1. Edition - January 2006
112.- Euro
2006. 610 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-471-65043-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-65043-0 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation: Process Fundamentals and Mathematical Models provides, under one cover, the current methodology needed by groundwater scientists and engineers in their efforts to evaluate contamination problems, to estimate risk to human health and ecosystems, and to design and formulate remediation strategies. The book includes explanations of the analytical models and discussions of each physical parameter appearing in the equations; description of how physical parameters may be measured or estimated; and case histories of this type of modeling.

From the contents
Preface.

1. Introduction to Bioremediation.

2. Geochemical Attenuation Mechanisms.

3. Biodegradation Principles.

4. Fundamentals of Ground Water Flow and Contaminant Transport Processes.

5. Fate and Transport Equations and Analytical Models for Natural Attenuation.

6. Numerical Modeling of Contaminant Transport, Transformation, and Degradation Processes.

7. Field and Laboratory Techniques to Determine Site-Specific Parameters for Modeling the Fate and Transport of Groundwater Pollutants.

8. Bioremediation Technologies.

9. Performance Assessment and Demonstration of Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation.

Appendix A: Chemical Properties of Various Compounds.

Appendix B: Free Energy and Thermodynamic Feasibility of Chemical and Biochemical Reactions.

Appendix C: Commonly Used Numerical Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Codes (Modified after Wiedemeier et al., 1999).

Appendix D: Nonparametric Statistical Tests for Determining the Effectiveness of Natural Attenuation (after Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources).

Appendix E: Critical Values of the Student t-Distribution.

Glossary.

Index.