Mass to concentration tie-in for passive soil gas surveys: Improved technique for source area, spatial variability and vapor intrusion assessment

Joseph B. Odencrantz, Harry O'Neill, Paul C. Johnson

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

The mass to concentration tie-in (MtoC Tie-In) correlates passive soil gas (PSG) data in mass to active soil gas data. Results from a site in Northern California show the MtoC Tie-In correlations for both benzene and Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH). The correlations are applied on a compound-to-compound basis to the remaining locations to provide an estimate of concentration that can be used for comparison to risk/screening levels or fate and transport diagnostic tools. Results from a chlorinated solvent survey show the MtoC Tie-In correlation from a site in Maryland for tetrachloroethylene. There was a near-perfect relationship between the passive soil gas (PSG) mass and the active soil gas concentration. The concentration estimated throughout a PSG-grid enables a vast new realm of interpretive power at sites. Several other sites are discussed. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation (Houston, TX 11/3-4/2008).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGround Water Management - Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Assessment, and Remediation Conference
Pages56-65
Number of pages10
StatePublished - 2008
EventPetroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation - Houston, TX, United States
Duration: Nov 3 2008Nov 4 2008

Other

OtherPetroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHouston, TX
Period11/3/0811/4/08

Keywords

  • Beacon environmental services, inc
  • Mass to concetration tie-in correlation
  • Passive soil gas sampling
  • Risk assessment
  • Sorbent tube
  • Source area assessment
  • Time-integrated sampling
  • TO-17
  • U.S EPA
  • Vapor intrusion evaluation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Energy
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • General Environmental Science

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