Combining soil washing with bioremediation

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:113193

Moore, F

This paper reports on soil washing system equipment fabricated by GLIC Environmental. Applications focus on soil washing to remove hydrocarbon contaminants followed by bioremediation of wash waters to reduce the volume of materials requiring disposal. Other soil washing applications include the removal of selected metals. The EPA has identified both soil washing and bioremediation as ``innovative technologies`` in its efforts to promote alternative treatment technologies within the Superfund program. Recent EPA literature has described the merits of ``treatment trains`` where contaminated materials are treated with successive treatment methods to meet such objectives as reduction of total volume of regulated materials requiring disposal. The combination of soil washing with bioremediation is an effective ``treatment train``. Specialized soil washing equipment has been assembled utilizing the soil washing field experience in remediation of GLIC Environmental personnel together with the fabrication shop capabilities of a sister company. Typically a job has $750--900,000 worth of equipment on site, and treats more than 5,000 yd{sup 3} of contaminated soil at a rate of 250--300 yd{sup 3} in a 10-hour shift.

• OSTI ID: 113193
• Report Number(s): CONF-940499--; ISBN 1-56590-014-6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BIODEGRADATION
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
HYDROCARBONS
IN-SITU PROCESSING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT