Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation

Cristin L. Bruce; Paul C. Johnson; Karen D. Miller

Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation

Cristin L. Bruce, Paul C. Johnson, Karen D. Miller

Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of (IAFSE)

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Abstract

For the past two years, the ESTCP program has been sponsoring a full-scale MTBE plume containment demonstration at the Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, CA. This passive flow-through biobarrier system has been designed to degrade MTBE and other dissolved hydrocarbons leaving the down-gradient edge of a residual gasoline-impacted source zone. This site is somewhat unique in that the dissolved MTBE plume is approximately 500 ft wide and about a mile long. Dissolved MTBE concentrations upgradient of the biobarrier are as great as 20 mg/L, and BTEX compounds are also present at mg/L concentrations in the central core of the plume. This biobarrier design incorporates combinations of aerobic biostimulation and bioaugmentation. Data obtained during the first 18 months of operation will be presented.Currently, MTBE and BTEX concentrations at the downgradient edge are being reduced to >0.005 mg/L (non-detectable levels). In addition to the performance data, the design and costs of this system are presented in comparison with a pump and treat system currently operating at a different location in the same dissolved plume.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
Editors	A.R. Gavaskar, A.S.C. Chen
Pages	1061-1066
Number of pages	6
State	Published - Dec 1 2002
Event	Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds - Monterey, CA., United States Duration: May 20 2002 → May 23 2002

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Name	Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds

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Other	Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey, CA.
Period	5/20/02 → 5/23/02

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Bruce, C. L., Johnson, P. C., & Miller, K. D. (2002). Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation. In A. R. Gavaskar, & A. S. C. Chen (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds (pp. 1061-1066). (Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds).

Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation. / Bruce, Cristin L.; Johnson, Paul C.; Miller, Karen D.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. ed. / A.R. Gavaskar; A.S.C. Chen. 2002. p. 1061-1066 (Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Bruce, CL, Johnson, PC & Miller, KD 2002, Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation. in AR Gavaskar & ASC Chen (eds), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, pp. 1061-1066, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA., United States, 5/20/02.

Bruce CL, Johnson PC, Miller KD. Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation. In Gavaskar AR, Chen ASC, editors, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. 2002. p. 1061-1066. (Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds).

Bruce, Cristin L. ; Johnson, Paul C. ; Miller, Karen D. / Large-scale MTBE-btex plume containment using a combination of biostimulation and bioaugmentation. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. editor / A.R. Gavaskar ; A.S.C. Chen. 2002. pp. 1061-1066 (Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds).

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