||Basic concepts of contaminant sorption at hazardous waste sites /
Piwoni, M. D. ;
Keeley, J. W.
||Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
|| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development : Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
Hazardous waste sites--United States. ;
Soil absorption and adsorption--United States.
Ground water ;
Hazardous materials ;
Remedial action ;
Waste disposal ;
Water pollution control ;
Soil chemistry ;
Soil contamination ;
Land pollution control ;
Organic compounds ;
Chemical reactions ;
Environmental transport ;
Path of pollutants ;
Subsurface investigations ;
Design criteria ;
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||9 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
The Regional Superfund Ground Water Forum is a group of ground-water scientists, representing EPA's Regional Superfund Offices, organized to exchange up-to-date information related to ground-water remediation of Superfund sites. One of the major issues of concern to the Forum is the transport and fate of contaminants in soil and ground water as related to subsurface remediation. Processes which influence the behavior of contaminants in the subsurface must be considered both in evaluating the potential for movement as well as in designing remediation activities at hazardous waste sites. Such factors not only tend to regulate the mobility of contaminants, but also their form and stability. Sorption is often the paramount process controlling the behavior of contaminants in the subsurface. The paper summarizes the basic concepts of sorption in soil and ground water with emphasis on nonpolar organic contaminants.
Caption title. Shipping list no.: 91-0234-P. "October 1990." Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-7). "EPA/540/4-90/053." Microfiche.