This invention relates to a method for the in-situ reduction of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in soil comprising hexavalent chromium. The method comprises sampling soil comprising hexavalent chromium to determine a reaction amount of a reducing agent, providing a frame on a top surface of the soil, and wetting the soil. The method further comprises spreading a reducing agent on the top surface of the soil and flushing the soil with water to dissolve the reducing agent.
This invention also relates to a method for the in-situ reduction of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in soil comprising hexavalent chromium in a hydraulically isolated area. The method comprises sampling soil comprising hexavalent chromium to determine a reaction amount of a reducing agent, providing a frame on a top surface of the soil, and wetting the soil. The method further comprises spreading a reducing agent on the top surface of the soil, flushing the soil with water to dissolve the reducing agent, pumping water comprising the reducing agent from an aquifer below the soil and applying the pumped water to the soil.
This invention also relates to a method for the in-situ reduction of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in soil comprising hexavalent chromium in a hydraulically isolated area wherein the area comprises a contaminated waste product selected from the group consisting of return activated sludge and waste activated sludge. The method comprises sampling soil comprising hexavalent chromium to determine a reaction amount of a reducing agent, calculating a reduction power of the contaminated waste product, providing a frame on a top surface of the soil, and wetting the soil. The method further comprises pumping water comprising the contaminated waste product from an aquifer below the soil and applying the pumped water to the soil.
This invention includes a method for the in-situ reduction of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in ground- water comprising hexavalent chromium. The method comprises sampling groundwater comprising hexavalent chro- mium to determine a reaction amount of a reducing agent, providing a frame on a top surface of the soil and providing a recovery well and a circulating means on a down gradient side of the frame. The method further comprises wetting the soil, spreading a reducing agent on the top surface of the soil, flushing the soil with water to dissolve the reducing agent, and pumping water comprising the reducing agent from the recovery well below the soil and applying the pumped water to the soil.
A further method provided by this invention is a method for the in-situ reduction of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in soil comprising hexavalent chromium. The method comprises sampling soil comprising hexavalent chromium to determine a reaction amount of a reducing agent, providing a frame on a top surface of the soil and providing a recovery well and a circulating means on a down gradient side of the frame. The method further comprises wetting the soil, spreading a reducing agent on the top surface of the soil, flushing the soil with water to dissolve the reducing agent, and pumping water comprising the reducing agent from the recovery well below the soil and applying the pumped water to the soil.