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1. Seven-year performance evaluation of a permeable reactive barrierRemediation Journal Volume 18, Issue 3, Date: Summer 2008, Pages: 63-78 Peter Richards
This article follows the success of a permeable reactive barrier(PRB)in regard to the reduction of plume velocities containing Trichloroethene(TCE). Some surprising results are discovered.


2. Distinguishing Natural Hydrocarbons from Anthropogenic Contamination in Ground Water Ground Water Volume 35, Issue 1, Date: January 1997, Pages: 149-160 Suzanne Lesage, Hao Xu, Kent S. Novakowski
Just an interesting article that relates to source contamination with regard to natural and man-made hydrocarbons. Distinguishing leaky fuel tanks from natural subsurface formations containing hydrocarbons.

3. Paleosols in Central Illinois as Potential Sources of Ammonium in Groundwater Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation Volume 29 Issue 4, Pages 56 - 64 Justin J. G. Glessner 1 and William R. Roy 2
This article examines the nateral reliese of ammonium into the water supply. Quaternary age paleosols are thought to release significant amounts of ammonium which create water quality issues. Bacteria and fungi levels within these paleosols fluctuate over given time periods creating waves of increasing/decreasing ammonium levels.

4. Investigating the in situ degradation of atrazine in groundwater. Pest Management Science Volume 62, Issue 4, Date: April 2006, Pages: 299-306 Robert Pearson, Andrew Godley, Elise Cartmell
This is a important article in regards to locality. Most of the local water sources in Kansas and for that matter the midwest contain, at minimum, trace amounts of atrazine(2-4D). The primary source for this chemical is pesticide runoff from local farm land. In this particular research(UK) the local bacteria were inept for degrading atrazine but in other localities this attempt may prove more helpful.


5. One-dimensional contaminant transport through a deforming porous medium: theory and a solution for a quasi-steady-state problem International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics Volume 24, Issue 8, Date: July 2000, Pages: 693-722 D. W. Smith
This article examines the potential effects soil deformation beneath landfills has on contaminate mobility. As the strategically placed clay barrier beneath a landfill deforms/degrades soil properties are lost/gained that affect its ability to decrease liquid flow.