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CONTAMINANT FLUX RESPONSE TO SOURCE ZONE REMEDIATION AT DRY CLEANER SITEAnnable, M.D. (Univ. of Florida); R.K. Sillan (LFR Levine Fricke); J. Cho; K. Hatfield. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 5, Abstract 13296, 2003
Contaminant mass flux emanating from a source can serve as a performance
metric for technologies aimed at source-zone management. The link between
source zone remediation and contaminant plume response is under investigation,
and a key to this link is the mass flux leaving the source zone.
Unfortunately, mass flux from source zones has been measured only rarely, and
long-term monitoring following source zone remediation typically is
inadequate. The Sages dry cleaner site in Jacksonville, FL, is an exception. A
cosolvent flood was conducted at the site in 1998, and extensive monitoring
continues. The monitoring network includes multilevel samplers in the source
zone and along a transect located downgradient. This transect has provided
data needed to assess contaminant mass flux during the four years following
the cosolvent flood. Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and its degradation byproducts
were monitored along with residual ethanol from the cosolvent flood. The
changes in the mass flux associated with these constituents, plus mass removal
assessed during the cosolvent flood, provide insight on the relationship
between mass removal and mass flux at this site. The authors discuss issues
associated with estimating mass flux using multilevel sampler transects and
alternative methods for flux measurement.
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