Remediation of groundwater from a former gas works site : treatment of a polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon and vinyl chloride contamination by ultraviolet light, ozone and advanced oxidation processes

The public water supply in Germany is mainly based on groundwater, and great care is taken to protect these water resources. A major challenge is, however, the remediation of polluted aquifers. Such is the case at a former gas works site in Karlsruhe, Germany. The "Gaswerk Ost" of the loca...

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Main Author: Eggers, Jutta
Published: University of Surrey 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442665