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Bioremediation offers an effective, ethical, and economical alternative to standard cleanups
Publication year - 2004
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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.1551-8833.2004.tb10519.x
Subject(s) - bioremediation , environmental remediation , waste management , environmental science , groundwater , pollutant , wastewater , chlorinated solvents , human decontamination , contamination , environmental engineering , environmental planning , engineering , chemistry , ecology , geotechnical engineering , biology , organic chemistry
This article discusses a new process called bioremediation that is used to neutralize pollutants or transform them into harmless chemical products. The article lists three main reasons why bioremediation has been proven to be an important remediation technology, and discusses a case study where the town of Salem, New Hampshire, used the process to clean up the site of a decommissioned wastewater treatment facility that was starting to contaminate soil and groundwater as a result of chlorinated solvents.