Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: some serious consequences with urban and rural water cycle

GD Bhowmick, D Dhar, D Nath, MM Ghangrekar… - NPJ Clean …, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 outbreak due to SARS-CoV-2 has raised several concerns for its high
transmission rate and unavailability of any treatment to date. Although major routes of its …

Organic contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface: Evolution of knowledge and understanding

HI Essaid, BA Bekins… - Water Resources Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Toxic organic contaminants may enter the subsurface as slightly soluble and volatile
nonaqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) or as dissolved solutes resulting in contaminant plumes …

Chlorinated ethene source remediation: lessons learned

HF Stroo, A Leeson, JA Marqusee, PC Johnson… - 2012 - ACS Publications
Chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE) are
widespread groundwater contaminants often released as dense nonaqueous phase liquids …

Effects of nano-scale zero-valent iron particles on a mixed culture dechlorinating trichloroethylene

Z Xiu, Z Jin, T Li, S Mahendra, GV Lowry… - Bioresource …, 2010 - Elsevier
Nano-scale zero-valent iron particles (NZVI) are increasingly being used to treat sites
contaminated with chlorinated solvents. This study investigated the effect of NZVI on …

A comparison between field applications of nano-, micro-, and millimetric zero-valent iron for the remediation of contaminated aquifers

S Comba, A Di Molfetta, R Sethi - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2011 - Springer
In the last 10 years, the number of field applications of zero-valent iron differing from
permeable reactive barrier has grown rapidly and at present are 112. This study analyzes …

Harnessing microbial activities for environmental cleanup

FE Löffler, EA Edwards - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2006 - Elsevier
Human activities have released large amounts of toxic organic and inorganic chemicals into
the environment. Toxic waste streams threaten dwindling drinking water supplies and impact …

Performance of DNAPL source depletion technologies at 59 chlorinated solvent‐impacted sites

TM McGuire, JM McDade… - Groundwater Monitoring & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Performance and rebound of intensive source depletion technologies were evaluated at 59
chlorinated solvent sites where remediation targeted dense non–aqueous phase liquid …

Chlorinated solvent source zone remediation

BH Kueper, HF Stroo, CM Vogel, CH Ward - 2014 - Springer
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, North America began to grapple with the legacy of past
disposal practices for toxic chemicals. With the passage in 1980 of the Comprehensive …

Enhanced anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated solvents: environmental factors influencing microbial activity and their relevance under field conditions

F Aulenta, M Majone, V Tandoi - Journal of Chemical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced in situ anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated solvents is a cost‐effective,
expanding technology for the clean‐up of chlorinated solvent‐contaminated sites. However …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing the Bioremediation of Contaminants in Groundwater: Investigations over 40 Years Provide Insights into What's Achievable

GB Davis - Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite, 2023 - imrpress.com
Biodegradation and biotransformation of contaminants in groundwater commonly occurs
naturally. However, natural biodegradation rates can be slow leading to elongated …