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Bioremediation of water contaminated with jet fuel‐4 in a modified sequencing batch reactor
Author(s) -
Yocum Paul S.,
Irvine Robert L.,
Bumpus John A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143095x131321
Subject(s) - waste management , effluent , environmental science , environmental remediation , bioremediation , air stripping , underground storage tank , contamination , groundwater remediation , groundwater , gasoline , chemistry , air sparging , sequencing batch reactor , benzene , petroleum product , environmental engineering , petroleum , wastewater , storage tank , ecology , geotechnical engineering , engineering , biology , organic chemistry
Various in situ or pump and treat systems are used for the remediation and/or containment of groundwater. Tougher air pollution regulations have mandated the implementation of pump and treat strategies that minimize losses of organic compounds because of uncontrolled air stripping. A modified bench‐scale sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was intermittently closed to test its flexibility and applicability as a system for the treatment of Jet Fuel‐4 (JP‐4)‐contaminated groundwater associated with free product recovery. The SBR was operated for 180 days on JP‐4‐contaminated water that contained high concentrations of monoaromatic hydrocarbons. Typically, the effluent contained less than 50 μ g/L of total petroleum hydrocarbons with much lower levels for the benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes and met the discharge levels required by most state regulatory agencies.