ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to report a search of the literature that can provide a database for selecting methods to use in predicting the treatability of solid hazardous wastes in soils. A screening protocol should involve a study of several short-term, reliable, noncomplex, and relatively inexpensive tests selected or adopted from currently available methods. Test soils treated with different concentrations of the hazardous waste and having different periods of incubation time must be available at all times and in sufficient quantity for use in evaluating the effectiveness of the various short-term tests. The soil and air temperature, humidity, wind movement, and other necessary parameters, depending on location, are recorded at the time of sampling. The water runoff conditions of waste disposal and treatment sites must be controlled at all times. Detailed soil management practices for runoff control are recommended by the US Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service.
