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Jim CummingsTechnology Assessment Branch
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Soil Washing
Application
Chemical Extraction for Uranium Contaminated Soil at the RMI Titanium Company Extrusion Plant, Ashtabula, Ohio. Cost and Performance Report
1998. U.S. DOE, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 26 pp.
Demonstration of Physical Separation/Leaching Methods for the Remediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils at Small Arms Ranges
Published: 1997. NTIS: ADA350280, 292 pp.
The U.S. Army selected two vendors to demonstrate two variations of physical separation/leaching technologies to clean heavy metals from soils at Ft. Polk, LA. The first used a process based on acetic (weak) acid chemistry; the second deployed a method based on hydrochloric (strong) acid chemistry.
Harbauer Soil Washing/vacuum-distillation System, Harbauer GmbH & Company KG Facility, Marktredwitz, Germany. EPA-BMBF Bilateral Site Demonstration Innovative Technology Evaluation Report
1996. U.S. EPA SITE Program. 110 pp.
Joint Small Arms Range Remediation (Physical Separation and Acid Leaching) at Fort Polk Range 5, Leesville, Louisiana. Cost and Performance Report
1997. Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), 47 pp.
Metals in Soils 1998 Technology Status Report: Soil Washing and the Emerging Technologies of Phytoremediation, Electrokinetics, In-Situ Stabilization/ Inplace Inactivation
1999. Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) Metals in Soils Team. 46 pp.
This report provides updates of projects using soil washing in Doe Run, MO, Astabula, OH, and Mt. Hope, NJ.
Nordac Soil Washing System, Norddeutsches Altlasten-Sanierungs-Centrum GmbH & Company KG Facility, Hamburg, Germany. EPA-BMBF Bilateral Site Demonstration Innovative Technology Evaluation Report
1998. U.S. EPA SITE Program. 63 pp.
Remediation Trial at the Avenue Using Soil Washing
CL:AIRE: Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments, Case Study Bulletin 7 (CSB 7), 4 pp, 2008
A pilot-scale soil-washing demonstration project was carried out in November 2001 at The Avenue using plant-scale equipment, a small-scale replica of a fixed, static plant that operates in Belgium. The demonstration was conducted on different batches of site materials containing (1) mixed organic and inorganic contaminants (PAHs, cyanides), and (2) phenols, petroleum hydrocarbons, and aromatic hydrocarbons. The bulletin is available without charge on the CL:AIRE Web site to registered users (also free).
Remediation of Basford Gasworks [UK] Using Soil Washing
2002. CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments) Technology Demonstration Project Fact Sheet TDP2.
Soil Washing and Solidification/ Stabilization Work Implementation Plan. Final Draft Report
2000. URS Greiner, Inc., Sacramento, CA. NTIS: ADA382995, 415 pp.
This work implementation plan was prepared for the McClellan Air Force Base remediation program to outline the field activities required to conduct a treatability study assessing the viability (e.g., cost and performance) of soil washing and solidification/stabilization to clean soils containing various heavy metals and/or semivolatile organic compounds.
Soil Washing at the King of Prussia Technical Corporation Superfund Site, Winslow Township, New Jersey. Cost and Performance Report
1995. U.S. EPA, 25 pp.
Technology Maturation of Dispersion Technology to Augment Bioremediation
2000. J. Neely, Los Alamos National Lab., NM. LA-SUB-00-82, NTIS: DE00764194, 26 pp.
This demonstration project indicates that the 54GO family of dispersants may provide superior results for classic soil washing to remove waste oils, diesel, creosote, and manufactured gas plant waste and may be better used for pre-treating waste soils before adding microbes to bioremediate the contaminants.
