Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2022)

Dense non-aqueous phase liquid chlorinated contaminant detected far from the source release area in an aquifer

  • Joseph Rossabi,
  • Dennis G. Jackson,
  • Holly H. Vermeulen,
  • Brian B. Looney

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00556-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Dense non-aqueous phase liquids are transported more than 650 m from the release location and have persisted for more than three decades in an aquifer in South Carolina, according to an in situ field study monitoring contaminant transport in groundwater.