A sparging system and process for in-situ removal of contaminants from soil
and an associated subsurface groundwater aquifer of a site is disclosed.
The sparge system is capable of extracting contaminant in the form of gas
from groundwater in a gas/gas/water reaction. The system includes at least
one microporous diffuser having a porosity matched to a soil porosity. The
microdiffuser is in an injection well. Ozone or other oxidizing gas in the
form of bubbles is injected into the site to extract volatile dissolved
contaminants for in-situ decomposition. A pump and a pneumatic packer are
disposed to alternate pumping and bubble injection into the well to
maximize dispersal of bubbles within and outward from the well casing, and
to provide uniform dispersion of the bubbles as they travel through the
site formation.