Table 4.
Site | Sages | Reference | Bachman | Reference |
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Site characteristics | ||||
Location | Jacksonville, FL | Jawitz et al. 2000 | Oscoda, MI | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Former site use | Dry cleaner | Jawitz et al. 2000 | Dry cleaner | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Primary contaminant | PCE | Jawitz et al. 2000 | PCE | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Depth to groundwatera | 2.0–2.6 m | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 2.4–3.0 m | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Depth to confining unit | 10 m | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 7.6 m | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Range of hydraulic conductivityb | 3–6 m/day | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 1–48 m/day | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Soil classification | Fine grain sands | Jawitz et al. 2000 | Medium to fine grain sands | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Areal extent of treated zone | 7.3 × 2.7 m | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 4.3 × 6.7 m | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Estimated overall NAPL saturation | 0.004 | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 0.0004 | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Maximum observed PCE aqueous concentration preceding treatment | 710 μM | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 600 μM | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Management strategy | ||||
Treatment | Co-solvent | Jawitz et al. 2000 | SEAR | Abriola et al. 2005 |
Flushing solution | 95% (vol) ethanol | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 6% (wt) Tween 80 | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Volume of solution injected | 34 kL | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 68 kL | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Duration of injection | 3 day + 4.5 day waterflood | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 10 day + 2 day waterflood | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Recovery of active ingredient | 92% (ethanol) | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 95% (Tween 80) | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
PCE mass recovery | 43 L | Jawitz et al. 2000 | 19 L | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Unrecovered active ingredient | 2,000 kg (45 kmol) | Mravik et al. 2003 | 225 kg (0.17 kmol) | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Total cost | $440,000 | Sillan 1999 | $365,900 | Ramsburg et al. 2005 |
Monitoring | ||||
Posttreatment monitoring period | 1,280 day | Mravik et al. 2003 | 450 day | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
Range and (median) of concentrations within treated zone at last reported monitoringc | ||||
PCE | 50–150 (100) μM | Mravik et al. 2003 | 0.11–36 (0.38) μM | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
TCE | 10–30 (20) μM | Mravik et al. 2003 | 0.01–91 (0.09) μM | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
cis-DCE | 36–242 d (150) μM | Mravik et al. 2003 | 0.17–1,032 (2.2) μM | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
VC | 0.07–13 d (2.0) μM | Mravik et al. 2003 | 0.02–6.6 (0.02) μM | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
Ethene | 0.04–0.43 d (0.20) μM | Mravik et al. 2003 | Not measured | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
Acetate | 200–600 (400) μM | Mravik et al. 2003 | 100–4,600 (100) μM | Ramsburg et al. 2004 |
Varies seasonally.
Range due to spatial variability within source zone.
Values for the Sages site are estimated from kriged contours.
Actual range [i.e., non-kriged range reported in Mravik et al. (2003)].