Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater using Nanotechnologies

Contamination in soil and groundwater tends to be overlooked since their adverse impact does not appear exteriorly and instantaneously. However, the contaminants could potentially cause adverse impact on vegetation and human health by migrating off the contaminated site through groundwater flow, and also influence climate change through cycling of elements. In the past few years, demand for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater has been raised due to increasing public awareness about environmental problems. Especially in Canada, public and media attentions have been grown up for the soil contamination associated with oil and gas development. Regardless of increased public attentions and demands, a number of the contaminated sites have not been cleaned up due to the high cost for remediation using current remediation technologies. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Park

Student:

Partner:

Trium Environmental Inc;University of Calgary

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Calgary

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