming with highly applicable information and case studies. (Michael D. Taraszki, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, Vol. XV (4), November, 2009)


From the reviews: In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater ! provides an excellent overview and copious field-based detail regarding the advantages and limitations of perchlorate bioremediation. ! Overall, I found In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater to be very readable, thoughtfully organized, and brimming with highly applicable information and case studies. (Michael D. Taraszki, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, Vol. XV (4), November, 2009)


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H. F. Stroo - Dr. Stroo is a Principal Technical Advisor with HydroGeoLogic, Inc. He has a Ph.D. in Soil Science from Cornell University, and over 20 years of experience in the assessment and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. He has provided technical support to SERDP/ESTCP in the development and evaluation of innovative remediation technologies for over 10 years, particularly in the advancement of in situ technologies. C. H. Ward - Dr. Ward has had a 41-year career in basic and applied research on chemical transport and fate in environmental media and remediation technology development for cleanup of fuel hydrocarbons and chlorinated compounds. He is a science and environmental technology consultant and advisor to government (EPA, DoD, DOE) and industry. He was the Director of the EPA-sponsored National Center for Ground Water Research for 18 years, the Superfund University Training Institute for 8 years, and the DoD-sponsored Advanced Applied (environmental) Technology Development Facility for 7 years. He is the Founding Chair of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Rice University and has published over 200 scientific and technical papers and journal articles and 28 books and monographs on environmental remediation, remediation technology development, and sustainability. Dr. Ward is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers

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