Issue Index, Underground Tank Technology Update

Issue Index: 1998 to 2006

Articles from Vol. 12-20 available in full-text portable document format (pdf)*.

   • 2006, Volume 20
   • 2005, Volume 19
   • 2004, Volume 18
   • 2003, Volume 17
   • 2002, Volume 16
   • 2001, Volume 15
   • 2000, Volume 14
   • 1999, Volume 13
   • 1998, Volume 12

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2006, Volume 20

Vol. 20, No. 6   

  • Leak detection for long-distance pipelines
  • Soil remediation time to clean-up
  • Determining naturally occurring MTBE biodegradation
  • Bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in plant shoot tissues
  • Monitoring subsurface microbial ecology in a contaminated aquifer
  • Research notes

Vol. 20, No. 5   

  • Effects of high sediment on biodegradation
  • Direct-push tools for predicting MTBE plume diving
  • Thermally enhanced bioremediation
  • Gasoline vapor intrusion in homes
  • Evaporation and biodegradation in Antarctica
  • Research notes

Vol. 20, No. 4   

  • Diesel concentration's influence on phenanthrene fate
  • Shop-fabricated secondary containment steel storage tanks
  • Optimizing unconfined aquifer remediation
  • Building trouble-free underground tank systems
  • In situ BTEX biotransformation
  • Research notes - interactive ground water; evaluating pumping tests

Vol. 20, No. 3   

  • Anaerobic MTBE biodegradation
  • Ethanol: the new oxygenate
  • DNAPL co-solvent recovery
  • Human health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
  • Petroleum fractions-contamination
  • Calculating petroleum hydrocarbon plume growth
  • Reader forum

Vol. 20, No. 2   

  • Using push-pull tests to measure degradation via phytoremediation
  • Energy Policy 2005-The Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act
  • Biodegradation, mineral weathering and conductivity
  • Humic acid toxicity in PAH-contaminated soil
  • MTBE and TBA sorption to synthetic resins
  • Economics of combination contaminant plume management
  • Research notes

Vol. 20, No. 1   

  • Plant lipids influence on aromatic solutes sorption
  • MTBE contamination of public and private wells
  • Pulsed air sparging for remediation
  • BTEX diffusion and sorption
  • Bioscrubber treatment of contaminated gas stream
  • Two-dimensional isotope analysis for MTBE biodegradation

2005, Volume 19

Vol. 19, No. 6   

  • Review of stable isotope work
  • Using 14C analysis to determine carbon sources
  • Effect of benzene on bacterial diversity and structure
  • Biosolid, carbon supplementation and MNA comparison
  • Impacts of TBA on groundwater from small releases of ethanol-blended gasoline at UST sites
  • Vapor transport of oxygenated gasoline to indoor air associated with small releases at UST sites
  • The City of Los Angeles Former Gas Station Sites Program, part VI
  • Research notes

Vol. 19, No. 5   

  • Anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX and ethanol
  • Modeling small-volume releases of ethanol
  • Material delivery
  • PAH biodegradation in river sediments
  • Humic acids in soil remediation
  • The City of Los Angeles Former Gas Station Sites Program, part V
  • Research notes

Vol. 19, No. 4   

  • A composite plume approach
  • Earthworm bioassay for assessing soil ecotoxicity
  • MTBE toxicity testing for plants
  • Modeling: BTEX vs. benzene
  • Hydrocarbon biosurfactants
  • TDR detection of organics in sandy soils
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 19, No. 3   

  • Heavy metal influence on bioremediation
  • Comparison of MTBE and VOC risk in California
  • Oxygen-enhanced bioremediation in a gasoline-contaminated aquifer
  • Ryegrass and alfalfa effect on soil microbe population
  • Potential use of stable isotope probing for bioremediation
  • Relationship between iron bioavailability and dissolved hydrogen concentrations
  • The City of Los Angeles Former Gas Station Sites Program, part 4
  • Research notes

