Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation: Process Fundamentals and Mathematical Models
Alvarez; Illman; Schnoor
Synopsis "Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation: Process Fundamentals and Mathematical Models "
the books purpose is to provide, under one cover, the current methodology needed by groundwater scientists and engineers in their efforts to evaluate contamination problems, to estimate risk to human health and ecosystems, and to design formulate remediation strategies. this will be achieved through: 1) the books explanation of the analytical models and its discussion of each physical parameter appearing in the equations; 2) the books description of how physical parameters may be measured or estimated; and 3) case histories of this type of modeling. this book will present to students and other groundwater scientists a fundamental approach to understanding and using the three-dimensional equations that describe fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater. the book will give a background on the topic of natural attenuation as a groundwater cleanup alternative, and will necessarily emphasize the evaluation of subsurface microbial activity and its exploitation for the purposes of cleaning up contaminated sites. analytical equations, their solutions, and the techniques for measuring all of the physical parameters involved will be presented in detail. in addition to the biodecay rate for a contaminated site, the book will present methods for determination or estimation of inorganic reaction, hydraulic conductivity, groundwater gradient, soil density, porosity, retardation, dissolution, volatilization, and dispersion. case histories will be presented highlighting applications of analytical models to real problems of underground storage tank leaks, chemical spills, and landfill leaching.