Completion of One Year Bioventing Tests, Site 388, Site 510.8, Site 1705, and Site 40002
Abstract
The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) one-year bioventing test and evaluation projects at your four sites have been completed. For each site, Figure 1 provides general site information and Table 1 provides a summary of initial, six-month, and one-year fuel respiration and degradation rates measured at several monitoring points. Biodegradation rates have generally remained stable for Sites 388, 510.8, and 40002. These relatively stable degradation rates indicate that soil contamination remains at somewhat elevated levels. Table 2 provides a summary of initial and final soil and soil gas analytical results for total recoverable petroleum hydrocarbons (TRPH) and benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes (BTEX). Based on results from your sites and 121 other sites currently under operation, bioventing is cost-effectively remediating fuel contamination in a reasonable time frame. We recommend its application throughout these sites, 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. These are found in the "Tool Box" recently sent to your base.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 24, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA384521
Entities
Organizations
- Air Armament Center