96 HSRC Annual Report: Research Projects

Annual Report of the Great Plains/Rocky
Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center

December 1996

Research Project Descriptions

Use of Poplar Trees in Remediating Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites

Heavy Metals Removal from Contaminated Water Solutions

Acid Producing Metalliferous Waste Reclamation by Material Reprocessing and Vegetative Stabilization

Chelating Extraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils

Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Soil: The Impacts of Vegetation

Vegetative Interceptor Zones for Containment of Heavy Metal Pollutants

Design and Development of an Innovative Industrial Scale Process to Economically Treat Waste Zinc Residues

Removal of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons from Contaminated Water Using Air-Sparged Hydrocarbon Technology

Use of Vegetation to Enhance Bioremediation of Surface Soils Contaminated with Pesticide Wastes

Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Wood-Treatment Chemicals (PCP and Creosote)

Use of C2 to C18 Organic Acids to Enhance Bioremediation of DNAPL-Contaminated Aquifers

Role of Metallic Iron in the Biotransformation of Chlorinated Xenobiotics

Application of Anaerobic and Multiple-Electron-Acceptor Bioremediation to Chlorinated Aliphatic Subsurface Contamination

Trichloroethene (TCE) Cometabolism in Fluidized-Bed Bioreactors

Uptake of BETX Compounds and Metabolites by Hybrid Poplar Trees in Hazardous Waste Remediation

Plant-Assisted Remediation of Soil and Ground Water Contaminated by Hazardous Organic Substances: Experimental and Modeling Studies

Extension of Laboratory Validated Treatment and Remediation Technologies to Field Problems in Aquifer Soil and Water Contamination by Organic Waste Chemicals

Nano-Scale Metal Oxide Particles as Reagents for Destruction and Immobilization of Hazardous Substances

Fate and Transport of Munitions Residues in Contaminated Soil

Evaluation of Biosparging Performance and Process Fundamentals for Site Remediation

Field Scale Bioremediation: Relationship of Parent Compound Disappearance Humification, Mineralization, Leaching, and Volatilization of Transformation Intermediates

Application of PGNAA Remote Sensing Methods to Real-Time, Non-Intrusive Determination of Contaminant Profiles in Soils

Effects of Surfactants on Bioavailability and Biodegradation of Contaminants in Soils

Contaminant Binding to the Humin Fraction of Soil Organic Matter

Development of a Systematic Methodology for Optimally Designing Vegetative Systems for Remediating Contaminated Soil and Ground Water

Identifying Ground Water Threats from Improperly Abandoned Boreholes

Biofilm Barriers for Waste Containment

Evaluation and Modeling of Subsurface Biobarrier Formation and Persistence

Fate of Trichloroethylene (TCE) in Plant/Soil Systems

Plant-Enzyme Systems for the Phytoremediation of Chlorinated Aliphatics in Contaminated Soils

Simultaneous Transformation of Atrazine and Nitrate in Contaminated Water, Sediment, and Soil by Zero-Valent Iron-Promoted Process

Virtual Library: Transferring HSRC Research Results Through the Internet

Waste Management: Development of Pollution Prevention Educational Materials for Farms and Small Acreages

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Annual Report of the Great Plains/Rocky
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