SOIL TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL AT PEARL HARBOR SAVES NAVY

This article describes a soil treatment method used to dispose of large amounts of chromium. Foundation excavation for a new pipe shop at the Pearl Harbor Shipyard uncovered a chromic acid spill where an electroplating shop was once located. Since the only alternative was to put the soil in 55-gallon containers to be shipped to a Class I landfill on the mainland at a cost of a million dollars, the solution was to leach out the chromium from the soil and then treat the leachate at a total cost of $248,000. This leachate treatment method was also used to treat the contaminated groundwater.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Naval Facilities Engineering Command

    Alexandria, VA  United States 
  • Authors:
    • Yamamoto, V K
  • Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 6-8
  • Serial:

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00393944
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM