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Table 5 Combined application of remediation technologies

From: Key technologies and equipment for contaminated surface/groundwater environment in the rural river network area of China: integrated remediation

Combined remediation technique

Technique principle

Surface water

 Ecological restoration—aeration

Aeration could improve the DO contents of polluted black-odor rivers to a certain extent, and had a significant effect on the transformation of all forms of N as well as the microbial activity

 Ecological floating bed—biofilm

Make full use of water vertical space, and provide more attaching surface area for microorganisms

 Ecological revetment—ecological floating bed

The ecological revetment intercepts a large amount of non-point source pollution carried by rainwater when it flows into the river, and the ecological floating bed further remediation river pollution

Groundwater

 Bioremediation coupled with nZVI

The corrosion of nZVI creates a suitable reducing environment for the growth of anaerobic bacteria and supplies electrons to the hydrogenotrophic bacteria and enhances the removal efficiency of pollutants

 UV/H2O2 photo-oxidation—aeration

Volatilization, co-precipitation and biodegradation contributed to organic compounds removal during the combined remediation process

 Bioelectroremediation

The combination of anodic and cathodic redox environments with microbial metabolism paves the way for the development of a variety of intriguing and beneficial removal pathways

Soil

 Phyto—microorganism

Microorganisms promote the extraction of heavy metals by plants and enhance the removal of heavy metals in the sediment; The compartmentalization of heavy metals in microbial cells, chelation, and fixation of metabolites can reduce the ability of heavy metals to migrate

 Phyto—stabilizing agent

The chemical stabilizing agent can change the existing forms of heavy metals in the through adsorption or coprecipitation, improves the effect of phytoremediation of heavy metal polluted sites

 Soil washing—effluent oxidation

The surfactant was selected as washing agents to extract pollutant from contaminated soil samples. After washing, the effluent containing surfactant and pollutants was collected further degradation treatment using effluent oxidation technique

 Soil washing—freeze–thaw

Destroy the original structure of soil particles by freeze–thaw, help the eluent fully interact with pollutants, and thus improve washing efficiency