Completion of One Year Bioventing Test, Building 7705

Abstract

The Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) one-year bioventing test and evaluation project at Building 7705 has been completed. 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. Overall, biodegradation rates have 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 analytical results for total recoverable petroleum hydrocarbons (TRPH) and benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes (BTEX). Based on results from your site and 124 other sites currently under operation, bioventing is cost-effectively remediating fuel contamination in a reasonable time frame. We recommend its application 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
Mar 06, 1995
Accession Number
ADA385081

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Armament Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Contamination
  • Degradation
  • Directives
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Governments
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Monitoring
  • Petroleum
  • Pilot Studies
  • Respiration
  • Sampling
  • Soil Tests
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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