Bioremediation of TCE in a fractured limestone aquifer using a novel horizontal passive biobarrier

This article discusses a project demonstrating the successful use of a novel horizontal biobarrier approach to protect a fractured limestone aquifer from continuing contamination while passive bioremediation of the overlying clay till source area is in progress. The emplacement of the biobarrier has...

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Published in:Remediation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2010-03, Vol.20 (2), p.27-43
Main Authors: Riis, Charlotte E., Christensen, Anders G., Mortensen, Annette P., Jannerup, Henrik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquifers
Bioremediation
Clay (material)
Contaminants
Dechlorination
Horizontal
Limestone
Strategy
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Summary:This article discusses a project demonstrating the successful use of a novel horizontal biobarrier approach to protect a fractured limestone aquifer from continuing contamination while passive bioremediation of the overlying clay till source area is in progress. The emplacement of the biobarrier has significantly reduced the concentrations of chlorinated ethenes and dechlorination activity in the limestone aquifer, promoting complete reductive dechlorination of the trichloroethene plume. The biobarrier strategy has thus met the challenge of protecting the limestone from the overlying overburden. Direct GeoProbe injections performed in the source area, which consist of a clay till overburden, have also reduced the contaminant concentrations in the clay till due to enhanced dechlorination activity; however, repeat injections may be required to address the areas of the till in which the injectate has not yet been distributed. The time frame for remediating the source area in the till is expected to be on the order of a decade. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN:1051-5658
1520-6831
1520-6831
DOI:10.1002/rem.20238