title: Environmental assessment of a site contaminated by organic compounds.
abstract: This paper presents a study on environmental assessment of an abandoned industrial area located in central Italy. Main production was refractory materials and compounds for treatment of industrial wastewater. The present work deals with a methodology for development of a sound sampling design, chemical characterization of soil samples, definition of the degree of site contamination according to law limits and evaluation of the fate and transport of contaminants by EPA simulation model (VLEACH 2.2a). Results indicate that toxic compounds (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and plasticizers) are uniformly distributed in the contaminated site and only in one sampling point their concentrations exceed law limits. Modeling results confirm that contaminants migration to groundwater can be excluded, addressing for a site remediation limited to the surface layer.
authors.affiliation: ISPESL, Dipartimento Insediamenti Produttivi ed Interazione con l'Ambiente, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monteporzio Catone, RM, Italy. riccardi.c@tiscalinet.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riccardi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Basilio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gariazzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villarini
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D007221:Industry; D010968:Plasticizers / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D010968:Plasticizers; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014873:Water Pollutants