Abstract |
Under a joint research and development agreement, the Remediation Technology Development Forum (RTDF), a consortium of government and industry representatives, conducted a detailed characterization study of the chloroethene plume at Dover Air Force Base (DAFB), Dover, Delaware. The study was conducted to determine the mass flux of chlorinated ethenes, calculate apparent first-order decay rates, and compare these results to mass flux and degradation estimates from conventional groundwater monitoring well data. The study evaluated the distribution and mass flux of tetrachloroethene (PCE); trichloroethene (TCE); cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-1,2-DCE); vinyl chloride; and 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) in the unconsolidated, fluvial, Columbia Aquifer by collecting samples and determining hydraulic conductivity at 103 discrete points along three transects across the plume. |