Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2002AL5B

Use of Sonication/Acoustic Cavitation with Advanced Oxidants to Treat Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contaminated Surface Waters and Groundwaters

Institute: Alabama
Year Established: 2002 Start Date: 2002-03-01 End Date: 2003-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $25,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $62,875

Principal Investigators: Robert Peters, Joseph Gauthier

Project Summary: Past research performed by one of the PIs [Peters et al., 2001; 2000a,b; 1999a,b,c; 1998a,b; 1997; Peters, 2000] has shown that sonication coupled with vapor stripping effectively destroys clorinated solvents present as contaminants in groundwater. This project would extend that work to treat petroleum-hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater, and is consistent with EPA goals of using alternative technologies in groundwater cleanups, by enhancing the performance of air sparging.