EFFECT OF ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION ON THE FATE OF OIL CONTAMINATION IN SILICEOUS SOIL

Oil is a common form of pollution which is highly visible in nature. It accounts for one quarter of all pollution incidents in the UK, with the Environment Agency dealing with over 6000 oil pollution cases each year. This paper considers the effect of indigenous microbial activity on the phase distribution of petroleum hydrocarbons within a soil medium under saturated and unsaturated anoxic conditions. An extensive microcosm study using indigenous shallow subsurface microorganisms has ascertained both the extent of anaerobic degradation and the effect it has on the distribution of the hydrocarbon species between the aqueous and residual phases. Such data facilitate the quantification of the effect microbial activity has on the fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil environment not only in terms of in-situ destruction, but also in terms of potential mobilisation of contaminants originally present in the residual phase. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 898792.

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  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • COLE, S J
  • WILLIAMS, K P
  • ELLIS, B
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 59-67
• Serial:
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. CONTAMINATED GROUND: FATE OF POLLUTANTS AND REMEDIATION. PROC OF CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY THE BRITISH GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY AND THE CARDIFF SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF WALES, HELD CARDIFF, 16-18 SEPT 1997
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bacteria; Conferences; Deterioration; Groundwater; Hydrocarbons; Oils; Oxygen; Percent saturation; Pollution; Soils
• ITRD Terms: 5229: Bacteria; 8525: Conference; 5907: Degree of saturation (mater); 5255: Deterioration; 4383: Ground water; 7367: Hydrocarbon; 4961: Oil; 7108: Oxygen; 2453: Pollution; 4156: Soil
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752949
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-2606-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 28 1998 12:00AM