Soil and Ground Water Remediation Technologies for Former Gasworks and Gasholder Sites

Prinsu, Khristi

Soil and Ground Water Remediation Technologies for Former Gasworks and Gasholder Sites

2018

New York Institute of Technology.

English.

PDF.

Thesis (M.S.)--New York Institute of Technology.

Old Westbury, N.Y. : New York Institute of Technology

College of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Department of Environmental Technology & Sustainability.

Albert Machlin

The Project describes the main soil and groundwater technologies that are currently available to treat the Common contaminants associated with former gasworks and gasholder sites. It categorizes them as in Situ, ex situ, and traditional civil engineering methods. The Project considers which of these technologies are likely to be appropriate on the five types of sites above, but the discussion comes with an important caveat and concentrates solely on their general technical suitability. The Project focuses on soil and groundwater remediation in the UK and internationally so that lessons can be learned from other jurisdictions on how different stakeholders remediate their former gasworks and gasholder facilities. The regulatory framework of the UK is described and includes recent changes in legislation and what potential legislative impacts and drivers may impact the GAS Distributions network (GDNs) in the future.

It is apparent from the information gathered in the Project that there are contaminants that are difficult to treat using commercially available technologies – spent oxide and gas purification wastes, coal tar and water gas tar. The Project also highlights some new innovative technologies that have been developed that should be of interest to the GDNs.