Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation is a groundbreaking text and professional resource on natural attenuation technology

Features:

• Quantification of the role of microbes in natural attenuation
• Biodegradation and chemical transformation principles
• Immobilization and phase change
• Biotransformation mechanisms
• Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
• Analytical models for contaminant transport and reaction processes
• Numerical modeling of contaminant transport, transformation, and degradation

Contents

• Introduction to Bioremediation
• Geochemical Attenuation Mechanisms
• Biodegradation Principles
• Fundamentals of Ground Water Flow and Contaminant Transport Processes
• Fate and Transport Equations and Analytical Models for Natural Attenuation
• Numerical Modeling of Contaminant Transport, Transformation, and Degradation Processes
• Field and Laboratory Techniques to Determine Site-Specific Parameters for Modeling the Fate and Transport of Groundwater Pollutants
• Bioremediation Technologies
• Performance Assessment and Demonstration of Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation

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