Open AccessInnovative technology summary report: in situ air stripping using horizontal wells
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/7093
Subject(s) - vadose zone , environmental science , in situ , water well , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater , test site , environmental engineering , geology , soil science , meteorology , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , soil water , geography
In situ air stripping (ISAS) technology was developed to remediate soils and ground water contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) both above and below the water table. ISAS employs horizontal wells to inject (sparge) air into the ground water and vacuum extract VOCs from vadose zone soils. The innovation is creation of a system that combines two somewhat innovative technologies, air sparging and horizontal wells, with a baseline technology, soil vapor extraction, to produce a more efficient in situ remediation system