Surfactant-Enhanced In Situ Soils Washing
Abstract
The objective of this joint Air Force - Environmental Protection Agency project was to demonstrate the feasibility of using surfactants to enhance the washing of petroleum and solvent contaminated soils. A pilot-scale test of in situ soils washing was performed at an abandoned fire training area using several surfactant solutions. The results of this study did not show in situ soils washing as a proven and reliable remediation technology. Several shortfalls were observed and have been documented in this report. The report also contains information on the operation of a groundwater treatment system which were successfully used to decontaminate highly polluted groundwater at the site. Keywords: Pollution abatement; Soils; Decontamination.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA188066
Entities
People
- D. C. Downey
- Jonathan D. Nash
- R. P. Traver