Probabilistic approach to estimating indoor air concentrations of chlorinated volatile organic compounds from contaminated groundwater: A case study in San Antonio, Texas

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1007-1013

  Johnston, Jill E ^a   Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE BASE; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; ETTINGER ALGORITHM; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN VALUES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SAN ANTONIO; SCREENING LEVEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHOLORETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINEB;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDOOR AIR; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOME; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TEXAS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SAN ANTONIO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79851481934     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102099h     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Klepeis, N. E. ; Nelson, W. C. ; Ott, W. R. ; Robinson, J. P. ; Tsang, A. M. ; Switzer, P. ; Behar, J. V. ; Hern, S. C. ; Engelmann, W. H. The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): A resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants. J Exposure Anal. Environ. Epidemiol. 2001, 11, 231-252. (Pubitemid 32701612)
2. Schuver, H. Intrusion: Risks and Challenges. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 2007, 6-9.
3. Renner, R. A case of the vapors. Sci. Am. 2002, 287, 27.
4. EerNisse, P. A. ; Steinmacher, S. J. ; Mehraban, T. ; Case, J. D. ; Hanover, R. Vapor intrusion mitigation system efficacy in residential communities surrounding Hill Air Force Base, Utah. 2009.
5. Folkes, D. ; Wertz, W. ; Kurtz, J. ; Kuehster, T. Observed spatial and temporal distributions of CVOCs at Colorado and New York vapor intrusion sites. Ground Water Monit. Rem. 2009, 29, 70-80.
6. McDonald, G. J. ; Wertz, W. E. PCE, TCE, and TCA vapors in subslab soil gas and indoor air: A case study in upstate New York. Ground Water Monit. Rem. 2007, 27, 86-92. (Pubitemid 350150850)
7. Kliest, J. Relationship between soil contaminated with volatile organic compounds and indoor air pollution. Environ. Int. 1989, 15, 419.
8. Little, J. C. ; Daisey, J. M. ; Nazaroff, W. W. Transport of subsurface contaminants into buildings. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1992, 26, 2058-2066.
9. Ferguson, C. ; Krylov, V. ; McGrath, P. Contamination of indoor air by toxic soil vapours: A screening risk assessment model. Build. Environ. 1995, 30, 375-383.
10. Provoost, J. ; Reijnders, L. ; Swartjes, F. ; Bronders, J. ; Seuntjens, P. ; Lijzen, J. Accuracy of seven vapour intrusion algorithms for VOC in groundwater. J. Soils Sed. 2009, 9, 62-73.
11. Johnson, P. C. ; Ettinger, R. A. Heuristic model for predicting the intrusion rate of contaminant vapors into buildings. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1991, 25, 1445-1452.
12. Johnson, P. C. Identification of critical parameters for the Johnson and Ettinger (1991) Vapor Intrusion Model. Am. Pet. Inst. Tech. Bull. 2002, 17-38.
13. Hers, I. ; Zapf-Gilje, R. Evaluation of the Johnson and Ettinger model for prediction of indoor air quality. Ground Water Monit. Rem. 2003, 23, 119-133. (Pubitemid 36619103)
14. Hers, I. ; Zapf-Gilje, R. ; Evans, D. ; Li, L. Comparison, validation, and use of models for predicting indoor air quality from soil and groundwater contamination. Soil Sediment Contam. 2002, 11, 491-527. (Pubitemid 41632305)
15. Schreuder, W. A. Uncertainty Approach to the Johnson and Ettinger Vapor Intrusion Model. : Principia Mathematica: Lakewood, CO, 2006.
16. Fitzpatrick, N. A. ; Fitzgerald, J. J. An evaluation of vapor intrusion into buildings through a study of field data. Soil Sediment Contam. 2002, 11, 603-623. (Pubitemid 41632309)
17. Mills, W. B. ; Liu, S. ; Rigby, M. C. ; Brenners, D. Time-variable simulation of soil vapor intrusion into a building with a combined crawl space and basement. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 4993-5001. (Pubitemid 47121098)
18. Mittal, A. K. Groundwater Contamination: DOD Uses and Develops a Range of Remediation Technologies to Cleanup Military Sites. ; U. S. General Office of Accountability: Washington, DC, 2005.
