Global Journal on Advances in Pure & Applied Sciences Vol 2 (2014) 66-73 Selected Paper of Global Conference on Energy, Soil, Water, Air and Environment (ESWAE-2013) Contaminated Soil by an Upward Electro-kinetic Process Ayad A. H. Faisal *, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Babylon University, Iraq. Talib R. Abbas, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Babylon University, Iraq. Amal H. Khalil, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Babylon University, Iraq. Suggested Citation: Faisal, A., A., H., Abbas, T., R. & Khalil, A., Contaminated Soil by an Upward Electro-kinetic Process, Global Journal on Advances in Pure & Applied Sciences [Online]. 2014, 02, pp 66-73. Available froms: http://www.world- education-center.org/index.php/paas Received April 05, 2013; revised August 10, 2013; accepted September 10, 2013. Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Haluk Soran, Near East University, Cyprus. ©2014 SPROC LTD. Academic World Education & Research Center. All rights reserved. Abstract A total of four different tests were conducted on silty loam soil spiked with phenol in concentrations of 250 mg/kg. A constant DC voltage gradient of 1.5 V/cm was applied for all these tests with duration of 4 days remediation process for each test. The experimental results showed that the overall removal efficiency of phenol for tests conducted with 0.1M HNO3 or Distilled water as the purging solution and without using acidic injection well were relatively low equal to 5, and 6.8%, respectively. However, introducing the injection well technique into these tests under the same conditions was significantly increasing the removal efficiency to arrive 77, and 49%, respectively. Keywords: distilled, electro-kinetic, showed, however. * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Ayad A. H. Faisal, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Babylon University, Iraq, E-mail address: ayadabedalhamzafaisal@yahoo.com