Completion of One-Year Bioventing Test, POL Storage Area C
Abstract
The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) one-year bioventing test and evaluation project at the POL Storage 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 decreased over the one-year pilot test. These decreases are best explained by the reduction of contaminant levels as the bioventing continued. Table 2 provides a summary of initial and final soil and soil gas sampling results for total recoverable petroleum hydrocarbons (TRPH) and benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, 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 the POL storage area 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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 28, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA384966