API 4654 : 1997

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1 INTRODUCTION
    1.1 INTRODUCTION
    1.2 BTEX BIODEGRADATION
    1.3 MTBE BIODEGRADATION
    1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
2 SITE DESCRIPTION
    2.1 BACKGROUND
    2.2 GEOLOGICAL SETTING
    2.3 SITE HYDROGEOLOGY
3 ANALYTICAL AND FIELD METHODS
    3.1 MONITORING WELL CONSTRUCTION
    3.2 MONITORING WELL LOCATIONS
    3.3 GROUNDWATER SAMPLING
    3.4 LABORATORY ANALYTICAL METHODS
4 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF BTEX AND INDICATOR PARAMETERS
    4.1 GEOCHEMICAL INDICATOR PARAMETERS
    4.2 VARIATION OF BTEX WITH TIME
    4.3 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CHLORIDE,
          OXYGEN, NITRATE AND INORGANIC CARBON
    4.4 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MTBE
          AND BTEX
    4.5 DISCUSSION OF FIELD MONITORING RESULTS
5 MASS FLUX ESTIMATION OF CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION RATES
    5.1 MASS FLUX ESTIMATION
    5.2 VARIATION IN MTBE AND BTEX MASS FLUX WITH TIME
    5.3 VARIATION IN MTBE AND BTEX MASS FLUX WITH DISTANCE
    5.4 DISCUSSION OF MASS FLUX RESULTS
6 MODELING STUDIES
    6.1 MODEL DESCRIPTIONS
    6.2 SIMULATION OF MTBE TRANSPORT AND BIODEGRADATION
          6.2.1 BIOPLUME II Results
          6.2.2 3-D Analytical Solution Results
          6.2.3 Comparison of MTBE Simulation Results Using
                  Bioplume II And The 3-D Analytical Solution
    6.3 SIMULATION OF BTEX TRANSPORT AND BIODEGRADATION
          6.3.1 BIOPLUME II Results for Total BTEX
          6.3.2 3-D Analytical Solution Results For
                  Total BTEX and Individual Compounds
    6.4 MODEL COMPARISON
7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
    REFERENCES
APPENDICES
    A. HYDROGEOLOGIC DATA
    B. FIELD SAMPLING DATA
    C. MODELING WITH BIOPLUME II
    D MODELING WITH THE ANALYTICAL SOLUTION

Abstract

Studies the effectiveness of intrinsic bioremediation to control BTEX and MTBE released from a gasoline spill.

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Document Type	Standard
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Publisher	American Petroleum Institute
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