Citizen's guide to soil washing. Technology fact sheet

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7076691

Soil washing is a technology that uses liquids (sometimes combined with chemical additives) and a mechanical process to scrub soils. The scrubbing removes hazardous contaminants and concentrates them into smaller volume. After the soil washing process is completed, the smaller volume of soil, which contains the majority of the fine silt and clay particles, can be further treated by other methods (such as incineration or bioremediation) or disposed of according to State and Federal regulations.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• OSTI ID: 7076691
• Report Number(s): PB-92-233097/XAB; EPA-542/F-92/003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
SOILS
WASHING
ADDITIVES
DECONTAMINATION
LIQUIDS
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SCREENING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
CLEANING
FLUIDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
PROCESSING
WASTE MANAGEMENT
540220* - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)