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Main Title Transport of Dissolved Hydrocarbons Influenced by Oxygen-Limited Biodegradation. 2. Field Application.
Author Borden, R. C. ; Bedient, P. B. ; Lee, M. D. ; Ward, C. H. ; Wilson, J. T. ;
CORP Author Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. ;North Carolina State Univ. at Raleigh. ;Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Environmental and Ground Water Inst.
Year Published 1986
Report Number EPA/600/J-86/333;
Stock Number PB87-179735
Additional Subjects Hydrocarbons ; Biodeterioration ; Oxygen transport mechanisms ; Dispersion ; Degradation ; Aerobic processes ; Waste disposal ; Water pollution ; Ground water ; Simulation ; Reprints ; Pollution transport
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NTIS  PB87-179735 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
An existing solute transport model is modified to allow simulation of soluble hydrocarbon transport in groundwater influenced by oxygen-limited biodegradation. The transport model is then applied to an abandoned creosoting site where biodegradation is known to occur. Oxygen exchange with the unsaturated zone and resulting biodegradation is approximated as a first-order decay in hydrocarbon concentration. The loss of hydrocarbon due to horizontal mixing with oxygenated groundwater and resulting biodegradation is simulated by generating oxygen and hydrocarbon distributions independently and then combining by superposition. This procedure is only applicable where absorption of hydrocarbon is negligible. The major transport parameters are obtained by calibrating the model to a chloride plume also present at the site. Simulated oxygen and hydrocarbon concentrations closely matched the observed values. Two cases are presented to illustrate the potential assimilative capacity of shallow aquifers. (Copyright (c) 1986 by the American Geophysical Union.)