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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Applicants:
John M. Rice, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Thomas R. Stolzenburg, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
John M. Rice, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Thomas R. Stolzenburg, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
TRC ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION, North Windsor, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/00 (2006.01); B09C 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/06 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/72 (2006.01); C02F 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/001 (2013.01); B09C 1/002 (2013.01); C02F 1/281 (2013.01); C02F 1/283 (2013.01); C02F 1/288 (2013.01); C02F 1/40 (2013.01); C02F 1/725 (2013.01); C02F 2103/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A groundwater treatment system for collecting a non-aqueous-phase liquid (NAPL) in a flow path of contaminated water in a body of water, the contaminated water moving toward a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) including a treatment agent for treating the contaminated groundwater. The groundwater treatment system including a collection layer positioned up-gradient of the PRB and permeable to the NAPL and the contaminated water. The collection layer including a NAPL collecting element to inhibit the NAPL from flowing to the PRB.