Search Result
Technology Innovation News Survey Feed (RSS)| Return to Search | Return to Results |
LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF AN INTEGRATED CTW/PHYTO CAP SYSTEMKwan, W. and W. Eifert. Regional Workshop: Introduction to Phytotechnologies and Water Balance (Evapotranspiration) Covers, December 14 & 15, 2011, San Francisco, California. 41 slides, 2011
Near Williamsburg, Virginia, an inactive, unlined, 34-acre industrial waste landfill surrounds a 16-acre jurisdictional wetland. Leachate containing high levels of zinc, iron, and acidity discharges into the wetland and affects the sediment. The innovative contamination management solution consisted of the design and retrofit of a staged constructed treatment wetland (CTW) into the existing jurisdictional wetland in 1999; installation in 2001 of a tree plantation (Phyto Cap) over key landfill areas; and consumptive recirculation/re-use of treated CTW water to minimize discharge. This sustainable remediation approach has provided substantial ecosystem and energy-saving benefits. http://www.epa.gov/osp/presentations/PhytoWBC11/ph_Kwan.pdf
The Technology Innovation News Survey welcomes your comments and
suggestions, as well as information about errors for correction. Please
contact Michael Adam of the U.S. EPA Office of Superfund Remediation
and Technology Innovation at adam.michael@epa.gov or (703) 603-9915
with any comments, suggestions, or corrections.
Mention of non-EPA documents, presentations, or papers does not constitute a U.S. EPA endorsement of their contents, only an acknowledgment that they exist and may be relevant to the Technology Innovation News Survey audience.
