Ground water contamination

Glaze, W. H. and Kang, J. W, "Advaneed Oxidation Proeess for Treating Ground Water Contaminated with TCE and PCE Laboratory Studies Jour AWWA, vol. 80, no. 5, pp. 57-63, May 1988. 

Description of granular activated carbon (GAC) adsorption (liquid phase) remediation technology used to clean up pumped ground water contaminated with volatile/semi-volatile organics and PCBs. http //erb. nfesc. navy. mil/restoration/te. 

Morgan P, RJ Watkinson (1989b) Microbiological methods for the cleanup of soil and ground water contaminated with halogenated organic compounds. FEMS Microbiol Revs 63 277-300. 

The pathway for the degradation of metribuzin that has been used as a herbicide has been established, and attention has been directed to the occurrence of the metabolites in leachate from agricultural soil in Denmark. Although the parent metribuzin was not found, the metabolites produced by loss of the N-amino group and the thiomethyl groups were produced and contributed to ground-water contamination (Kjaer et al. 2005). 

Initial field investigations of old, heterogeneous disposal sites where waste types are insufficiently documented, thus deferring expensive priority pollutant analysis until the fact and location of ground water contamination is established ... 

Poulson, S.R., Drever, J.I., Colberg, P.J.S. (1997) Estimation of Kq,- values for deuterated benzene, toluene, and ethylbenzene, and application to ground water contamination studies. Chemosphere 35, 2215-2224. 

Dioxins, furans and heavy metals can be released as air borne pollutants in the ash, which needs to be landfilled with special care (i.e. mixed with cement) due to a danger of ground water contamination. 

CohenDB. 1986. Ground water contamination by toxic substances, California Assessment. Pollutant Investigations Branch, State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA American Chemical Society. 

Jackson, R. E., 1999, Anticipating Ground-Water Contamination by New Technologies and Chemicals The Case of Chlorinated Solvents in California Environmental Engineering Geoscience, Fall, Vol. V, No. 3, pp. 331-338. 

Eger, C. K. and Vargo, J. S., 1989, Prevention Ground Water Contamination at the Martha Oil Field, Lawrence and Johnson Counties, Kentucky In Environmental Concerns in the Petroleum Industry (edited by S. M. Testa), Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Symposium Volume, pp. 83-105. 

Donley, J. W. and Jamison, T. P., 1995, Simple Techniques for Estimating the Age of Ground-water Contamination In 50th Purdue Waste Conference Proceedings, Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI, pp. 75-86. 

Corapcioglu, M. Y. and Baehr, A. L., 1987, A Compositional Multiphase Model for Ground-water Contamination by Petroleum Products, 1. Theoretical Considerations Water Resources Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 191-200. 

Fluorescent cellulose triacetate membranes were prepared by incorporation of pyrene-butyric acid (219), and were applied to in situ detection of ground water contamination by explosives, based on fluorescence quenching by the nitro groups LOD 2 mg/L of DNT (220) and TNT (221) and 10 mg/L for RDX (276) the response follows the Stern-Volmer law for DNT and TNT442. 

It is not surprising that the data produced as total petroleum hydrocarbons (EPA 418.1) suffer from several shortcomings as an index of potential ground-water contamination or health risk. In fact, it does not actually measure the total petroleum hydrocarbons in the sample but rather, measures a specific range of hydrocarbon compounds. This is caused by limitations of the extraction process (solvents used and the concentration steps) and the reference standards used for instrumental analysis. The method specifically states that it does not accurately measure the lighter fractions of gasoline [benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylenes fraction (BTEX)], which should include the benzene-toluene-ethylbenzene-xylenes fraction. Further, the method was originally a method for water samples that has been modified for solids, and it is subject to bias. 

Kerfoot HB. 1987. Soil-gas measurement for detection of ground water contamination by volatile organic compounds. Environ Sci Technol 21 1022-1024. 

Weisenburger D (1993) Potential health consequences of ground-water contamination of nitrates in Nebraska. Nebr Med J 78 7-10... 

There may be other pesticide contaminants and ground water contamination sites yet to be discovered. Therefore, the 12 different pesticides found In a total of 18 different states, as listed In Table III, represents the minimum number of pesticides and their distribution. There have been several reports of plcloram In well water, most of them anecdotal. However, It cannot be substantiated that the contamination has been due to normal pesticide use and leaching throu the soil or due to spillage. 

Nitrates - high levels In the ground water are Indicative of pesticide ground water contamination potential. 

Thomas DH, Delfino JJ. 1991a. A gas-chromatographic/chemical indicator approach to assessing ground water contamination by petroleum products. Ground Water Monitoring Review 11(4) 90-100. 

Rosenfeld JK, Plumb RH. 1991. Ground water contamination at wood treatment facilities. Ground Water Monitoring Review XI 133-140. 

U.S. Air Force. 1988. Interactions amond drinking and ground water contaminants on renal and hepatic function. Washington, DC. AFOSR-TR-88-0717. 

Oliveira DP, Sitar N. 1985. Ground water contamination from underground solvent storage tanks, Santa Clara, California. In Proceedings of the Fifth National Symposium on Aquifer Restoration and Ground Water Monitoring, 691- 708. 

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