Mobile Treatment Modules for the Rhode Island Environmental Training Center.

Abstract

Groundwater pollution can result from many activities, including leaching from landfills and abandoned dump sites, accidental spills of chemicals or waste materials, improper underground injection of liquids, and leakage from faulty septic systems or underground storage tanks. Discoveries of aquifer pollution from man's waste disposal practices are increasing. A recent trend, is to fast track the remediation process by employing mobile units which can be quickly set up and put into operation to address the contamination problem with the speed and urgency it deserves. The traditional study, design, and construction of a site-specific treatment process simply takes too long. Mobile units can serve as an interim treatment system to expeditiously control migration, and address public health and safety concerns while time and technology work together for a permanent cost-effective remediation plan. -BKA

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA291194

Entities

People

  • David Herriot

Organizations

  • University of Rhode Island

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Continuous Chemical Reactors
  • Cost Estimates
  • Electric Generators
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Fungi
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hygiene
  • Liquid Phases
  • Mass Transfer
  • Organic Compounds
  • Organic Materials
  • Sheet Metal
  • Volatile Organic Compounds

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Systems Analysis and Design