• Efficiency Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Plant and Groundwater Level by Pump and Treat Technology Applied for Petroleum Contaminated Site
  • Cho, Chang-Hwan;Kim, Joon-Ho;Park, Min-Kyu;Kim, Tae-Hyung;Choi, Yoen-Soo;Choi, Sang-Il;
  • Department of Soil and Groundwater, Korea Environ. Corp.;Department of Soil and Groundwater, Korea Environ. Corp.;Department of Soil and Groundwater, Korea Environ. Corp.;Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University;Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University;Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University;
  • 유류오염 지하수 정화를 위한 양수처리법 적용시 지하수위 변화 및 수처리장치의 효율평가
  • 조장환;김준호;박민규;김태형;최연수;최상일;
  • 한국환경공단 토양지하수처;한국환경공단 토양지하수처;한국환경공단 토양지하수처;광운대학교 환경공학과;광운대학교 환경공학과;광운대학교 환경공학과;
Abstract
This study was performed to evaluate the applicability of pump and treat technology as well as to identify the changes of groundwater level by continuous pumping at the petroleum contaminated site. A total of 9 monitoring wells were installed at the site and the contaminant concentrations, TPH, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene, of groundwater were measured. With the results of the groundwater monitoring, a total of 9 wells were set up for pumping contaminated groundwater in 3 locations. The waste water treatment facility with a capacity of $10m^3/hr$ was installed in the site and operated for about 1 year. The concentrations of the contaminated groundwater from the 3 pumping wells were exceeded groundwater regulation for benzene and TPH. However, the effluent concentration of benzene and TPH was under the regulation showing the maximum level of 0.011 mg/L and 1.2 mg/L during the operation periods. Groundwater levels were decreased by continuous pumping and those were not recovered during the operation period. Groundwater levels of PW-1,2, PW-3,4,5,6 and PW-7,8,9 were decreased about 5 m, 0.7 m, 2 m, respectively. The hydraulic conductivity (K) of the region of PW-1,2, PW-3,4,5,6 and PW-7,8,9 was estimated to be $6.143{\times}10^{-5}cm/sec$, $2.675{\times}10^{-5}cm/sec$, $1.198{\times}10^{-4}cm/sec$. Groundwater level was seemed to be affected not by hydraulic conductivity but by morphological effect. These results show that the pump and treat technology has high applicability for the restoration of petroleum contaminated groundwater but needs continuous monitoring to prevent rapid groundwater drawdown.

Keywords: Pump and treat;Groundwater level;Petroleum contaminated site;Waste water treatment facility;Pumping well;

This Article

  • 2014; 19(3): 33-38

    Published on Jun 30, 2014

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2014.19.3.033
  • Received on Feb 12, 2014
  • Revised on May 16, 2014
  • Accepted on May 21, 2014

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