Enviro nme ntal Manage me nt
US Army Enviro nme ntal Ce nte r, MD, USA
R. M ark Bricka
US Army Engine e rs, Wate rways Expe rime nt Statio n, Vic ksburg, USA
Martin A. WIlls, Jo hn C. Hale y, Ge ne L. Fabian and
R. Mark Bric ka
Ele c tro kine tic re me diatio n o f me tals-c o ntaminate d se dime nts: a te c hno lo gy de mo nstratio n invo lving fo rme r waste lago o ns Enviro nme ntal Manage me nt and He alth
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CONCEPTION SANTA
BARBARA VENTURA
SIMI VALLEY
OXNARD PORT HUENEME
THOUSAND OAKS
HOLLYWOOD
LOS ANGELES
LONG BEACH
SAN NICOLAS ISLAND CHANNEL ISLAND
MODIFIED FROM ERTEC, 1991
SCALES IN MILES
0 15 30
NAWS POINT MUGU
California
154
101 101
150 33
125 118
405 125
5
14
210
10
5
405 10 210 Santa Clara River
101
1 Figure 1
NAWS po int Mugu re gio nal lo c atio n map
Figure 2
Martin A. WIlls, Jo hn C. Hale y,
Enviro nme ntal c o nside ratio ns
Martin A. WIlls, Jo hn C. Hale y, Ge ne L. Fabian and
R. Mark Bric ka
Ele c tro kine tic re me diatio n o f me tals-c o ntaminate d se dime nts: a te c hno lo gy de mo nstratio n invo lving fo rme r waste lago o ns Enviro nme ntal Manage me nt and He alth
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t h e TC # 1 b ou n d a r ies w ill t h e E K sy s t em in TC # 2 b e s t a r t ed .
Gr ou n dw a t er a n d p er iod ic soil sa m p les w ill b e t a k en t o eva lu a t e t h e dy n a m ics of t h e t ech n ology p r ocess. Cu r r en t ly, gr ou n dw a t er s a m -p lin g even t s w ill occu r t w ice m on t h ly for fi ve m on t h s ; s oil sa m p les a r e s ch ed u led for on e p er m on t h t h r ou gh ou t t h e life of t h e t ech n ol-ogy d em on st r a t ion . Gr ou n dw a t er s a m p les w ill b e t a k en fr om t h e t h r ee d ow n gr a d ien t w ells in s t a lled d u r in g t h e ch a r a ct er iza t ion p h a s e of t h e p r oject , a n d fr om t h e on e
exist in g u p gr a d ien t w ell loca t ed n or t h of Bea ch Roa d (F igu r e 5). P ie zom et er s w ill b e in st a lled in t h e w a st e la goon s t o m on it or t h e p er for m a n ce of t h e t ech n ology ; p ie zom et er s w ill a lso b e p la ced ou t s id e of t h e b a r r ier w a ll t o d et ect b r ea k t h r ou gh of t a r get com p ou n d s.
Conclusions
Sin ce t h e t ech n ology h a s yet t o b e d em on -st r a t ed a t NAWS P oin t Mu gu , r esu lt s a n d con clu sion s a r e n ot ava ila ble. H ow ever, t h e
Po we r Supply
Efflue nt Co lle c tio n
Ele c tro de We lls Ele c tric Transpo rt o f Co ntaminants Enhanc e d
by Applic atio n o f No n-Unifo rm Ele c tric Fie ld Figure 4
Syste m illustratio n
Tidal Marsh
Mud Flat
Slop e Te st
Ce ll 1
Hard Stand
Be ac h Ro ad
Tida
lC reek Figure 5
Martin A. WIlls, Jo hn C. Hale y, Ge ne L. Fabian and
R. Mark Bric ka
Ele c tro kine tic re me diatio n o f me tals-c o ntaminate d se dime nts: a te c hno lo gy de mo nstratio n invo lving fo rme r waste lago o ns Enviro nme ntal Manage me nt and He alth
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ob ject ives of t h e d em on st r a t ion for t h e t ech -n ology d em o-n st r a t io-n a t NAWS P oi-n t M u gu w ill b e a s follow s :
• t o d em on st r a t e t h e effect iven es s of t h e E K t ech n ology in r ed u cin g ch r om iu m a n d ca d m iu m con cen t r a t ion s a t or b elow m a n -d a t e-d Ca lifor n ia levels;
• t o d ocu m en t t h e t ech n ology ’s p er for m a n ce effect iven ess in r em ov in g con t a m in a n t s in a n en v ir on m en t a lly h os t ile s et t in g; • t o collect d a t a a n d est a blis h t h e cost
-effec-t iven es s of a n em er gin g -effec-t ech n ology ; a n d • t o t es t t h e t ech n ology in a n en v ir on m en
-t a lly s en si-t ive a r ea .
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