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Fractured Bedrock Project Profiles

Last Updated: April 7, 2004

Point of Contact:
Thomas Andrews
In-situ Oxidative Technologies, Inc
51 Everett Dr.
West Windsor NJ 08550 
Tel: 609-275-8500 
Fax: 609-275-9608
Email: Tandrews@
insituoxidation.com

Former Cosmetic Manufacturing Plant
Central Area, NJ


Hydrogeology:

The subsurface geology at the site consists of a fractured bedrock aquifer, with contamination detected in the bedrock fractures present up to 220 ft below grond surface. The majority of contamination was detected in the shallow depths at 40-45 ft. bgs. The ground water velocity is fairly slow.

Targeted Environmental Media:
  • - Dense Non-aqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs)
  • - Fractured Bedrock

Contaminants:

Major Contaminants and Maximum Concentrations:
  • - Ethanol (355,000 µg/L)
  • - Trichlorofluoromethane (52,000 µg/L)
  • - Trichlorfon (31,000 µg/L)
  • - 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (11,000 µg/L)
  • - Methylene chloride (10,000 µg/L)

Site Characterization Technologies:

No technologies selected.


Remedial Technologies:

  • - Chemical Oxidation (In Situ)
    • Fenton's Reagent
Comments:
An initial field pilot program consisted of ten days of injecting reagents. Injection was at multiple depths with a majority in the shallow 40 - 45 ft bgs interval.

The results indicated that overall site-wide contamination of total average VOCs was reduced by 93% and average ethanol concentration was reduced by 99%.
Remediation Goals:

None provided


Status:

As of April, 2004 the decision on full scale is still pending.

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