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RECORD NUMBER: 556 OF 896

Main Title Retrospective Performance Evaluation on In situ Bioremediation: Site Characterization.
Author Wilson, J. T. ; Kampbell, D. H. ;
CORP Author Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher 1993
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA/600/A-93/173;
Stock Number PB93-221919
Additional Subjects Oil wastes ; Water pollution control ; Ground water ; Aquifers ; Biodegradation ; Hydrogen peroxide ; Subsurface environments ; In-situ processing ; Rocks ; Reprints ; Bioremediation ; BTEX(Benzene Toluene EthylBenzene Xylene) ; Denver(Colorado) ; Heterogeneous materials
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NTIS  PB93-221919 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Performance of in situ bioremediation was demonstrated at a shallow water site with subsurface contamination of used crankcase oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, and other oily phase products. Treatment involved ground water amendment by hydrogen peroxide and nutrients by a recharge gallery. The system was operated for 2 1/2 years. During treatment benzene and total BTEX concentrations in ground water were reduced in magnitude exceeding ten and twenty times, respectively. Vertical profile core samples showed a two feet thick interval near the water table containing significant amounts of hydrocarbons. The center of the interval had not been depleted of BTEX compounds, but the surrounding cortex had been physically and biologically weathered. The interval material was fine textured that restricted flow of remedial fluids which resulted in little opportunity for bioremediation.