title: Impact of ISCO Treatment on PFAA Co-Contaminants at a Former Fire Training Area.
abstract: The effects of an in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) treatment aimed predominantly at remediation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (cVOCs) and perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) co-contaminants were investigated. Soil and groundwater samples were collected before and after an ISCO pilot-scale field test of a peroxone activated persulfate (OxyZone) technology. Statistically significant decreases in PFAA groundwater concentrations were observed in post-treatment samples. Reductions in PFAA aqueous phase concentrations were also supported by decreases in soil concentrations. Importantly, there was no evidence for increased aqueous PFAA concentrations due to mobilization from soil or conversion of precursors into PFAAs. As indicated by chloride data from inside and outside the treatment zone, displacement and/or dilution could not explain the observed decrease in PFAA concentration. Also, relatively constant pH values, due to using a buffered oxidant solution, did not support increased PFAA removal via soil sorption. Overall, the use of peroxone activated persulfate to treat cVOCs had no discernible negative impacts on PFAA co-contaminants at the Site. Rather, the data suggest that PFAA concentrations decreased due to ISCO treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 United States.
authors.forename: Dylan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eberle
authors.affiliation: EnChem Engineering Inc. , Newton, Massachusetts 02458 United States.
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.affiliation: Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 United States.|Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode Island 02881 United States.
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2888-9396
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Boving
mesh_terms: D060587:Groundwater / Q000737:chemistry*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
chemical_list: D016877:Oxidants; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical