Deep aquifer re-injection in a Mediterranean climate
Action: Soil and groundwater remediation.
Location: Spain
Customer: Confidential
Methods: Pump&treat with reinjection
Products: TPH, BTEX, PAH, cumene and surfactants
Background information
Since the 1970s, there has been an open file on the site for the presence of surfactants.
In 2018, there is also a record of hydrocarbon contamination in the deep aquifer (65-70 m).
Objective and limitations
Reduction of TPH, BTEX, PAH concentrations, cumene and surfactants.
Methodology applied
Pump&treat with reinjection.
Generating a convective cell between the devices that exploit the water and those that re-inject the treated water into the aquifer itself, reducing the water footprint.
Stages
Treatability tests – execution of wells – pumping – water sampling – verification of objectives.
Stages
Treatability tests – execution of wells – pumping – water sampling – verification of objectives.