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Trichloroethylene and methyl chloroform in groundwater: A problem assessment
Author(s) -
Petura John C.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1981.tb04680.x
Subject(s) - scrubber , groundwater , pollution , environmental science , waste management , pollution prevention , environmental engineering , water pollution , air pollution , environmental planning , engineering , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , geotechnical engineering , biology
The national effort of past decades to reduce pollution has made great strides on some fronts, while practically ignoring potential disasters on others. Billions of dollars have been expended to equip and operate air pollution control systems, such as electrostatic precipitators, SO 2 scrubbers, and catalytic converters. Similarly, water pollution control has seen tremendous investment in both the industrial and municipal sectors, including advanced waste treatment practices for phosphorus removal, nitrification and denitrification facilities, and tertiary organic removal via carbon adsorption. Groundwater pollution remains a problem of immense importance, and only recently have methods been developed to help decontaminate polluted wells.