Enhanced bioremediation of BTEX using immobilized nutrients: Field demonstration and monitoring
A permeable barrier system was developed for controlling the migration of dissolved contaminant plumes in ground water. The barrier system consisted of a line of closely spaced wells installed perpendicular to the contaminant plume. Each well contained concrete briquets that released oxygen and nitrate at a controlled rate, enhancing the aerobic biodegradation of dissolved hydrocarbons in the downgradient aquifer. A full scale permeable barrier system was constructed at a gasoline-spill site near Leland, NC. Initially, increased dissolved oxygen and decreased benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene isomer (BTEX) concentrations in the downgradient aquifer indicated that oxygen released from the remediation wells was enhancing biodegradation. Field tracer tests and soil analyses performed at the conclusion of the project indicated that the aquifer in the vicinity of the remediation wells was being clogged by precipitation from iron minerals.
- Research Organization:
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 565479
- Report Number(s):
- PB-97-186290/XAB; EPA-600/R-96/145; CNN: Grant EPA-R-820468; TRN: 80201675
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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