Basic concepts of contaminant sorption at hazardous waste sites (ground-water issue)

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:5606332

Piwoni, M D; Keeley, J W

The Regional Superfund Ground Water Forum is a group of ground-water scientists, representing EPA's Regional Superfund Offices, organized to exchange up-to-date information related to ground-water remediation of Superfund sites. One of the major issues of concern to the Forum is the transport and fate of contaminants in soil and ground water as related to subsurface remediation. Processes which influence the behavior of contaminants in the subsurface must be considered both in evaluating the potential for movement as well as in designing remediation activities at hazardous waste sites. Such factors not only tend to regulate the mobility of contaminants, but also their form and stability. Sorption is often the paramount process controlling the behavior of contaminants in the subsurface. The paper summarizes the basic concepts of sorption in soil and ground water with emphasis on nonpolar organic contaminants.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK (United States). Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5606332
• Report Number(s): PB-91-191007/XAB; EPA--540/4-90/053
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION CONTROL
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
SOLUBILITY
SORPTION
SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENTS
SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL