TABLE 3-13 COMPLETED PROJECTS: IN SITU PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL TREATMENT FOR GROUND WATER, SURFACE WATER, AND LEACHATE



Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
DOE Demo
Hanford Reservation, WA

Steve Stein
(206) 528-3340

Air Sparging Ground water VOCs In situ - In well air stripping Surfactants or catalysts added if needed Requires air-stream treatment Eliminates need for disposal or storage of partially treated water.
Amoco Petroleum Pipeline
Constantine, MI
Air Sparging, Dual Phase Extraction and GAC to recover free product and treat ground water. 775 million gallons of Ground water 300,000 to 2 million gallons of gasoline, fuel oil, and kerosene In situ air sparging was subsequently added to treat the saturated zone. 4 extraction wells and 30 air sparging wells were installed. 2 GAC vessels in series 118,000 gallons of free product recovered   Capital Cost: $297,000 for ground water recovery and treatment, $375,000 for air sparging.
Annual Operating Cost: $475,000
$3 per 1,000 gallons of ground water treated.
Fort Drum,
Watertown, NY

Remedial Project Manager
Fort Drum Environmental Division

Air Sparging, Free product recovery and GAC Ground water   Full-scale remediation to recover free-phase petroleum product using ground water extraction and air stripping and GAC 2 recovery wells were installed and 2 GAC drums were used in series.   Total Capital Cost: $958,780; Total annual Operating Cost: $129,440.
Amcor Precast, Ogden, UT

Shelly Quick
Utah DERR

Density driven ground water air sparging and SVE Soil and Ground water Diesel and gasoline fuels TPH (51/190), benzene (1.3/4.7), toluene (2.4/9.4), ethylbenzene (0.78/2.7), total xylene (2.5/8.0), naphthalene (0.18/0.63). In situ 12 ground water sparging wells, 3 downgradient extraction wells, and 3 vertical extraction wells were installed.   Total Capital Cost: $156.950, Total Annual Operating Cost: $62,750.
DOE Integrated Demo,
DOE Savannah River Site, Aiken, GA

Terry Walton
(803) 725-5218

Air Sparging. Organics in soil and ground water at nonarid sites Soils, ground water at nonarid sites, emphasizing in situ remediation Volatile organics such as TCE and PCE Integrated demo includes many technologies - no specific parameters given Directional well drilling precedes the in situ air stripping Offgas treatments also being demonstrated 16,000 lb of chlorinated solvents removed at Savannah River site during a 20-week test period.
Denison Avenue Site, Cleveland, OH 1991

U.S. EPA Region 5 (312) 886-6143

Air Sparging Ground water BTEX       Gas Station
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Wayne Reclamation and Recycling, IN

Duane Heaton (312) 886-6399

Air Sparging Ground water TCE, DCE, Vinyl Chloride, BTEX Injection and extraction - In situ Installation of injection wells. Volatilization and vapor extraction. Municipal Landfill, oil reclamation. In operational stage since June 1995.
Rochester Property, SC

Sherri Panabaker (404) 347-7791

Air Sparging Ground water TCE, Bis-2- ethylhexyl- phthalate       Disposal site. Average depth of treatment approximately 30 ft. Project is in operational stage.
Fairchild AFB, Priority 1 Ous (OU 2) FT-, WA

Cami Grandinetti (206) 553-8696

Air Sparging Ground water BTEX   Vapor extraction system installed in conjunction with an air injection well. Volatilization and vapor extraction Fire training area. Pilot system is in place; may change full-scale design.
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
South Municipal Water Supply Well, NH

Roger Duwart (617) 573-9628

Air Sparging Ground water PCE, TCA, TCE       Ball bearing manufacturing. Installed. Average depth of treatment approximately 20 feet.
Applied Environmental Services, OU 1, NY

Gerald Ridder (518) 457-0927 Jon Maria (212) 637-3967

Air Sparging Ground water Non-halogenated VOCs, Halogenated VOCs, Non-halogenated SVOCs, PAHs, BTEX   In situ   Bulk petroleum and hazardous waste storage facility, fuel blending. Operational as of June 1995. Completion date unknown.
Mystery Bridge Road/Highway 20, OU 2, WY

Dan Thorton (303) 312-6215

Air Sparging Ground water Benzene, Ethyl benzene, Xylenes 54 wells operated 8 to 15 at a time, 120 cfm, 0.7 - 1.0 inches of water.   Off-gas vented to atmosphere under WDEQ discharge permit. Natural gas compressor station. Depth of treatment approximately 20 ft. Benzene - 9 ug/l to 0.0004 ug/l, ethyl benzene - 0.003 ug/l, and xylenes - 0.008 ug/l. Had to swab wells frequently because of plugging.
Installation Restoration (IR) Site 11, NAS Northern Island, San Diego, CA Terra Vac pilot  SVE/ Air Sparging/ Catalytic Oxidation System Soil Up to 250 pounds (33 gallons) per day of VOCs was effectively removed from the vadose zone  and subsequently destroyed.        
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
NAS Fallon, NV 1994

U.S. Navy, Public Works Department (702) 426-2772

Bioslurping Ground water TPH       Fuel Farm
Island of San Diego Garcia
AFCEE/PA
3207 North Road
Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5363
Tel: (210)536-4228
Bioslurping Ground water Fuel (JP-5) It has pulled out over 2,000 gallons of fuel during the first month of operation and about 1,000 gallons every month In situ   Total cost of the system including installation was $60,000
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nevada

NFESC, 560 Center Drive., Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4301

Bioslurping Ground water Fuel (JP-5) An average of 24 gallons of fuel per day during operation, with a maximum removal rate of 60 gallons per day. Ground water removal has averaged 0.46 gallons per minute In situ   Removed 6,500 gallons of Fuel in 1993
DOE Demo
Savannah River Site, SC

7/90-12/90

Mike O'Rear
(803) 725-5541

In situ air stripping with horizontal wells Soil & ground water TCE & PCE Initial concentrations: 5,000 ppm; stabilized to 200-300 ppm In situ (horizontal wells)

Extraction average 110 lb of VOCs/day

Air injection below aquifer - air extraction above. Off-gas stream $20/lb contaminant removed.
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Buchanan, MI 1994

Billings & Associates (505) 345-1116 National Risk Management Research Laboratory (513) 569-7797

Subsurface Volitization & Ventilation System Ground water BTEX, PCE, TCE        
March Air Force Base, CA 1995

Michelle Simon (513) 569-7676 Jeff Bannon (818) 596-6900

UVB - Vacuum Vaporizing Well Ground water TCE - >94% removal, DCE The UVB system consists of a ground water well, a negative pressure stripping reactor, an aboveground mounted blower, and a waste air decontamination system.     DCE's removal was not established due to a very low concentration (<4 ug/L).
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.
Burbank, CA

David Bluestein (415) 227-0822

Dual Phase Extraction
AWD AquaDetox/ SVE
System
Soil & Ground water 2.2 ppm TCE; 11 ppm PCE; 6,000 ppm total VOC soil gas. Attained 98-99.99 % removal In situ     $3.2-5.8M capital;
<$1.5M yearly O&M.
Major Car Rental Agency, Los Angeles, CA

Terra Vac Corporation, James Keegan (714) 252-8900

Dual Vacuum Extraction (Dual Phase Extraction) Ground water, Soil Hydrocarbons, TPH Vadose zone soil permeability range of 0.001 to >100 millidarcies Vacuum extraction well includes a screened section in the vadose zone of contaminated soils and ground water. Hydrocarbon product - disposed, re-used, or purified and then re-used. Hydrocarbons - removal of 17,000 lbs., TPH - up to 1,400 ppm. Operation completed in 8 months. Cost - $85K to $500K.
Navy Fuel Farm

Mike Radecki
SOUTHWESTDIV

Free product recovery Ground water 0.5-2.5 ft free product.   Captured in pit and pumped out with skimmers and french drains   $300,000
Privately Owned Gasoline Station Near Urban Drinking Water Source

Connecticut DEP
(203) 566-4630

Free product recovery Ground water Gasoline, BTEX Immediate response from recovery wells and air stripping      
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Navy Demo
Seal Beach Navy Weapons Station, CA

1991

Vern Novstrup
(805) 982-2636

Rebecca Coleman-Roush
(805) 644-5892

Ground water vapor recovery system Ground water VOCs In situ - air permitting Injection & extraction wells are placed inside and outside of contamination area Waste hydrocarbons to internal combustion engine Treatment requires combustible contaminants. Air permits may be required.

Capital - $70K to $100K.

McClellan AFB Pilot-scale fluid/vapor extraction demonstration. Soil & Ground water VOCs. 1,200 lbs/year for contaminants removal. In situ 95% of the ground water VOCs were transferred to vapor phase.   $160 per pound.
EPA Demo
San Fernando Valley Ground Water Basin Superfund Site, CA

1990

Norma Lewis
(513) 569-7665

Integrated vapor extraction & steam vacuum stripping Soil & Ground water Initial concentration: up to 2.2 ppm TCE
up to 11 ppm PCE

Removal:
up to 99.9% VOCs

Ground water:
1,200 gpm

Soil gas:
300 ft/min

Ground water:
Steam stripping in tower

Soil: SVE

Carbon should be regenerated every 8 hours Operating for more than 3 years.
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Airfield, Lemoore, CA 1994

(805) 982-4191

Steam Injection and Vacuum Extraction Ground water JP-5 (Jet Fuel)        
EPA Demo Huntington Beach, CA

Paul dePercin
EPA RREL

Hot Water or Steam Flushing/ Stripping 45,000 ydł of soil & goundwater Diesel fuel, TPH, and TRPH

