Alvarez P.J.J., Illman W.A. Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation

John Wiley & Sons, 2006. — 612 p.This book aims to provide fundamental biological, chemical, mathematical, and physical principles related to the fate and transport of hazardous wastes in aquifer systems, and their connection to natural attenuation and bioremediation engineeringIntroduction to Bioremediation
Geochemical Attenuation Mechanisms
Biodegradation Principles
Fundamentals of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Processes
Fate and Transport Equations and Analytical Models for Natural Attenuation
Numerical Modeling of Contaminant Transport, Transformation, and Degradation Processes
Field and Laboratory Methods to Determine Parameters for Modeling Contaminant Fate and Transport in Groundwater
Bioremediation Technologies
Performance Assessment and Demonstration of Bioremediation and Natural Attenuation
Appendix A. Chemical Properties of Various Organic Compounds
Appendix B. Free Energy and Thermodynamic Feasibility of Chemical and Biochemical Reactions
Appendix C. Commonly Used Numerical Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Codes