In-situ remediation of arsenic-contaminated sites

196 Pages·2014·2.68 MB·English

by  Jochen Bundschuh

IN-SITU REMEDIATIONOFARSENIC-CONTAMINATEDSITES

Arsenic in the Environment
Series Editors
Jochen Bundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland(USQ),Toowoomba,Australia
RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden
Prosun Bhattacharya
KTH-InternationalGroundwaterArsenicResearchGroup,DepartmentofLand
andWaterResourcesEngineering,RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),
Stockholm,Sweden
ISSN:1876-6218
Volume 6
Coverphoto
Upperphoto:TheComarcaLaguneraisoneofthemostcontaminatedregionswheretheaquifers
areseriouslycontaminatedwitharsenicinMexico.Continuousdrawdownsduetogroundwater
miningmainlyforirrigationpurposesresultingeochemicalreactionwhichreleasesarsenicinto
thegroundwater.
Lower photo: Photoremediation of arsenic-contaminated groundwater using arsenic-
hyperaccumulatorPterisvittata(Chinesebrakefern)inFlorida,USA.
In-Situ Remediation of
Arsenic-Contaminated Sites
Editors
JochenBundschuh
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,FacultyofHealth,EngineeringandSciences&
NationalCentreforEngineeringinAgriculture,Toowoomba,Queensland,Australia
RoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden
HartmutM.Holländer
UniversityofManitoba,DepartmentofCivilEngineering,Manitoba,Canada
LenaQiyingMa
StateKeyLaboratoryofPollutionControlandResourceReuse,
SchooloftheEnvironment,NanjingUniversity,JiangsuChinaand
SoilandWaterScienceDepartment,UniversityofFlorida,Gainesville,USA
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In-situremediationofarsenic-contaminatedsites/editors,JochenBundschuh,
UniversityofSouthernQueensland,FacultyofHealth,EngineeringandSciences&
NationalCentreforEngineeringinAgriculture,Toowoomba,Queensland,
AustraliaRoyalInstituteofTechnology(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden,HartmutM.
Holländer,UniversityofManitoba,DepartmentofCivilEngineering,Manitoba,
Canada,LenaQiyingMa,StateKeyLaboratoryofPollutionControlandResourceReuse,
SchooloftheEnvironment,NanjingUniversity,JiangsuChina[and]Departmentof
SoilandWaterScience,UniversityofFlorida,Gainesville,USA.
pagescm.—(Arsenicintheenvironment,ISSN1876-6218;volume6)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-415-62085-7(hardback)—
ISBN978-0-203-12017-0(ebookPDF)
1. Groundwater—Purification—Arsenicremoval. 2. Soilremediation. 3. Arsenic
wastes—Environmentalaspects. 4. Insituremediation. I. Bundschuh,Jochen,
editor. II. Holländer,HartmutM.,editor. III. Ma,LenaQiying,editor.
TD427.A77I54 2014
628.1’6836—dc23
2014020023
ISBN:978-0-415-62085-7(Hardback)
ISBN:978-0-203-12017-0(eBookPDF)
About the book series
Althougharsenichasbeenknownasa‘silenttoxin’sinceancienttimes,andthecontamination
ofdrinkingwaterresourcesbygeogenicarsenicwasdescribedindifferentlocationsaroundthe
world long ago — e.g. inArgentina in 1917 — it was only two decades ago that it received
overwhelmingworldwidepublicattention.Asaconsequenceofthebiggestarseniccalamityin
theworld,whichwasdetectedmorethantwentyyearsbackinWestBengal,Indiaandotherparts
of southeastAsia. As a consequence, there has been an exponential rise in scientific interest
that has triggered high quality research. Since then, arsenic contamination (predominantly of
geogenicorigin)ofdrinkingwaterresources,soils,plantsandair,thepropagationofarsenicin
thefoodchain, thechronicaffectsofarsenicingestionbyhumans, andtheirtoxicologicaland
relatedpublichealthconsequences, havebeendescribedinmanypartsoftheworld, andevery
year,evenmorenewcountriesorregionsarediscoveredtohavearsenicproblems
Arsenic is found as a drinking water contaminant, in many regions all around the world, in