20-40% removal attained

In situ results not good, probably because of poor application rather than technology delivery ineffectiveness   About $40/ydł
EPA SITE demo
Pennsylvania Power & Light
Stroudsburg, PA

Eugene Harris
EPA
(513) 569-7862

Hot Water or Steam Flushing/ Stripping with CROW            
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Gasoline Spill Site
Livermore, CA

Kathy Kaufman
University of California (510)422-2646

Hot Water or Steam Flushing/ Stripping Ground water Benzene level in soil greater than 50 ppm. Over 7,600 gallons of gasoline removed during demonstration. In situ 6 steam injection/electrical heating wells, 3 electrical heating wells, 3 ground water and vapor extraction wells were installed.   Total Treatment Cost: $8,740,000; Before-treatment Cost: $1,700,000
Xerox Facility
Oak Brook, IL
Hydro- fracturing Soil & Ground water VOCs In Situ SVE of organic solvents. 10 times increase in vapor extraction; 30 times increase in area covered; pore water infiltration decreased   $950 - 1,425 per fracture
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
UST site, Dayton, OH Hydro- fracturing Soil & Ground water BTEX In Situ In situ bioremediation of BTEX/UST site. 100 times increase in water flow; 75% increase in bioremediation rate    
Fuel Dispensing Area 1595, Watertwon, NY 1994

Fort Drum Environmental Division, Watertown, NY

Ground water Extraction & Air Stripping Ground water BTEX       Underground Storage Tanks
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1993
(510)422-2646 UCA, Office of Tech Transfer (510) 748-6595
Dynamic Underground Stripping Ground water BTEX, FHC, Benzene       Gasoline Spill Site, Underground Storage Tanks
Site Demo
March AFB, CA

Michelle Simon
EPA RREL
(513) 569-7469
Jeff Bannon
WESTON
(818) 556-5226

In-Well Air Strippings: air lift pumping, in situ vapor stripping, and air sparging Soil & Ground water 30 ppb TCE at well inlet

Attained < 1 ppb of TCE

In Situ      
Installation Restoration (IR) Site 9, NAS Northern Island, San Diego, CA EG&G  NoVOCsTM  in-well stripping technology Ground water          
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Savannah River Site, GA 1994

National Risk Management Research Laboratory (513) 569-7631

High-Energy Electron Irradiation Ground water Chlorinated Solvents and Fuels        
Tonolli Corporation, PA (Battery Recycling/ Disposal)

Linda Dietz, USEPA, 215-597-6986

Passive Treatment Wall Ground water Heavy Metals: Lead        
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Lowry Air Force Base, CO

Richard Muza (EPA Region 8) (303) 312-6595

Iron Reactive Walls Ground water Trichloro- ethylene (1,260 ppb A subsurface wall of iron filings through which the contaminant plume migrates under natural ground-water flow   Degradation products - ethene, ethane, and methane An estimated potential porosity loss of 13 to 14 percent per year due to carbonate and hydroxide precipitate formation.
Somersworth Sanitary Landfill Site, NH (Industrial Landfill/ Municipal Landfill)

Roger Duwart, USEPA, 617-573-9628

Passive Treatment Wall (Funnel & Gate Reactive Iron Wall) Ground water Non- halogenated volatiles        
Moffett Field NAS

Mr. Marty Faile, AFCEE

Passive Treatment Wall Ground water VOCs        
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Brown's Battery Breaking Site, OU 2, PA (Battery Recycling/ Disposal)

Richard Watman, USEPA, 215-597-8996

Passive Treatment Wall (limestone barrier) Ground water Heavy metals: Lead        
Canadian Forces Base, Canada 1993

Waterloo Centre for Ground Water Research (519) 885-1211 Centre for Excellence (416) 323-4476

Permeable Reaction Wall Ground water TCE, PCE, DCE        
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Borden Aquifer, Canada 1994

Waterloo Centre for Ground Water Research (519) 885-1211 Centre for Excellence (416) 323-4476

Permeable Reaction Wall Ground water BTEX, Benzene and Toluene        
Air Force Demo Hill AFB, UT

Maj. Mark Smith USAF
Tyndall AFB, FL
(904) 283-6126

"Funnel and Gate" Passive Treatment Wall Ground water          
Site Name/
Contact
Technology/
Vendor
Media Treated Contaminants Treated Operating Parameters Materials Handling Residuals Management Comments
Los Alamos
National Laboratory

Ken Bostick
Mail Stop J495 Organization EES-15
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Passive Treatment Wall Barriers and post-closure
monitoring completion
Ground water         $1.2M cap.
$670K O&M
in FY93

Sources: Innovative Treatment Technologies: Annual Status Report (EPA, Eighth Edition, Nov. 1996). Completed North American Innovative Remediation Technology Demonstration Projects (EPA, Aug.1996)