Lessons learned from a suite of CFB Borden experiments

Ground Water

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 630-648

  Sudicky, E A ^a   Illman, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN FORCES BASE; CLASSICAL THEORY; CONTAMINANT DISPERSION; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FIELD RESEARCH; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LEACHATE PLUMES; NUMERICAL MODELING; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PROCESS-ORIENTED; REACTION PROCESS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH GROUPS; SUBSURFACE MOVEMENT; SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT; TRACER TESTS; UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO; UNSATURATED ZONE;

GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMPURITIES; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REMEDIATION; RESEARCH; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTAMINATION;

GROUND WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHREATIC ZONE; PLUME; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMEDIATION; RESEARCH WORK; SOLUTE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; VADOSE ZONE;

CANADA; REVIEW; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

GROUNDWATER; ONTARIO; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA;

EID: 80052235391     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00843.x     Document Type: Review

References (64)

1. Agertved, J., K. Rugge, J.F. Barker. 1992. Transformation of the herbicides MCPP and atrazine under natural aquifer conditions. Ground Water 30, no. 4: 500-506.
2. Allen-King, R.M., D.P. Divine, M.J.L. Robin, J.R. Alldredge, and D.R. Gaylord. 2006. Spatial distributions of perchloroethylene reactive transport parameters in the Borden Aquifer. Water Resources Research 42: W01413. DOI: 10.1029/2005WR003977.
3. Allen-King, R.M., R.M. Halket, D.R. Gaylord, and M.J.L. Robin. 1998. Characterizing the heterogeneity and correlation of perchloroethene sorption and hydraulic conductivity using a facies-based approach. Water Resources Research 34, no. 3: 385-396.
4. Anderson, E.G. 1977. New groundwater sampler for contaminant plume mapping. Canadian Water Well Journal 1: 37.
5. Barbaro, J.R., and J.F. Barker. 2000. Controlled field study on the use of nitrate and oxygen for bioremediation of a gasoline source zone. Bioremediation Journal 4, no. 4: 259-270.
6. Barbaro, J.R., J.F. Barker, L.A. Lemon, and C.I. Mayfield. 1992. Biotransformation of BTEX under anaerobic, denitrifying conditions-Field and laboratory observations. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 11, no. 3-4: 245-272.
7. Barker, J.F., G.C. Patrick, and D. Major. 1987. Natural attenuation of aromatic hydrocarbons in a shallow sand aquifer. Ground Water Monitoring Review 7, no. 1: 64-71.
8. Bear, J. 1972. Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media, 764. New York, NY: American Elsevier.
9. Berry-Spark, K.L., J.F. Barker, K.T. MacQuarrie, D. Major, C.I. Mayfield, and E.A. Sudicky. 1988. The behaviour of soluble petroleum product-derived hydrocarbons in groundwater. Petroleum Association for the Conservation of the Canadian Environment. PACE Phase III, Report No. 85-3.
10. Brewster, M.L., A.P. Annan, J.P. Greenhouse, B.H. Kueper, G.R. Olhoeft, J.D. Redman, and K.A. Sander. 1995. Observed migration of a controlled DNAPL release by geophysical methods. Ground Water 33, no. 6: 977-987.
11. Brewster, M.L., and A.P. Annan. 1994. Ground-penetrating radar monitoring of a controlled DNAPL release-200 MHz radar. Geophysics 59, no. 8: 1211-1221.
12. Burr, D.T., E.A. Sudicky, and R.L. Naff. 1994. Nonreactive and reactive solute transport in three-dimensional heterogeneous porous media: Mean displacement, plume spreading and uncertainty. Water Resourses Research 30, no. 3: 791-815.
13. Cherry, J.A., G.W. Gillham, E.G. Anderson, and P.E. Johnson. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill-A case study. 2. Groundwater monitoring devices. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 31-49.
14. Curtis, G., P. Roberts, and M. Reihard. 1986. A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer 4. Sorption of organic solutes and its influence on mobility. Water Resourses Research 22, no. 13: 2059-2067.
15. Dagan, G. 1982. Stochastic modeling of groundwater flow by unconditional and conditional probabilities, 2, The solute transport. Water Resoures Research 8, no. 4: 835-848.
16. Dagan, G. 1984. Solute transport in heterogeneous porous formations. The Journal of Fluid Mechanics 145: 151-177.
17. Dance, J.T., and E.J. Reardon. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill-A case study. 5. Cation migration in the dispersion test. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 109-130.
18. Egboka, B.C.E., J.A. Cherry, R.N. Farvolden, and E.O. Frind. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill-A case study. 3. Tritium as an indicator of dispersion and recharge. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 51-80.
