Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Conceptual Frameworks for the Phytoremediation of Groundwater Contamination

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Introduction to Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater

  • 1733 Accesses

Abstract

In general, the log transform of K ow is a useful physical property to prioritize which xenobiotics will interact with plants at a potential phytoremediation site. However, this physical property does not account for all factors that affect how groundwater contaminants will interact with plants, such as the groundwater-flow rate, the rate of transpiration, and the volume of groundwater contamination.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Ahuja, L. R., Rojas, K. W., Hanson, J. D., Shaffer, M. J., & Ma, L. (2000). Root Zone Water Quality Model – Modelling management effects on water-quality and crop production: Water Resources Publications. CO: Highlands Ranch.

    Google Scholar 

  • Aitchison, E. W., Kelley, S. L., & Schnoor, J. L. (2000). Phytoremediation of 1,4-dioxane by hybrid poplar trees. Water Environment Research, 72, 313–321.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Burken, J. G., & Schnoor, J. L. (1997). Uptake and metabolism of atrazine by poplar trees. Environmental Science & Technology, 31, 1399–1406.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Burken, J. G., & Schnoor, J. L. (1998). Predictive relationships for uptake of organic contaminants by hybrid poplar trees. Environmental Science & Technology, 32, 3379–3385.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chapelle, F. H. (1993). Groundwater microbiology and geochemistry. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 424 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chapelle, F. H., Roberston, J. F., Landmeyer, J. E., Bradley, P.M. 2001. Methodology for applying monitored natural attenuation to petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated groundwater systems with examples from South Carolina. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00–4161, 47 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dinicola, R. S., Cox, S. E., Landmeyer, J. E., Bradley P. M. 2002. Natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in groundwater at Operable Unit 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport. Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02–4119.

    Google Scholar 

  • Eberts, S. M., Schalk, C. W., Vose, J., & Harvey, G. J. (1999). Hydrologic effects of cottonwood trees on a shallow aquifer containing trichloroethene. Hydrological Science and Technology, 15, 115–121.

    Google Scholar 

  • Halford, K. J. (1998). Assessment of the potential effects of phytoremediation on groundwater flow around Area C at Orlando Naval Training Center, Florida (U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98–4110, 25 p.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Harbaugh, A. W. (2005). MODFLOW-2005 The U.S.Geological Survey modular ground-water model–the ground-water flow process (U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6–A16, variously paged).

    Google Scholar 

  • Lahvis, M. A., Baehr, A. L., & Baker, R. J. (1999). Quantification of aerobic biodegradation and volatilization rates of gasoline hydrocarbons near the water table under natural attenuation conditions. Water Resources Reseach, 35, 753–765.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Landmeyer, J. E., Chapelle, P. M., Herlong, H. E., & Bradley, P. M. (2001). Methyl tert-butyl ether biodegradation by indigenous aquifer microorganisms under natural and artificial oxic conditions. Environmental Science & Technology, 35, 1118–1126.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lapalla, E. G., Healy, R. W., Weeks, E. P. (1983). Documentation of computer program VS2D to solve equations of fluid flow in variably saturated porous media (U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83–4099).

    Google Scholar 

  • Lindgren, W. (1903). The water resources of Molokai, Hawaiian Islands (U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 77, 62 p.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lindstrom, F. T., Boersma, L., Yingjajaval, S. (1990). CTSPAC: Mathematical model for coupled transport of water, solutes, and heat in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Mathematical theory and transport concepts (Bulletin 676). Corvallis, OR: Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University.

    Google Scholar 

  • McDonald, M. G., Harbaugh, A. W. (1988). A modular three-dimensional finite-difference groundwater flow model. In Techniques of water resources investigations (Book 6, Chap. A1). Denver: U.S. Geological Survey.

    Google Scholar 

  • Neitch, C. T., Morris, J. T., & Vroblesky, D. A. (1999). Biophysical mechanisms of trichloroethene uptake and loss in bald cypress growing in shallow contaminated groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology, 33, 2899–2904.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nolan, B.T., Bayless, E.R., Green, C.T., Garg, S., Voss, F.D., Lampe, D.C., Barbash, J.E., Capel, P.D., and Bekins, B.A. 2005. Evaluation of unsaturated-zone solute-transport models for studies of agricultural chemicals: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005–1196, 16 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ouyang, Y. (2002). Phytoremediation: modeling plant uptake and contaminant transport in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. Journal of Hydrology, 266, 66–82.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Reilly, T.E., and Harbaugh, A.W. 2004. Guidelines for evaluating groundwater flow models: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004–5038, 30 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Simunek, J., van Genuchten, M.Th., and Segina, M. 2005. The HYDRUS–1D software package for simulating the movement of water, heat, and multiple solutes in variably saturated media: Department of Environmental Science, University of California Riverside, 270 pp.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tindall, J.A., and Kunkel, J.R. 1999. Unsaturated zone hydrology for scientists and engineers: Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 624 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Trapp, S., McFarlane, J. C., & Matthies, M. (1994). Model for uptake of xenobiotics into plants – validation with bromocil experiments. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 13, 413–422.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Voss, C.I. 1984. A finite-element simulation model for saturated-unsaturated, fluid-density-dependent groundwater flow with energy transport or chemically-reactive single-species solute transport: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84–4369, 409 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vroblesky, D.A., Nietch, C.T., Robertson, J.F., Bradley, P.M., Coates, J., and Morris, J.T. 1999. Natural attenuation potential of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in groundwater, TNX flood plain, Savannah River Site, South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99–4071, 43 p.

    Google Scholar 

  • Widdowson, M.A., Al-Sayed, A., Hester, E., and Landmeyer, J.E. 2005b. SEAM3D – Plant Uptake Package (PUP). A numerical model for 3-D transport coupled to sequential electron-acceptor-based biodegradation reactions in groundwater, Documentation and Users Guide. Virginia Tech.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chapelle, F.H., Bradley, P.M., Lovley, D.R., and Vroblesky, D.A., (1996) Measuring rates of biodegradation in a contaminated aquifer using field and laboratory methods: Ground Water (34):691–698.

    Google Scholar 

  • Weidemeier, T.H., Swanson, M.A., Wilson, J.T., Kampbell, D.H., Miller, R.N., and Hansen, J.E., 1996, Approximation of biodegradation rate constants for monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) in ground water: Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation (16):186–194.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. South Carolina Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 720 Gracern Road, Columbia, SC, 29210, USA

    Dr. James E. Landmeyer

Authors
  1. Dr. James E. Landmeyer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to James E. Landmeyer .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Landmeyer, J.E. (2012). Conceptual Frameworks for the Phytoremediation of Groundwater Contamination. In: Introduction to Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1957-6_14

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation