Completion of One Year Bioventing Test, Site ST-04 POL Area

Abstract

The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) one-year bioventing test and evaluation project at the POL Area has been completed. Figure 1 provides general site information and Table 1 provides a summary of initial, six-month, and one-year fuel biodegradation rates measured at several monitoring points. Biodegradation rates have gradually increased over the one-year pilot test. These increases are best explained by soil temperature increases. Table 2 provides a summary of initial and final soil and soil gas sampling results for total recoverable petroleum hydrocarbons (TRPH) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX). Based on results from your site and 109 other sites, currently under operation, bioventing is cost-effectively remediating fuel contamination in a reasonable time frame. We recommend its application throughout ST-04 and at other sites on your installation using the criteria in the AFCEE Test Plan and Technical Protocol for a Field Treatability Test for Bioventing, May 1992, including Addendum One, February, 1994.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 1994
Accession Number
ADA382652

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Armament Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aromatic Compounds
  • Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Cyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Fuels
  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Monitoring
  • Petroleum
  • Public Health
  • Respiration
  • Sampling
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.