19. Farrell, D.A., A.D. Woodbury, E.A. Sudicky, and M.O. Rivett. 1994a. Stochastic and deterministic analysis of dispersion in unsteady-flow at the Borden tracer test site, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 15, no. 3: 159-185.
20. Farrell, D.A., A.D. Woodbury, and E.A. Sudicky. 1994b. The 1978 Borden tracer experiment: Analysis of the spatial moments. Water Resources Research 30, no. 11: 3213-3223.
21. Fraser, M., J.F. Barker, B. Butler, F. Blaine, S. Joseph, and C. Cooke. 2008. Natural attenuation of a plume from an emplaced coal tar creosote source over 14 years. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 100, no. 3-4: 101-115.
22. Freyberg, D.L. 1986. A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer 2. Spatial moments and the advection and dispersion of nonreactive tracers. Water Resources Research 22, no. 13: 2031-2046.
23. Frind, E.O., J.W. Molson, M. Schirmer, and N. Guiguer. 1999. Dissolution and mass transfer of multiple organics under field conditions: The borden emplaced source. Water Resources Research 35, no. 3: 683-694.
24. Frind, E.O., and G.E. Hokkanen. 1987. Simulation of the borden plume using the alternating direction galerkin technique. Water Resources Research 23, no. 5: 918-930.
25. Gelhar, L.W., and C.L. Axness. 1983. Three-dimensional stochastic analysis of macrodispersion in aquifers. Water Resources Research 19, no. 1: 161-180.
26. Gelhar, L.W., A.L. Gutjahr, and R.L. Naff. 1979. Stochastic analysis of macrodispersion in a stratified aquifer. Water Resources Research 15: 1387-1397.
27. Gillham, R.W., M.J.L. Robin, and C.J. Ptacek. 1990. A device for in situ determination of geochemical transport parameters, 1. Retardation. Ground Water 28, no. 5: 666-672.
28. Gillham, R.W., and S.F. O'Hannesin. 1994. Enhanced degradation of halogenated aliphatics by zero-valent iron. Ground Water 32: 958-967.
29. Greenhouse, J.P., and R.D. Harris. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill: A case study 7. DC, VLF, and inductive resistivity surveys. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 177-197.
30. Hubbard, C.E., J.F. Barker, S.F. O'Hannesin, M. VanderGriendt, and R.W. Gillham. 1994. Transport and fate of dissolved methanol and methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, and monoaromatic hydrocarbons in a shallow sand aquifer. American Petroleum Institute Publication No. 4601.
31. King, M.W.G., and J.F. Barker. 1999. Migration and natural fate of a coal tar creosote plume: 1. Overview and plume development. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 39, no. 3-4: 249-279.
32. King, M.W.G., J.F. Barker, J.F. Devlin, and B.J. Butler. 1999. Migration and natural fate of a coal tar creosote plume 2. Mass balance and biodegradation indicators. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 39, no. 3-4: 281-307.
33. Kueper, B.H., D. Redman, R.C. Starr, S. Reitsma, and M. Mah. 1993. A field experiment to studythe behaviour of tetrachloroethylene below the water-table-Spatial distribution of residual and pooled DNAPL. Ground Water 31, no. 5: 756-766.
34. MacFarlane, D.S., J.A. Cherry, R.W. Gillham, and E.A. Sudicky. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill-A case study. 1. Groundwater flow and plume delineation. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 1-29.
35. Mackay, D.M., G. Bianchi-Mosquera, A.A. Kopania, H. Kianjah, and K.W. Thorbjarnarson. 1994. A forced-gradient experiment on solute transport in the Borden aquifer 1. Experimental methods and moment analyses of results. Water Resources Research 30, no. 2: 369-383.
36. Mackay, D.M., D.L. Freyberg, P.V. Roberts, and J.A. Cherry. 1986. A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer 1. Approach and overview of plume movement. Water Resources Research 22, no. 13: 2017-2029.
37. Nicholson, R.V., J.A. Cherry, and E.J. Reardon. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill-A case study. 6. Hydrogeochemistry. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 131-176.
38. O'Hannesin, S.F., and R.W. Gillham. 1998. Long-term performance of an in situ "iron wall" for remediation of VOC's. Ground Water 36, no. 1: 164-170.
39. Pankow, J.F., and J.A. Cherry. 1996. Dense Chlorinated Solvents and other DNAPLs in Ground water: History, Behavior, and Remediation, 522. Portland, Oregon: Waterloo Press.
40. Patrick, G.C. 1986. A natural gradient tracer experiment of dissolved benzene, toluene and xylenes in a shallow sand aquifer. MSc Thesis, University of Waterloo.
41. Poulsen, M.M., and B.H. Kueper. 1992. A field experiment to study the behaviour of tetrachloroethylene in unsaturated porous media. Environmental Science and Technology 26, no. 5: 889-895.