Vol. 19, No. 2   

  • EDB contamination from leaded gasoline
  • Natural attenuation models and protocols
  • MTBE and TBA degradation
  • MTBE hydrolysis to form TBA
  • The City of Los Angeles Former Gas Station Sites Program, part 3
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 19, No. 1   

  • Bioventing results from a gasoline-ethanol-contaminated soil
  • Spatial heterogeneity study
  • The electron acceptor Fe(III)
  • The City of Los Angeles Former Gas Station Sites Program, part 2
  • Research notes

2004, Volume 18

Vol. 18, No. 6   

  • MTBE treatment by air stripping, carbon adsorption and advanced oxidation
  • Aboveground treatment of contaminated water
  • In-situ sequenced bioremediation
  • The City of Los Angeles Former Gas Station Sites Program, part 1
  • Research notes
  • Information sources
  • MTBE and TBA maps

Vol. 18, No. 5   

  • Arizona groundwater study
  • Remediation considerations
  • Research on Fenton's oxidation of MTBE
  • Active biotreatment of PAHs
  • Life cycle assessments of fuels
  • Can tanks be too old to upgrade?
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 18, No. 4   

  • Limitations of TPH analysis
  • Benzene biodegradation
  • Bioremediation monitoring with a catabolic gene probe
  • Designing an earthquake-proof storage system at the airport in the bay
  • Research notes

Vol. 18, No. 3   

  • Hydrocarbon biostimulation and bioaugmentation
  • Fractured rock characterization and monitoring techniques
  • Protecting fueling systems from natural disasters
  • MTBE history, usage, sources and treatment
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 18, No. 2   

  • Characteristics of bioremedial compounds
  • Modeling LNAPL
  • UST testing, part 3
  • Portable device for tightness testing
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 18, No. 1   

  • Delaware's experience with tertiary-butyl alcohol
  • Gasoline releases
  • Review of MTBE bioremediation
  • UST testing, part 2
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

2003, Volume 17

Vol. 17, No. 6   

  • UST legislation update
  • Effect of ethanol on remediation performance
  • Gasohol infiltration and spreading
  • Another study of ethanol infiltration
  • Evaluating MTBE attenuation using natural gradient tracers
  • Benzene, toluene and ethanol plume lengths
  • Ethanol's effect on hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria
  • Research notes

Vol. 17, No. 5   

  • Geochemical plume evolution
  • Borden plume revisited
  • Identifying MTBE biodegradation in groundwater with carbon isotopes
  • First-order rate constants for monitored natural attenuation studies
  • UST testing, part 1
  • Research notes/Information sources

Vol. 17, No. 4   

  • MTBE and TBA health risks
  • Direct-push vs. monitoring well comparison study
  • Crude oil bioremediation field and modeling study
  • Diffusive oxygen emitters
  • Accuracy and reliability of Kow and Sw
  • Information sources

Vol. 17, No. 3   

  • Natural attenuation monitoring programs
  • Understanding natural attenuation of MTBE plumes
  • Natural attenuation study of BTEX
  • Groundwater velocity effect on biodegradation
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 17, No. 2   

  • Experiences with pump-and-treat
  • An innovative horizontal/vertical well
  • MTBE degradation and intermediates formed by Fenton's reagent
  • Natural attenuation rate clarifications: the devil's in the details
  • Treating MTBE and TAME with aluminum oxidation
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 17, No. 1   

  • Ethanol modeling
  • Contaminated soils management
  • Biodegradation information from hydrogen isotopes
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

2002, Volume 16

Vol. 16, No. 6   

  • The benefits of in-situ biodegradation vs. monitored natural attenuation
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Integrity assurance program for USTs
  • Mass balance of terminal electron acceptors
  • Research notes and information sources