both developing as well as industrialized countries. However, addressing the problem requires
different approaches which take into account, the differential economic and social conditions
in both country groups. It has been estimated that 200 million people worldwide are at risk
fromdrinkingwatercontaininghighconcentrationsofAs,anumberwhichisexpectedtofurther
increase due to the recent lowering of the limits of arsenic concentration in drinking water to
10µgL−1, which has already been adopted by many countries, and some authorities are even
consideringdecreasingthisvaluefurther.
The book series ‘Arsenic in the Environment’ is an inter- and multidisciplinary source of
information,makinganefforttolinktheoccurrenceofgeogenicarsenicindifferentenvironments
andthepotentialcontaminationofground-andsurfacewater,soilandairandtheireffectonthe
human society. The series fulfills the growing interest in the worldwide arsenic issue, which
isbeingaccompaniedbystrongerregulationsonthepermissibleMaximumContaminantLevels
(MCL)ofarsenicindrinkingwaterandfood,whicharebeingadoptednotonlybytheindustrialized
countries,butincreasinglybydevelopingcountries.
Thebookseriescoversallfieldsofresearchconcerningarsenicintheenvironmentandaims
topresentanintegratedapproachfromitsoccurrenceinrocksandmobilizationintotheground-
and surface water, soil and air, its transport therein, and the pathways of arsenic introduction
intothefoodchainincludinguptakebyhumans.Humanarsenicexposure,arsenicbioavailabil-
ity, metabolism and toxicology are treated together with related public health effects and risk
assessments in order to better manage the contaminated land and aquatic environments and to
reducehumanarsenicexposure.Arsenicremovaltechnologiesandothermethodologiestomiti-
gatethearsenicproblemareaddressednotonlyfromthetechnologicalperspective,butalsofrom
an economic and social point of view. Only such inter- and multidisciplinary approaches, will
allowcase-specificselectionofoptimalmitigationmeasuresforeachspecificarsenicproblem
andprovidethelocalpopulationwitharsenicsafedrinkingwater,food,andair.
We have an ambition to make this book series an international, multi- and interdisciplinary
sourceofknowledgeandaplatformforarsenicresearchorientedtothedirectsolutionofproblems
withconsiderablesocialimpactandrelevanceratherthansimplyfocusingoncuttingedgeand
breakthroughresearchinphysical,chemical,toxicologicalandmedicalsciences.Thebookseries
will also form a consolidated source of information on the worldwide occurrences of arsenic,
which otherwise is dispersed and often hard to access. It will also have role in increasing the
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awarenessandknowledgeofthearsenicproblemamongadministrators,policymakersandcom-
panyexecutivesandimprovinginternationalandbilateralcooperationonarseniccontamination
anditseffects.
Consequently, weseethisbookseriesasacomprehensiveinformationbase, whichincludes
authoredoreditedbooksfromworld-leadingscientistsontheirspecificfieldofarsenicresearch,
butalsocontainsvolumeswithselectedpapersfrominternationalorregionalcongressesorother
scientificevents.Furtheron,theabstractbooksofthehomonymousinternationalcongressseries,
whichweorganizebiannuallyindifferentpartsoftheworld,willbecomepartofthisbookseries.
Theserieswillbeopenforanyperson,scientificassociation,societyorscientificnetwork,for
thesubmissionofnewbookprojects. Supportedbyastrongmulti-disciplinaryeditorialboard,
bookproposalsandmanuscriptsarepeerreviewedandevaluated.
JochenBundschuh
ProsunBhattacharya
(SeriesEditors)
Editorial board
KaziMatinAhmed DepartmentofGeology,UniversityofDhaka,Dhaka1000,
Bangladesh
E-mail:[email protected]
