Groundwater Contamination and Remediation

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Groundwater Contamination and Remediation

• Denis M. OCarroll
• Research Group
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• The University of Western Ontario

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The Big Picture
Pall Gelman Site, Ann Arbor MI
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The Big Picture
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory
North River Radar Site, Alaska
Los Alamos Laboratory, New Mexico
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The Big Picture
Unsaturated zone
Leaky Underground Storage Tank
Saturated zone
DNAPL
Impervious Layer
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London Area Drinking Water Sources
GW
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Remediation Using Nanotechnology
www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/03/pr0394.htm
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Nanotechnology Research Team
Xueying Liu
Chris Kocur
Erin Cullen
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Carbon Nanotubes Contaminants or Remediants?
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The Big Picture
Unsaturated zone
Leaky Underground Storage Tank
Saturated zone
DNAPL
Impervious Layer
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Complicated Waste Research Team
Halliday Pearson
Geremy Camps-Roach
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Subsurface Heterogeneity
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Infiltration Experiment
DNAPL Injection
F20/F30
35.5 cm
F35/F50 Organic-Wet
F70/F110
F35/F50
F20/F30 Organic-Wet
30.5 cm
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M-Valor Validation
Experimental Observations
Simulation Incorporating the Brooks-Corey/Burdine
Pc/kr/S Constitituve Relationship