Years of intensive treatment removed only tiny amounts of groundwater contaminant

Evidence

Two groundwater treatment systems have pumped seventy-four million gallons of contaminated water out of the Aberjona aquifer. The treatment systems, which consist of ultraviolet radiation and chemical oxidation, have extracted approximately seventy-one gallons of contaminants, mostly TCE and perc, from the groundwater. In addition, sixteen hundred tons of contaminated soil have been removed from the Beatrice property and incinerated. — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3137

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3137
• XREF: connects to: Groundwater contamination like TCE can persist for thousands of years — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3138; Perchloroethylene proved more stubborn and could not be completely eradicated using traditional pump-and-treat methods — Cleanup following 1982 train derailment in Livingston near an end; Groundwater contamination persists despite decades of remediation due to back diffusion from low-conductivity zones — Contaminant Back Diffusion from Low-Conductivity Matrices: Case Studies of Remedial Strategies

Related

• Groundwater contamination persists despite decades of remediation due to back diffusion from low-conductivity zones #corroborates (0.90) — Contaminant Back Diffusion from Low-Conductivity Matrices: Case Studies of Remedial Strategies
• Perchloroethylene proved more stubborn and could not be completely eradicated using traditional pump-and-treat methods #exemplifies (0.85) — Cleanup following 1982 train derailment in Livingston near an end

Library Connections

• Groundwater contamination like TCE can persist for thousands of years #corroborates (0.80) — Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, 3138