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Abstract: Releases of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons have impacted soils and groundwater at a South Carolina facility. Plume discharges into nearby tributaries have contaminated surface waters with up to 4,600 μg/L of trichloroethene. Hydrogeologic studies, flow modeling, and pilot tests were performed to develop surface water protection remedies.
Part of the groundwater plume migrates off-site to the northeast and discharges into an underground storm water pipe and into a pond. Studies found that >99 percent of chlorinated hydrocarbons in the pond and downstream tributary originate from infiltration of contaminated groundwater into piping upstream of the pond. A surface water protection plan was developed using risk -based, innovative treatment approaches. The plan proposed plume containment by the subsurface pipe and in-situ treatment of water in the pipe. Risk -based components of this remedy included fencing the pond and developing wildlife - and human health-based standards for the pond and its downstream tributary. Successful pilot testing was conducted using air diffusion and ozone oxidation for water treatment inside the pipe.
Remedies for off-site surface waters west and south of the facility utilize in-situ enhanced reductive dechlorination treatment barriers around the tributaries. Trichloroethene was reduced in surface water and in the aquifer by 43% -99% in these areas.
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Watkins, S.G., Wandland, K.D., Ray, B. (2005). Risk-Based Management Strategies and Innovative Remedies for Surface Water Protection: A Case Study. In: Calabrese, E.J., Kostecki, P.T., Dragun, J. (eds) Contaminated Soils, Sediments and Water. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23079-3_34
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