A review of threats to groundwater quality in the anthropocene

NM Burri, R Weatherl, C Moeck, M Schirmer - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Awareness concerning sustainable groundwater consumption under the context of land use
and climate change is gaining traction, raising the bar for adequate understanding of the …

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 …

Reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene by zero-valent iron nanoparticles: reactivity enhancement through sulfidation treatment

Y Han, W Yan - Environmental science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) synthesized in the presence of reduced sulfur
compounds have been shown to degrade trichloroethene (TCE) at significantly higher rates …

Factors influencing degradation of trichloroethylene by sulfide-modified nanoscale zero-valent iron in aqueous solution

H Dong, C Zhang, J Deng, Z Jiang, L Zhang, Y Cheng… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfide-modified nanoscale zero-valent iron (S/NZVI) has been considered as an efficient
material to degrade trichloroethylene (TCE) in groundwater. However, some critical factors …

Plume persistence due to aquitard back diffusion following dense nonaqueous phase liquid source removal or isolation

SW Chapman, BL Parker - Water Resources Research, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
At an industrial site on a sand aquifer overlying a clayey silt aquitard in Connecticut, a zone
of trichloroethylene dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) at the aquifer bottom was …

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 …

Graphite Electrode as a Sole Electron Donor for Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachlorethene by Geobacter lovleyi

SM Strycharz, TL Woodard, JP Johnson… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The possibility that graphite electrodes can serve as the direct electron donor for microbially
catalyzed reductive dechlorination was investigated with Geobacter lovleyi. In an initial …

[图书][B] Alternatives for managing the nation's complex contaminated groundwater sites

National Research Council, Division on Earth… - 2013 - books.google.com
Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with
chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards …

Plume persistence caused by back diffusion from thin clay layers in a sand aquifer following TCE source-zone hydraulic isolation

BL Parker, SW Chapman, MA Guilbeault - Journal of contaminant …, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper concludes that back diffusion from one or a few thin clayey beds in a sand aquifer
can cause contaminant persistence above MCLs in a sand aquifer long after the source …