| Abstract: | Ground water in the east-central part of Graces Quarters, a former open-air chemical-agent test facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds. The U.S. Geological Survey‘s finite- difference model was used to help understand ground-water flow and simulate the effects of alternative remedial actions to clean up the ground water. Scenarios to simulate unstressed conditions and three extraction well con- figurations were used to compare alternative remedial actions on the contaminant plume. The scenarios indicate that contaminants could migrate from their present location to wetland areas within 10 years under unstressed conditions. Pumping 7 gal/min (gallons per minute) from one well upgradient of the plume will not result in containment or removal of the highest contaminant concentrations. Pumping 7 gal/min from three wells along the central axis of the plume should result in containment and removal of dissolved contami- nants, as should pumping 7 gal/min from three wells at the leading edge of the plume while injecting 7 gal/min back into an upgradient well. |
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| ProdID: | 30089 |
| Citation Author: | Tenbus, F. J.; Fleck, W. B. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 31 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 96-4044 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground-water flow and the potential effects of remediation at Graces Quarters, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; 1996; WRI; 96-4044; Tenbus, F. J.; Fleck, W. B. |
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| Text: | Ground-water flow and the potential effects of remediation at Graces Quarters, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; 1996; WRI; 96-4044; Tenbus, F. J.; Fleck, W. B. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1996/4044/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1996/4044/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Dec 1996 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
