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Main Title Biotransformation of CIS-1,2-Dichloroethylene in Aquifer Material from Picatinny Arsenal, Morris County, New Jersey.
Author Ehlke, T. A. ; Imbrigiotta, T. E. ; Wilson, B. H. ; Wilson., J. T. ;
CORP Author Rice Univ., Houston, TX. ;Geological Survey, Trenton, NJ. Water Resources Div.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher 1991
Year Published 1991
Report Number EPA-DW14934013; EPA/600/A-92/085;
Stock Number PB92-179100
Additional Subjects Toxic substances ; Water pollution effects ; Biodegradation ; Aquifer systems ; Bioconversion ; Ground water ; Munitions industry ; Biochemistry ; Industrial wastes ; Microorganisms ; Chlorine organic compounds ; In-situ processes ; Anaerobic processes ; Reduction(Chemistry) ; Dechlorination ; Porous materials ; Methane bacteria ; Reprints ; Ethylene/dichloro ; Picatinny Arsenal ; Morris County(New Jersey) ; Ethylene/trichloro
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NTIS  PB92-179100 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Soil cores were collected within and adjacent to a trichloroethylen plume that has contaminated the shallow aquifer at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, to study the rate of cis-1,2-dichloroethylene biotransformation. Soil cores also were collected at a highly contaminated site within the plume to determine the effect of different electron donors on the rate of cis-1,2-dichloroetylene biotransformation under methanogenic conditions. Ground-water samples were analyzed for volatile organic compounds to study the relation between volatile-organic-compound concentrations and the biotransformation of cis-1,2-dichloroethylene. Biotransformation in microcosms from sites within the plume ranged from slight to more than 90 percent after an incubation period of 32 weeks. The most extensive biotransformation in soil microcosms occurred at a site near the highest in situ cis-1,2-dichloroethylene concentration measured at the arsenal (710 micrograms per liter). Biotransformation was negligible at an uncontaminated site. Amendment of soil microcosms with combinations of methanol, formate, toluene, p-cresol, propionate, and butyrate inhibited the biotransformation of cis-1,2-dichloroethylene. A combination of methanol and formate had the greatest inhibitory effect.