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GROUND WATER TRANSPORT OF HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER
Citation:
Kan, A. AND M. Tomson. GROUND WATER TRANSPORT OF HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-90/101.
Description:
The effects of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on the transport of hydrophobic organic compounds in soil columns were investigated. hree compounds (naphthalene, phenathrene, and DDT) that spanned three orders of magnitude in water solubility were used. nstead of humic matter, molecularly well-defined DOM represented by Triton X-100, a nonionic industrial detergent, and bovine serum albumin protein were used. n batch isotherm studies, the sorption of naphthalene to both model DOMS appeared to be hydrophobic in nature and quantitatively similar to the binding to humic materials. quations wre derived to model the enhanced coefficients, Kow. or a specific soil and DOM level, it was shown theoretically and experimentally that all organic compounds with Kow values above a specific value should move at the same rate in ground water. n some situations, DOM can increase the movement of highly hydrophobic compounds, such as DDT, by a factor of a thousand or more. his enhanced transport in the presence of DOM can either be a problem, as with ground water contaminant spreading, or a benefit, as with contaminated aquifer cleanup.