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  2. Groundwater remediation - Wikipedia

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    Groundwater is also used by farmers to irrigate crops and by industries to produce everyday goods. Most groundwater is clean, but groundwater can become polluted, or contaminated as a result of human activities or as a result of natural conditions. The many and diverse activities of humans produce innumerable waste materials and by-products ...

  3. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    A water reclamation facility usually contains two treatment plants. One is for processing the wastewater while the other is for treating the solids captured during the first process. Approximately 454 billion US gallons (1.72 × 10 9 m 3) were treated at the District plants during 2017.

  4. In situ chemical oxidation - Wikipedia

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    These reactions do not occur step by step but simultaneously. When applied to In Situ Chemical Oxidation, the collective reaction results in the degradation of contaminants in the presence of Fe 2+ as a catalyst. The overall end result of the process can be described by the following reaction: H 2 O 2 + contaminant → H 2 O + CO 2 + O 2

  5. Mahomet Aquifer - Wikipedia

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    The Illinois Bureau of the Budget projects that the population could increase to about 910,000 people by 2020. [ citation needed ] An estimated 100,000,000 US gallons (380,000 kL) per day of groundwater is pumped from the aquifer to supply municipal, agricultural, commercial, industrial, and rural domestic users (Larson et al., 2003).

  6. Groundwater treatment systems to address 'forever chemicals ...

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    Groundwater treatment systems will be installed near a military base in northern Michigan to address contamination from high levels of toxic, widely used “forever chemicals,” the U.S ...

  7. In situ chemical reduction - Wikipedia

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    In situ chemical reduction (ISCR) is a type of environmental remediation technique used for soil and/or groundwater remediation to reduce the concentrations of targeted environmental contaminants to acceptable levels. It is the mirror process of In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO).

  8. What the 'temporary pause' on Evansville's new water ... - AOL

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    EWSU Executive Director Vic Kelson announced the utility's "temporary pause" on plans to build a new water treatment plant last week, and told the Courier & Press they need three to six months to ...

  9. Sankoty Aquifer - Wikipedia

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    Groundwater pumping has altered historical groundwater flow in the Sankoty aquifer. The flat geography of the area leads to groundwater flows that are perpendicular to the Illinois River; however, municipal groundwater pumping in the Peoria, Illinois area and to a lesser degree agricultural pumping elsewhere over the aquifer has led to numerous ...