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ENVIROGEN PROPANE BIOSTIMULATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE IN-SITU TREATMENT OF MTBE-CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION REPORT
Citation:
AzadpourKeeley**, A. ENVIROGEN PROPANE BIOSTIMULATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE IN-SITU TREATMENT OF MTBE-CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R--02/092 (NTIS PB2003-103050), 2002.
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The primary objective of the Biostimulation Technology Evaluation was to determine if biodegradation was occurring in a ground-water Test Plot to a sufficient degree to reduce intrinsic MTBE to the State of California's treatability criteria of 5 mg/L or below. The evaluation was carried out using Control and Test Plots and a cadre of primary and secondary analytes through 15 sampling events over a 38-week test period. An analysis of intrinsic MTBE, deuterated MTBE, daughter products, and geochemical parameters demonstrated that the technology did not meet the State of California's treatability criteria.
The National Environmental Technology Test Site (NETTS) at the Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Port Hueneme, California is the site of a hydrocarbon release into ground water between September 1984 and March 1985 involving, according to inventory records, approximately 4,000 gallons of leaded and 6,800 gallons of unleaded premium gasoline. The resulting ground-water plume consists of approximately 9 acres of BTEX and approximately 36 additional acres of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination, extending approximately 4,500 feet downgradient from the site of the release. The Port Hueneme NETTS facility is located approximately 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles.