NITRATE FOR BIORESTORATION OF AN AQUIFER CONTAMINATED WITH JET FUEL; REPT. FOR JUN 88-SEP 90

There is little information available in the open literature on the performance of bioremediation at field scale. The report documents the rate and extent of treatment of a spill of JP-4 in a drinking- water aquifer, using nitrate as the primary electron acceptor for microbial respiration of the contaminant hydrocarbons. Nitrate has theoretical advantages over the more traditional electron acceptors used in the United States. It is much more soluble than oxygen, and less costly and less toxic than hydrogen peroxide. Ground water amended with nitrate and mineral nutrients was recirculated through a 10 m by 10 m study area. After 165 days the individual concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes were below 5 microgram/l in monitoring wells under the study area. The concentration of benzene was below 0.1 microgram/l. Some of the removal of alkylbenzenes may have been due to low concentrations of oxygen (0.5 mg/l) in the recirculation water.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Solar Universal Technologies, Inc., Traverse City, MI. Ground Water Remediation Div., NSI Technology Services Corp., Ada, OK., Traverse Group, Inc., Traverse City, MI., and Coast Guard District (9th), Cleveland, OH. Shore Maintenance Detachment.
• Corporate Authors:

  Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab.

  Ada, OK  United States 

  Solar Universal Technologies, Inc. Ground Water Remediation Div.

  Traverse City, MI  United States 

  NSI Technology Services Corp.

  Ada, OK  United States 

  Traverse Group, Inc.

  Traverse City, MI  United States 

  Coast Guard District (9th) Shore Maintenance Detachment.

  Cleveland, OH  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hutchins, S R
  • Downs, W C
  • Smith, G B
  • WILSON, J T
  • Hendrix, D J
• Publication Date: 1991-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 64 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aquifers; Biodeterioration; Drinking water; Groundwater; Jet engine fuels; Nitrates; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological treatment; Electron acceptors; Remedial action
• Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00666764
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EPA/600/2-91/009
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1994 12:00AM