• Using this technique, the aqueous contaminants solubility in water is increased by the presence of surfactant micelles, as a result the removal of more contaminant is possible with less water flushing through the contaminated area.

• Van de Meent et al.3 proposed classifying chemicals as either (A) gas phase chemicals that partition into the gas phase regardless of their mode of entry into the environment, (B) aqueous phase chemicals that partition into the aqueous environment regardless of mode of entry, (C) solid phase chemicals that partition into soils and sediments, and (D) multimedia chemicals that partition into more than one environmental medium.

• Adsorption is widely used to remove aqueous micro-pollutants from various contaminated waters.