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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: Vadose Zone J. 2013 Feb 15;12(4):10.2136/vzj2012.0137. doi: 10.2136/vzj2012.0137

Table 1.

Information collected for several soil vapor extraction applications.

Site Key Extraction
Wells
Total Extraction
Rate (m3/d)
Treatment
Zone (m3)
PVTa
(pv/day)
Mass of
Contaminant
Removed (kg)
Data Source
AFP44-2 75 44,900 2,000,000 0.07 35,000 Personal communication
AFP44-3 16 36,700 N.A. N.A. 5,100 Personal communication
AFP44-5 12 30,000 N.A. N.A. 3,800 Personal communication
Borden 6 950 100 10 376 Thomson and Flynn, 2000
Fairchild 25 9,700 32,000 0.9 7,300 EPA, 1995b
Hanford 3–24 8100–61000 2,900,000 0.04–0.08 55,000 Personal communication
Intersil/Siemens (IS) 7 1800–5200 214,000 0.05 1,360 EPA, 1998b
Seymour Horizontal wells 2100–5000 39,000 0.3 13,600 EPA, 1998b
TAA 4 20,000 180,000 0.3 3,500 Personal communication
Verona 14 61,000 20,000 9 20,000 EPA, 1995b
a

PVT = pore-volume throughput (discharge rate normalized by pore-volume equivalent of treated zone)