One of the late-stage works at Genjuro-Shinden in Kuwana City Mie Pref, is the purification for VOCs, The "heat treatment method" was organized as the most appropriate in terms of feasibility, effectiveness, and economy of the measures.
The in-situ thermal desorption method (Terra-Therm method) was adopted as the actual construction method, and Terra-Therm Asia, Inc. were started the pilot test.
What is the project to Genjuro-Shinden in Kuwana City?
In September 2007, oil seepage was confirmed from a riverbed near a former final industrial waste disposal site near the confluence of the Inabe and Fujikawa Rivers. Subsequently, oil recovered from the ground at the site was found to contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in October 2010.