Bioremediation of surface and subsurface contamination /

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Imprint:New York : New York Academy of Sciences, 1997.
Description:xi, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 829
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2926581
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Other authors / contributors:Bajpai, Rakesh K.
Zappi, Mark E.
ISBN:1573310646 (cloth : alk. paper)
1573310654 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Based on a symposium sponsored by the Engineering Foundation and held between January 23-26, 1996 in Palm Court, Florida.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sequestration and realistic risk from toxic chemicals remaining after bioremediation
  • Moving innovative biotechnologies to the field: an engineering perspective
  • Roadblocks to the implementation of biotreatment strategies
  • An overview of research on the beneficial effects of vegetation in contaminated soil
  • Bioavailability and biodegradation kinetics protocol for organic pollutant compounds to achieve environmentally acceptable endpoints during bioremediation
  • Effect of some common solubility enhancers on microbial growth
  • Principle of superposition applied to adsorption experiments to differentiate strong binding mechanisms
  • Treatment of trichloroethylene-contaminated water with a fluidized-bed bioreactor
  • Complete reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene by a groundwater microbial consortium
  • Biotreatment of PAH-contaminated soils/sediments
  • Microbial degradation and treatment of polycyclic aromatic hydocarbons and plasticizers
  • Kinetics of BTEX degradation by a nitrate-reducing mixed culture
  • Evaluation of bioslurry ecosystems for removal of TNT from contaminated soil using a variety of process amendments
  • Bioremdiation using composting or anaerobic treatment for ordnance-contaminated soils
  • Screening of aquatic and wetland plant species for phytoremediation of explosives-contaminated groundwater from the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
  • Fate of explosive contaminants in plants
  • A microcosm study on remediation of explosives-contaminated groundwater using constructed wetlands
  • Recent developments in formulating model descriptors for subsurface transformation and sorption of trinitrotoluene.