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Field-Scale Demonstration Of Induced Biogeochemical Reductive Dechlorination At Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, Lonnie G. Kennedy, Jess W. Everett, Erica Becvar, Donald Defeo
Field-Scale Demonstration Of Induced Biogeochemical Reductive Dechlorination At Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, Lonnie G. Kennedy, Jess W. Everett, Erica Becvar, Donald Defeo
United States Air Force: Publications
Biogeochemical reductive dechlorination (BiRD) is a new remediation approach for chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs). The approach stimulates common sulfate-reducing soil bacteria, facilitating the geochemical conversion of native iron minerals into iron sulfides. Iron sulfides have the ability to chemically reduce many common CAH compounds including PCE, TCE, DCE, similar to zero valent iron (Fe0). Results of a field test at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware, are given in this paper. BiRD was stimulated by direct injection of Epson salt (MgSO4·7H2O) and sodium (L) lactate (NaC3H5O3) in five …