19. Installation Restoration Program: Phase II Stage 1 Field Evaluation, Kelly AFB, Texas: Radian Corp.: Texas, 1984.
20. Christakos, G. ; Bogaert, P. ; Serre, M. L. Temporal GIS:Advanced Functions for Field-Based Applications. : Springer: New York, 2001.
21. Meng, Q. Y. ; Turpin, B. J. ; Korn, L. ; Weisel, C. P. ; Morandi, M. ; Colome, S. ; Zhang, J. ; Stock, T. ; Spektor, D. ; Winer, A. Influence of ambient (outdoor) sources on residential indoor and personal PM2. 5 concentrations: analyses of RIOPA data. J. Exposure Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 2004, 15, 17-28. (Pubitemid 40170980)
22. Yamamoto, N. ; Shendell, D. G. ; Winer, A. M. ; Zhang, J. J. Residential air exchange rates in three major US metropolitan areas: Results from the RIOPA Study 1999-2001. Indoor Air 2009, 20, 85-90.
23. Johnson, P. C. Identification of application-specific critical inputs for the 1991 Johnson and Ettinger vapor intrusion algorithm. Ground Water Monit. Remediat. 2005, 25, 63-78. (Pubitemid 41623361)
24. Charbotel, B. ; Fevotte, J. ; Hours, M. ; Martin, J. L. ; Bergeret, A. Case-control study on renal cell cancer and occupational exposure to trichloroethylene. Part II: Epidemiological aspects. Ann. Occup. Hyg. 2006, 50, 777-87. (Pubitemid 44862717)
25. Pennell, K. G. ; Bozkurt, O. ; Suuberg, E. M. Development and application of a three-dimensional finite element vapor intrusion model. J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 2009, 59, 447-460.
26. Tillman, F. D. ; Weaver, J. W. Uncertainty from synergistic effects of multiple parameters in the Johnson and Ettinger (1991) vapor intrusion model. Atmos. Environ. 2006, 40, 4098-112. (Pubitemid 43903333)
27. Carsel, R. F. ; Parrish, R. S. Developing joint probability distributions of soil water retention characteristics. Water Resour. Res. 1988, 24, 755-769. (Pubitemid 19296354)
28. Final Semiannual Compliance Plan Report: January through June 2007, Former Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX.; HydroGeoLogic, Inc.: San Antonio, TX, 2007.
29. Garbesi, K. ; Sextro, R. G. Modeling and field evidence of pressure- driven entry of soil gas into a house through permeable below- grade walls. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1989, 23, 1481-1487. (Pubitemid 20037880)
30. Chan, W. R. ; Nazaroff, W. W. ; Price, P. N. ; Sohn, M. D. ; Gadgil, A. J. Analyzing a database of residential air leakage in the United States. Atmos. Environ. 2005, 39, 3445-3455. (Pubitemid 40824848)
31. Hers, I. ; Zapf-Gilje, R. ; Li, L. ; Atwater, J. The use of indoor air measurements to evaluate intrusion of subsurface VOC vapors into buildings. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 2001, 51, 1318-1331. (Pubitemid 32847870)
32. McHugh, T. ; Connor, J. ; Ahmad, F. An empirical analysis of the groundwater-to-indoor-air exposure pathway: The role of background concentrations in indoor air. Environ. Forensics 2004, 5, 33-4.
33. Fischer, D. ; Uchrin, C. G. Laboratory simulation of VOC entry into residence basements from soil gas. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1996, 30, 2598-2603.
34. Johnson, P. ; Ettinger, R. ; Kurtz J. ; Bryan, R. ; Kester, J. Migration of soil gas vapors to indoor air: determining vapor attenuation factors using a screening-level model and field data from the CDOT-MTL Denver, Colorado site. Am. Pet. Inst. Bull. 16, 2002.
35. Sanders, P. F. ; Hers, I. Vapor intrusion in homes over gasoline- contaminated ground water in Stafford, New Jersey. Ground Water Monit. Remedial 2006, 26, 63-72.
36. Johnson, P. ; Ettinger, R. ; Kurtz, J. ; Bryan, R. ; Kester, J. Empirical assessment of ground water-to-indoor air attenuation factors for the CDOT-MTL Denver Site. Ground Water Monit. Rem. 2009, 29, 153-159.
37. US Environmental Protection Agency. U. S. EPA's Vapor Intrusion Database: Preliminary Evaluation of Attenuation Factors, Draft; U. S. Environmental Protection Agency: Washington, DC, 2008.