Vol. 16, No. 5   

  • Smart pump-and-treat for MTBE remediation
  • Quantifying microbial sulfate reduction using push-pull tests and isotope analyses
  • Horizontal well basics
  • Controlling galvanic corrosion in soil, part III
  • Research notes; information sources

Vol. 16, No. 4   

  • MTBE field pilot test using HRCTM
  • Applying the precautionary principle to gasoline additives
  • Controlling galvanic corrosion in soil, part 2
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 16, No. 3   

  • MTBE odor study
  • MNA considerations
  • Plume management using barriers and MNA
  • Controlling galvanic corrosion in soil, part 1
  • Research notes

Vol. 16, No. 2   

  • Microsparging MTBE-contaminated plumes
  • Natural attenuation of toluene in a shallow aquifer
  • MTBE and TBA anaerobic degradation
  • Corrosion and corrosion control
  • Research notes and information sources

Vol. 16, No. 1   

  • MTBE plume behavior
  • Private water wells at risk
  • Oxygenated gasoline dissolution
  • Evaluating indoor air vapors
  • Leak detection evaluation listing
  • Research notes and information sources

2001, Volume 15

Vol. 15, No. 6   

  • Degradation of BTEX and MTBE in an MTBE-degrading culture
  • MTBE degradation in sediments
  • Field and laboratory study of MTBE phytoremediation
  • Ethanol-blended gasoline benefits and concerns
  • Research notes and information sources

Vol. 15, No. 5   

  • Passive diffusion samplers
  • Diffusion sampler test in 15 observation wells
  • Comparison of PVD and PDB diffusion samplers
  • Field study of USGS and DMLSTM diffusion samplers and cost comparison
  • Diffusion sampling, purge sampling, flowmeter testing and geophysical logging
  • Limitations of diffusion samplers
  • Additional papers and information sources

Vol. 15, No. 4   

  • Understanding redox zones
  • Ozonation of petroleum-contaminated groundwater
  • Partitioning tracer tests
  • Innovative partition, interfacial and biogeochemical tracers
  • VOCs from a parking lot
  • Information sources

Vol. 15, No. 3   

  • Greenhouse gases, vehicle emissions and innovative vehicles
  • Detailed geochemical study of hydrocarbon bioremediation
  • Success of pump-and-treat in heterogeneous geologies
  • MTBE treatment by UV/H202
  • Oxygen-release compounds
  • Information sources

Vol. 15, No. 2   

  • Natural attenuation assessment by the NRC
  • Benzene removal using air sparging
  • Vertical profiles of hydraulic conductivity
  • Phytoremediation basics
  • Plant-based remediation of MTBE and other compounds in gasoline
  • Research notes

Vol. 15, No. 1   

  • Genetically engineered microorganisms
  • GEMs field study
  • Potential MTBE treatment technologies
  • UST management and operation problems
  • Research notes and information sources

2000, Volume 14

Vol. 14, No. 6   

  • Pulsing operation in air sparging
  • MTBE summary and cost comparison
  • MTBE sorbents
  • Research notes
  • Information sources

Vol. 14, No. 5   

  • Potential impact of MTBE on community water supply wells
  • Monitoring biodegradation with carbon isotopes
  • Enrichment, isolation and identification of MTBE-degrading bacteria
  • Spatial electron acceptor variability in a shallow aquifer
  • UST design/installation factors
  • Information sources

Vol. 14, No. 4   

Special issue on ethanol:

  • Background on ethanol
  • Ethanol and BTEX biodegradation
  • Ethanol influence on gasoline movement
  • Ethanol detection methods
  • Ethanol study conclusions

Vol. 14, No. 3   

  • MTBE vapor treatment in a biotrickling filter
  • Horizontal wells
  • Research notes and information sources

Vol. 14, No. 2   

  • Four MTBE treatment technologies
  • Effects of ORCR on MTBE degradation
  • MTBE mineralization and biodegradation
  • The view from U.S. EPA: UST system performance evaluation
  • Research notes and information sources

