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Petrochemical industry
Chemical industry
Manufacturing industry
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Kg/month
These generated about 238 million tons of HW in
1987
5 largest generators contributed >57% of the HW
Treatment
Storage and
Generators Transporters Disposal
Facilities
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Containment
Pumped Containment
Slurry Walls
Conventional Cleanup Methods
In Situ Cleanup Methods
Vacuum Extraction
Air Stripping
In Situ Biological Treatment
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Site Containment
migration
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Vacuum extraction
Use vacuum wells to
remove volatile
chemicals from the
subsurface
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Example: DuPont's Chambers
Works, Tidewater, New Jersey
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