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The U.S. Department of Energy established the Environmental Sciences Laboratory (ESL) in Grand Junction, Colorado, in 1991 to support its programs. ESL scientists perform applied research and laboratory-scale demonstrations of soil and ground water remediation and treatment technologies.
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Environmental Sciences Laboratory Technician
– Installation, monitoring, and operation of permeable reactive barriers
– Research for permeable reactive barriers and treatment cells
– Performance assessment and optimization of ground water remediation systems
– Ground water characterization
– Coupled hydrogeochemical modeling for ground water remediation
– Soil and ground water phytoremediation
– Design and monitor landfill covers
– Analogs of long-term performance of waster disposal cells
– Water balance studies, lysimetry, and vadose zone monitoring
Facilities/Equipment
– Contaminant transport laboratory – Segmented test columns
– Ground water modeling laboratory – Plant ecophysiology equipment
– Mobile laboratory – Lysimeter test facility
– Analytical equipment – Petrographic laboratory
– Soil analysis    
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Permeable Reactive Barriers
ESL Reports (with full text)

List of ESL Publications Adobe Acrobat File

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