Ground-water contamination at an inactive coal- and oil-gasification plant site, Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington. Water-resources investigations
Gas Works Park, in Seattle, Washington, is located on the site of a coal- and oil-gasification plant that ceased operation in 1956. During operation, many types of wastes, including coal, tar, and oil, accumulated on site. The park soil is presently (1986) contaminated with compounds such as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, trace metals, and cyanide. Analyses of water samples from a network of observation wells in the park indicate that these compounds are also present in the ground water. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds were identified in ground-water samples in concentrations as large as 200 milligrams per liter. Soluble, volatile, low-molecular-weight organic compounds are preferentially dissolved from the nonaqueous phase liquid into the ground water. Concentrations of organic contaminants in the soils may still remain large.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Denver, CO (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7246644
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-130113/XAB; USGS/WRI-88-4224
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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