Containment of phenol-impacted groundwater by vertical cutoff wall with backfill consisting of sand and bentonite modified with hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymers.

J Hazard Mater

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban Underground Engineering & Environmental Safety, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China. Electronic address:

Published: January 2024

A novel soil-bentonite backfill is proposed for use in vertical cutoff walls to contain phenol in groundwater at contaminated sites. The backfill consists of sand and bentonite modified with tetramethylammonium and carboxymethylcellulose, labeled as STCMB backfill. Flexible-wall permeability and double-reservoir diffusion tests were conducted to investigate the impact of phenol solution on hydraulic conductivity (k), effective diffusion coefficient (D*) and partition coefficient (K) of the backfill, respectively. The permeability results showed k of the STCMB backfill decreased by 0.91 times when the permeating liquid was changed from tap water to phenol solution. The diffusion testing results showed that D* values for the STCMB and conventional backfill (labeled as SCB backfill) were 4.0 × 10 m/s and 3.0 × 10 m/s, respectively, whereas K values for the STCMB and SCB backfills were 2.0 mL/g and 0.75 mL/g, respectively. The octanol-water partition coefficient model is suitable for estimating K for nonpolar organics. Furthermore, a series of solute transport simulations using Pollute V7 program was performed to evaluate the performance of vertical cutoff walls comprising STCMB and SCB backfills in containing phenol in lateral flowing groundwater. Overall, the STCMB backfill has demonstrated superior effectiveness in containing phenol in groundwater.

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