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WRRCTR No.159 Decontamination of Chromium-Contaminated Soil in Hawai'i

ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Title WRRCTR No.159 Decontamination of Chromium-Contaminated Soil in Hawai'i
Creator Dugan, Gordon L. Gee, Henry K. Lau, L. Stephen
Subject chromium soil contamination soil treatment chemical precipitation hazardous waste Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Oahu Hawaii Chromium -- Environmental aspects. Soil pollution. Soils -- Leaching.
Description Approximately 1 841 m3 (65,000 ft^3) of chromium-contaminated soil, classified as hazardous waste (>5 mg/l chromium extract concentration as measured by the EP toxicity test) was found near the new pipe shop at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Oahu, Hawaii. Unless treated to a safe level, the contaminated soil required disposal in a Class 1 landfill, the closest being in the continental United States. Based on simple laboratory and pilot plant procedures, the project proved that chromium... U.S. Department of the Navy Pacific Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Grant/Contract No. N62742-82-C-0001
Date 2008-07-17T22:50:20Z 2008-07-17T22:50:20Z 1984-03
Type Report Text
Identifier Dugan GL, Gee HK, Lau LS. 1984. Decontamination of chromium-contaminated soil in Hawai'i. Honolulu (HI): Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa. WRRC technical report, 159. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/2001
Language en-US
Relation WRRC Technical Report 159
Format viii + 23 pages application/pdf
Publisher Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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