Ma.TeresaAlarcónHerrera AdvancedMaterialsResearchCenter,UnidadDurango
(CIMAV-Durango),34000Durango,Dgo.,México
E-mail:[email protected]
MohammadAlauddin DepartmentofChemistry,WagnerCollege,Staten
Island,NY10301,USA
E-mail:[email protected]
SüerAnaç DepartmentofIrrigationandAgriculturalStructures,
FacultyofAgriculture,EgeUniversity,Izmir,Turkey
E-mail:[email protected]
MariaAuroraArmienta InstitutodeGeofisica,UniversidadNacional
AutónomadeMéxico,CiudadUniversitaria,04510,Distrito
Federal(MexicoCity),Mexico
E-mail:[email protected]
MichaelBerg Eawag,SwissFederalInstituteofAquaticScienceand
Technology,8600Duebendorf,Switzerland
E-mail:[email protected]
MarekBryjak DepartmentPolymer&CarbonMaterials,Wroclaw
UniversityofTechnology,Wroclaw,Poland
E-mail:[email protected]
JoséA.Centeno DepartmentofEnvironmentalandInfectiousDisease
Sciences,USArmedForcesInstituteofPathology,
Washington,DC20306-6000,USA
E-mail:[email protected]
D.Chandrasekharam DepartmentofEarthSciences,IndianInstituteof
Technology-Bombay,Mumbai400076,India
E-mail:[email protected]
LaurentCharlet EarthandPlanetaryScienceDepartment(LGIT-OSUG),
UniversityofGrenoble-I,BP5338041Grenoble,France
E-mail:[email protected]
Chien-JenChen GenomicsResearchCenter,AcademiaSinica,TaipeiCity
115,Taiwan
E-mail:[email protected]
VirginiaCiminelli DepartmentofMetallurgicalandMaterials
Engineering,UniversidadeFederaldeMinasGerais,
BeloHorizonte-MG31270901,Brazil
E-mail:[email protected]
LuisH.Cumbal CentrodeInvestigacionesCientificas,Escuela
PolitecnicadelEjercito(ESPE),Sangolqui,Ecuador
E-mail:[email protected]
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LuzMariaDelRazo DepartmentofToxicology,CINVESTAV-IPN,07360
MexicoCity,Mexico
E-mail:[email protected]
VicentaDevesa InstitutodeAgroquímicayTecnologíade
Alimentos(IATA),46100Burjassot,Valencia,Spain
E-mail:[email protected]
BarboraDoušová InstituteofChemicalTechnology–Prague,
DepartmentofSolidStateChemistry,16628,Prague6,
CzechRepublic
E-mail:[email protected]
AliciaFernándezCirelli InstitutodeInvestigacionesenProduccion
Animal,FacultaddeCienciasVeterinarias,UniversidaddeBuenos,
Aires,ConsejoNacionaldeInvestigacionesCientifícasyTécnicas
(CONICET),BuenosAires,Argentina
E-mail:[email protected]
MaríaEugeniaGonsebatt InstitutodeInvestigaciones
Biomédicas,UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico,04510
MexicoCity,Mexico
E-mail:[email protected]
LuizR.G.Guilherme SoilScienceDepartment,UniversidadeFederalde
Lavras,37200-000Lavras(MG),Brazil
E-mail:[email protected]
HuamingGuo SchoolofWaterResourcesandEnvironment,ChinaUniversity
ofGeosciences,Beijing,P.R.China
Email:[email protected]
NazmulHaque DistrictDepartmentoftheEnvironment(DDOE),Washington,
DC20001,USA
E-mail:[email protected]
BruceAlexanderHendry (retired)ChemicalEngineeringDepartment,Cape
PeninsulaUniversityofTechnology,Belville,CapeTown,
SouthAfrica
E-mail:[email protected]
WolfgangH.Höll(†) formerly:InstituteforTechnicalChemistry,SectionWGT,
ForschungszentrumKarlsruhe,76021Karlsruhe,Germany
JanHoinkis InstituteofAppliedResearch,KarlsruheUniversityof
AppliedSciences,76133Karlsruhe,Germany

E-mail:[email protected]
Jiin-ShuhJean DepartmentofEarthSciences,NationalChengKung
University,TainanCity701,Taiwan
E-mail:[email protected]
KarenJohannesson DepartmentofEarthandEnvironmentalSciences,
SchoolofScienceandEngineering,TulaneUniversity,
NewOrleans,LA70118,USA
E-mail:[email protected]
NalanKabay ChemicalEngineeringDepartment,EngineeringFaculty,Ege
University,35100Bornova,Izmir,Turkey
E-mail:[email protected]
AnnaKarczewska InstituteofSoilSciencesandEnvironmentalProtection,
WroclawUniversityofEnvironmentalandLife
Sciences,50375Wroclaw,Poland
E-mail:[email protected]