4. Cleanup of an Aqueous Waste Stream

d. Remediation of VOC Contaminated Groundwater

Contaminated groundwater has become an ever-increasing problem. It poses a threat to the environment where fuels, cleaning solvents, and degreasers have seeped into the ground due to past disposal practices, spills, or leaking storage tanks. Volatile organic compounds are another large problem and are found in most municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents. In this project, treatment of a model VOC contaminated wastewater stream is presented.


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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz
Department of Chemical Engineering
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6102
Morgantown, WV 26506-6102
Phone: 304-293-2111 ext.2410
Fax: 304-293-4139
email: shaeiwit@cemr.wvu.edu
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