Technology Screening Matrix

FRTR | Remediation Technologies Screening Matrix

A user-friendly tool for screening potentially applicable technologies for a remediation project. The matrix allows you to screen 49 in situ and ex situ technologies for either soil or groundwater remediation. Variables used in screening include contaminants, development status, overall cost, and cleanup time. In-depth information on each technology is also available, including direct links to the database of cost and performance reports written by FRTR members.

Development Status

Treatment Type

Availability

Implementation Status

Contaminant Class Effectiveness

Profile	Treatment Type	Laboratory/Bench Scale	Pilot Studies	Full Scale	Remediate an Entire Site	Remediate Source Only	Part of a Technology Train	Final Remedy at Multiple Sites	Attain Cleanup Goals in Multiple Sites	Commercially Available Nationwide	Limited Commercial Availability	Research Organizations and Academia	Nonhalogenated VOC	Halogenated VOC	Nonhalogenated SVOC	Halogenated SVOC	Fuels	Inorganics	Radionuclides	Munitions	Emerging Contaminants
		Development Status ^ⓧ								Availability ^ⓧ			Contaminant Classes ^ⓧ (Rating codes: ● Demonstrated Effectiveness, ◐ Limited Effectiveness, ○ No Demonstrated Effectiveness, ♢ Level of Effectiveness dependent upon specific contaminant and its application/design, I/D Insufficient Data, N/A Not Applicable)
In Situ Thermal Treatment	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	I/D
Water Treatment Technologies	Ex-situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐
Monitored Natural Attenuation	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	●	●	●	●	N/A	●	●	I/D	I/D
In Situ pH Control	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	●	I/D
In Situ Chemical Reduction	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	N/A	●	N/A	◐	N/A	●	N/A	◐	I/D
Cometabolic Bioremediation	In situ biological	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	●	●	●	●	♢	N/A	N/A	♢	I/D
Soil Vapor Extraction	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	◐	◐	◐	N/A	N/A	N/A	◐
Sediment Capping with Amendments	Ex situ physical/chemical	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☐	☒	☒	◐	●	●	●	●	●	I/D	I/D	I/D
Monitored Natural Recovery and Enhanced Monitored Natural Recovery	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	I/D
Bioventing	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	I/D
Phytoremediation	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	◐	●	◐	●	●	◐	◐	●	I/D
Air Stripping Ex Situ	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	◐	◐	◐	○	○	○	●
Air Stripping In Well	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	◐	◐	◐	○	◐	○	○	○	I/D
Desorption and Incineration	Ex Situ Thermal Treatment	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	○	◐	●	I/D
Solidification and Stabilization	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	○	○	◐	◐	◐	●	●	●	N/A
Soil Flushing	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	I/D
In Situ Combusiton	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	◐	◐	◐	◐	●	○	○	○	○
Free Product Recovery Technologies	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	◐	◐	◐	◐	●	N/A	N/A	N/A	◐
In Situ Activated Carbon	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	I/D	I/D	●	I/D	I/D	I/D	♢
Electrokinetic-Enhanced Remediation	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☒	I/D	●	I/D	●	○	◐	◐	◐	I/D
Enhanced Aerobic Bioremediation	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	◐	○	◐	◐	○	◐	I/D
Disinfection	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D
Biopiles	Ex situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	◐	●	◐	●	○	○	◐	I/D
Biowalls	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	◐	◐	●	◐
Dredged Material Processing Technologies	Other	☐	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Landfarming	Ex situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	◐	●	◐	●	○	○	◐	I/D
Amendment Injection	In situ physical/chemical Pilot Studies	☐	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	●	●	●	●	◐	◐	◐	◐	I/D
Biogeochemical Transformation	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	○	●	○	●	○	●	○	●	○
Composting	Ex situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	◐	●	◐	●	○	○	◐	I/D
Directional Wells	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D	I/D
Enhanced In Situ Reductive Dechlorination for Groundwater	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	I/D
In Situ Chemical Oxidation	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	I/D
MEC Consolidated Detonation	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	○
MEC Contained Detonation Chamber	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	●	N/A
MEC Screening	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	◐	●	N/A
Multi Phase Extraction	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	◐	○	●	○	○	○	♢
Natural Source Zone Depletion	In situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☐	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	I/D	N/A	I/D	N/A	●	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Permeable Reactive Barriers	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	◐	◐	○	●	I/D
Sediment Capping	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	◐	◐	●	●	◐	●	●	●	I/D
Soil Washing	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	N/A
Environmental Dredging	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	◐	●
Vapor Treatment Technologies	Air emission/off-gas	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☒	☒
Bioreactors	Ex situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	☒	☐	☐	◐	●	◐	●	○	◐	○	●	I/D
Constructed Wetlands	Ex situ biological	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	◐	◐	◐	♢	◐	●	○	●	I/D
Landfill and Soil Capping	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	I/D
Groundwater Pump and Treat	Ex situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Air Sparging	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☒	☐	☒	☐	☐	●	●	◐	◐	◐	○	○	○	◐
Large Diameter Auger Mixing	In situ physical/chemical	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	I/D
Excavation and Off-Site Disposal	Other	☐	☐	☒	☐	☒	☒	☒	☒	☒	☐	☐	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●