42. Redman, J.D., and A.P. Annan. 1992. Dielectric permittivity monitoring in a sandy aquifer following the controlled release of a DNAPL. In Fourth International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, Rovaniemi, Finland, June 8-13, 1992. 191-195.
43. Ritzi, R.W., Jr, and R.M. Allen-King. 2007. Why did Sudicky [1986] find an exponential-like spatial correlation structure for hydraulic conductivity at the Borden research site? Water Resources Research 43: W01406. DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004935.
44. Rivett, M.O., S.W. Chapman, R.M. Allen-King, S. Feenstra, and J.A. Cherry. 2006. Pump-and-treat remediation of chlorinated solvent contamination at a controlled field-experiment site. Environmental Science and Technology 40, no. 21: 6770-6781.
45. Rivett, M.O., S. Feenstra, and J.A. Cherry. 2001. A controlled field experiment on groundwater contamination by a multicomponent DNAPL: creation of the emplaced-source and overview of dissolved plume development. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 49, no. 1-2: 111-149.
46. Rivett, M.O., S. Feenstra, and J.A. Cherry. 1994. Transport of a dissolved phase plume from a residual solvent source in a sand aquifer. Journal of Hydrology 159, no. 1-4: 27-41.
47. Roberts, P.V., M.N. Goltz, and D.M. Mackay. 1986. A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer 3. Retardation estimates and mass balances for organic solutes. Water Resources Research 22, no. 13: 2047-2058.
48. Sander, K.A., G.R. Olhoeft, and J.E. Lucius. 1992. Surface and borehole radar monitoring of a DNAPL spill in 3D versus frequency, look angle and time. In Symposium on Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Oakbrook, IL, April 26-29, 1992, 455-469.
49. Schirmer, M., B.J. Butler, J.F. Barker, C.D. Church, and K. Schirmer. 1999. Evaluation of biodegradation and dispersion as natural attenuation processes of MTBE and benzene at the Borden field site. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part B-Hydrology, Oceans, and Atmosphere 24, no. 6: 557-560.
50. Schirmer, M., and J.F. Barker. 1998. A study of long-term MTBE attenuation in the Borden aquifer. Ontario, Canada, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation 18, no. 2: 113-122.
51. Schneider, G.W., and J.P. Greenhouse. 1992. Geophysical detection of perchloroethylene in a sandy aquifer using resistivity and nuclear logging technique. In Symposium on Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Oakbrook, IL, April 26-29, 1992, 619-628.
52. Starr, R.C., and J.A. Cherry. 1994. In situ remediation of contaminated groundwater: The funnel-and-gate system. Ground Water 32, no. 3: 465-476.
53. Sudicky, E.A. 1986. A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer: Spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity and its role in the dispersion process. Water Resources Research 22, no. 13: 2069-2082.
54. Sudicky, E.A., J.A. Cherry, and E.O. Frind. 1983. Migration of contaminants in groundwater at a landfill-A case study. 4. A natural gradient dispersion test. Journal of Hydrology 63, no. 1-2: 81-108.
55. Sutton, P.A., and J.F. Barker. 1985. Migration and attenuation of selected organics in a sandy aquifer-A natural gradient experiment. Ground Water 23, no. 1: 10-16.
56. Sykes, J.F., S.B. Pahwa, R.B. Lantz, and D.S. Ward. 1982. Numerical simulation of flow and contaminant migration at an extensively monitored landfill. Water Resources Research 18, no. 6: 1687-1704.
57. Thomson, N.R., E.D. Hood, and G.J. Farquhar. 2007. Permanganate treatment of an emplaced DNAPL source. Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation 27, no. 4: 74-85.
58. Thorbjarnarson, K.W., and D.M. Mackay. 1994a. A forced-gradient experiment on solute transport in the Borden aquifer 2. Transport and dispersion of the conservative tracer. Water Resources Research 30, no. 2: 385-399.
59. Thorbjarnarson, K.W., and D.M. Mackay. 1994b. A forced-gradient experiment on solute transport in the Borden aquifer 3. Nonequilibrium transport of the sorbing organic compounds. Water Resources Research 30, no. 2: 401-419.
60. Tomlinson, D., N.R. Thomson, R.L. Johnson, and D. Redman. 2003. Air distribution in the Borden aquifer during in situ air sparging. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 67, no. 1-4: 113-132.
61. Turcke, M.A., and B.H. Kueper. 1996. Geostatistical analysis of the Borden aquifer hydraulic conductivity field. Journal of Hydrology 178, no. 1-4: 223-240.
62. Unger, A.J.A., P.A. Forsyth, and E.A. Sudicky. 1998. Influence of alternative dissolution models and subsurface heterogeneity on DNAPL disappearance times. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 30: 217-242.
63. Woodbury, A.D., and E.A. Sudicky. 1992. Inversion of the borden tracer experiment data: Investigation of stochastic moment models. Water Resources Research 28, no. 9: 2387-2398.
64. Woodbury, A.D., and E.A. Sudicky. 1991. The geostatistical characteristics of the borden aquifer. Water Resources Research 27, no. 4: 533-546.