Title: FRTR Soil Remediation Case Studies
1FRTR Soil Remediation Case Studies
Ex Situ Soil Treatment (72)
In Situ Soil Treatment (88)
Thermal Desorption (27)
Incineration (14)
Physical/Chemical Treatment (15) Physical
Separation/ Segmented Gate System (8)
Solvent Extraction (2) Vitrification (2)
Solidification/Stabilization (1) Acid
Leaching (1) Soil Washing (1)
Thermal Treatment (15)
Bioventing (7)
Electrokinetics (5)
Other (18) Phytoremediation (4) Chemical
Oxidation/Reduction (3) Vitrification
(2) Fracturing (3) Solidification/Stabilization
(3) Lasagna (2) Drilling (1)
Bioremediation (16) Land Treatment (7) Composting
(6) Slurry-Phase Bioremediation (3)
Some case studies address more than one type of
technology
2FRTR Groundwater Remediation Case Studies
Ex Situ Groundwater Treatment (52)
In Situ Groundwater Treatment (128)
Pump and Treat (52)
Some case studies address more than one type of
technology
3FRTR Remediation Case Studies Contaminants and
Media Treated
180
3
Debris
160
Groundwater
140
Soil
108
120
3
100
Number of Case Studies
80
53
9
60
28
40
23
2
66
2
3
3
50
7
20
37
10
4
6
3
24
12
5
15
15
0
Heavy Metals
PAHs
PCBs
BTEX and/ or TPH
Radioactive Metals
Pesticides/Herbicides
Explosives/Propellants
Halogenated Volatiles
Contaminant Types
Some case studies address more than one type of
media and/or contaminant
4FRTR Site Characterization and Monitoring Case
Studies
Technology Types
Organic Chemical Characterization
25
Geophysical Techniques-Surface(EM, Radiation,
GPR)
19
Cone Penetrometer/Drilling/Direct Push
18
Radionuclide Characterization
13
13
Inorganic Chemical Characterization
PCB/Pesticides Characterization
11
Explosives Characterization
7
Strategies for Field-Based Site Characterization
5
3
Geophysical Techniques-In Situ/Borehole
Unexploded Ordnance Characterization
3
3
Leak Detection
1
Air Emissions
1
0
5
10
15
20
25
Based on 121 total reports
Number of Case Studies
5FRTR Remediation Case Studies Full-Scale and
Field Demonstration Projects
Technology Types
10
Soil Vapor Extraction (36)
26
Other In Situ Soil/Sediment
Treatment (35)
24
Field Demonstration
11
0
Incineration (on-site) (18)
18
Full-Scale
2
26
Thermal Desorption (28)
11
21
Other Ex Situ Soil Treatment (32)
4
Pump and Treat (50)
46
In Situ Groundwater Bioremediation (36)
18
18
35
Other In Situ Groundwater Treatment (72)
37
27
Debris/Solid Media Treatment (28)
1
6
1
Containment (7)
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Number of Projects