ABSTRACT

Providing an introduction, the scientific background, case studies and future perspectives of in-situ arsenic remediation technologies for soils, soil water and groundwater at geogenic and anthropogenic contaminated sites. The case studies present in-situ technologies about natural arsenic, specifically arsenate and arsenite, but also about organic arsenic compounds. This work covers geochemical, microbiological and plant ecological solutions for arsenic remediation.

It will serve as a standard textbook for (post-)graduate students and researchers in the field of Environmental Sciences and Hydrogeochemistry as well as researchers, engineers, environmental scientists and chemists, toxicologists, medical scientists and even for general public seeking an in-depth view of arsenic which had been classed as a carcinogen. This book aims to stimulate awareness among administrators, policy makers and company executives of in-situ remediation technologies at sites contamined by arsenic and to improve the international cooperation on the subject.

chapter 1|34 pages

In-situ technologies for groundwater treatment: the case of arsenic

ByMarta I. Litter, José Luis Cortina, António M.A. Fiúza, Aurora Futuro & Christos Tsakiroglou

chapter 2|18 pages

Numerical modeling of arsenic mobility

ByIlkaWallis, Henning Prommer & Dimitri Vlassopoulos

chapter 3|16 pages

Phytostabilization of arsenic

ByClaes Bergqvist & Maria Greger

chapter 4|18 pages

Recent advances in phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated soils

ByXinWang & Lena Qiying Ma

chapter 5|28 pages

Fundamentals of electrokinetics

BySoon-Oh Kim, Keun-Young Lee & Kyoung-Woong Kim

chapter 6|30 pages

Microbial in-situ mitigation of arsenic contamination in plants and soils

ByNandita Singh, Pankaj Kumar Srivastava, Rudra Deo Tripathi, Shubhi Srivastava & Aradhana Vaish

chapter 7|17 pages

In-situ immobilization of arsenic in the subsurface on an anthropogenic contaminated site

ByTimo Krüger, Hartmut M. Holländer, Jens Stummeyer, Bodo Harazim, Peter-W. Boochs & Max Billib