Evaluation of solidification/stabilization technology for Buffalo River sediment. Final report
The Buffalo River drains a 446-square-mile (1,155-sq-km) watershed in western New York State and discharges into Lake Erie at the city of Buffalo. The Buffalo River has been classified by the State of New York as a fishing and fish survival stream, but municipal and industrial discharges have degraded the water quality and resulted in a fish advisory for the river. Under the Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediment Program, the US Environmental Protection Agency asked the US Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate solidification/stabilization (S/S) for potential treatment of the contaminated sediments in the Buffalo River. An evaluation of S/S technology was conducted on the bench-scale level on Buffalo River sediment to determine whether physical and chemical properties of the sediment would be improved. Based on analyses of the untreated sediment, five metals were selected for evaluation: chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. Initial screening tests (ISTs) were conducted on the sediments to narrow the range of binder-to-soil ratios (BSRs) to be prepared in the detailed evaluation.
- Research Organization:
- Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Environmental Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5267900
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-237373/6/XAB; WES/MP/EL-91-11
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHROMIUM
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
COPPER
LAKE ERIE
WATER POLLUTION
LEAD
NEW YORK
NICKEL
SEDIMENTS
CONTAMINATION
ZINC
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
FISHES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REMEDIAL ACTION
RIVERS
SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACES
SOLIDIFICATION
STABILIZATION
STREAMS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION II
GREAT LAKES
INTERFACES
LAKES
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
VERTEBRATES
540320* - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)