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1.-

Can humic substances accumulate heavy metals from water?
2.-

Can I substitute a lead test for the methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) analysis to determine if old underground fuel storage tanks that have not been in service since the early seventies leaked gasoline into the surrounding soil?
3.-

Can plants remove toxic metals from contaminated soil and ground water?
4.-

Do federal, state, and local regulations allow natural attenuation of hazardous waste contaminated sites as an option for remediation of chlorinated solvents?
5.-

Does EPA's issuance of a health advisory level of 15 ug/L of perchlorate in drinking water in January of 2009 impact cleanup of perchlorate at Superfund sites?
6.-

How do you control salt-water intrusion?
7.-

How does natural attenuation of chlorinated solvents at hazardous waste contaminated sites differ from natural attenuation of petroleum products such as fuels?
8.-

Petroleum chemicals, and especially gasoline, is one of the most frequent contaminants found in groundwater. Can chemical fingerprinting determine the source of a particular gasoline?
9.-

Since petroleum just naturally breaks down, why bother doing all this clean up work?
10.-

What are advance oxidation processes (AOPs) that make use of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and how are they used for water purification?
11.-

What are some of the remediation technologies used to treat contaminated groundwater while it is still in the ground?

12.-

What biological treatment techniques are used in groundwater remediation?
13.-

What is electrokinetics, and how is it used to remediate groundwater contamination?
14.-

What is the best approach for dealing with groundwater pollution?

 


 

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This website was developed by the ACES Water Quality Team, under the leadership of Dr. James E. Hairston. It is funded, in part, by USDA-CSREES water quality grant support under Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998.