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In Situ Remediation of Jet A in Soil and Ground Water by High Vacuum, Dual Phase Extraction
Author(s) -
Kirshner Marvin,
Pressly Nicholas C.,
Roth Robert J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1996.tb00572.x
Subject(s) - dewatering , environmental remediation , soil vapor extraction , groundwater , extraction (chemistry) , environmental science , volatilisation , biodegradation , groundwater remediation , soil water , contamination , environmental engineering , soil contamination , environmental chemistry , underground storage tank , human decontamination , waste management , chemistry , soil science , geotechnical engineering , geology , chromatography , storage tank , engineering , ecology , organic chemistry , biology
This report summarizes the initial results of subsurface remediation at Terminal 1, Kenneth International Airport, to remediate soil and ground water contaminated with Jet A fuel. The project was driven and constrained In the const ruction schedule of a major new terminal at the facility. The remediation system used a combination of ground water pumping, air injection, and soil vapor extraction. In the first five months of operation, the combined processes of dewatering, volatilization, and biodegradation removed a total of 36,689 pounds of total volatile and semivolatile organic jet fuel hydrocarbons from subsurface soil and ground water. The. results of this case study have shown that 62 percent of the removal resulted from biodegradation, 21 percent occurred as a result of liquid removal, and 11 percent resulted from the extraction of volatile organic compounds (VOC's).