The multidisciplinary Subsurface Restoration Laboratory is in the Nuclear Science Center and includes faculty from the Departments of Agronomy and Soils, Botany and Microbiology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Chemistry.
The laboratory has equipment to research subsurface contaminant transport and subsurface restoration problems. Experimental equipment includes a Lucite flow container with a dense array of fluid sample extraction ports for studies of aqueous phase contaminant transport inporous media. A glass and Teflon flow container is used in studies of nonaqueous phase liquid contaminant transport in porous media and studies on subsurface restoration problems. This flow container's special fume hood and exhaust duct and fan permit studies with dense chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents such as trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene. The laboratory also has two regular fume hoods and bench space for chemical analytical and other research.