Vol. 14, No. 1   

  • Evaluating natural attenuation of MTBE
  • Quantifying effective vapor-phase diffusion coefficients
  • Air sparging patterns
  • Ethanol as a substitute for MTBE
  • Research notes and information sources

1999, Volume 13

Vol. 13, No. 6   

  • MTBE biodegradation and BC–1\Engineered in-situ MTBE biodegradation
  • MTBE biodegradation in biofilters
  • Variability in BTEX plume biodegradation
  • EPA’s monitored natural attenuation directive 9200.4-17P
  • Research notes
  • State symposium on MTBE and fuel oxygenates

Vol. 13, No. 5   

  • Risk assessment and management frameworks
  • Low-level and synergistic chemical exposure
  • New ASTM/OUST guidance
  • Aquatic risk assessment
  • Iron and sulfate mineralogical analyses for natural attenuation studies
  • Information sources
  • The view from U.S. EPA: program direction for 1999 and beyond

Vol. 13, No. 4   

  • General information on MTBE
  • The Borden MTBE plume study
  • MTBE study at the U.S.G.S. site in South Carolina
  • MTBE/BTEX plume evolution as determined by three sampling events
  • Diving plume in Kansas
  • Human health effects of MTBE
  • MTBE biodegradation studies
  • Summary of MTBE remediation technologies
  • Selected annotated references on MTBE

Vol. 13, No. 3   

  • Large-scale spatial trends in hydraulic conductivity
  • Land treatment of contaminated soils and sludge
  • Petroleum hydrocarbon fingerprinting
  • Recommendations concerning California’s drinking water
  • Inspector’s guide for impressed current CP systems: checklist, part 4
  • Information sources

Vol. 13, No. 2   

  • Biobarrier formed by biostimulation
  • Economic value of groundwater
  • Sensitivity analysis of parameters used for predicting hydrocarbon plume biodegradation
  • Inspector's guide for impressed current CP systems: checklist, part 3
  • Information sources

Vol. 13, No. 1   

Special Issue on Aquifer Testing Methods:

  • Slug tests
  • Slug test design
  • Pumping tests
  • Aquifer testing
  • Definitions of common hydrogeological terms
  • References on aquifer testing methods
  • Information sources
  • The view from U.S. EPA: December 1998 deadline for USTs

1998, Volume 12

Vol. 12, No. 6   

  • Strategy for risk-based management of TPH
  • Massachusetts’ VPH/EPH approach
  • Washington state’s interim policy on TPH fractions
  • Fate and transport considerations of TPH fractions
  • Information sources

Vol. 12, No. 5   

  • Oxygen-enhanced biodegradation
  • Field testing of a permeable reactive zone
  • Inspector’s guide for impressed current CP systems: checklist, part 2
  • RBCA implementation case study: Idaho
  • MTBE impacts on California’s groundwater resources
  • Information sources

Vol. 12, No. 4   

  • BTEX biofiltration
  • Predicting contaminant migration using assimilative capacity, Peclet and Damkoler numbers
  • Guidelines for using Fenton’s reagent at remedial sites
  • Inspector’s guide for impressed-current CP systems: checklist, part 1
  • 1998 national RNA survey spreadsheet
  • Information sources

Vol. 12, No. 3   

  • Discussion of bioremediation terms
  • Engineered microbe effectiveness, bioaugmentation in lab vs. field, and transgenic microorganisms
  • Acceptable hydrocarbon concentrations in soil
  • History of bioremediation references
  • 1998 national RNA survey

Vol. 12, No. 2   

Special Issue on Monitored Natural Attenuation:

  • Laboratory study of BTEX biodegradation
  • Field and laboratory studies of nitrate-enhanced bioremediation
  • Four critical considerations in assessing contaminated groundwater plumes
  • The view from U.S. EPA: MNA directive

Vol. 12, No. 1   

Special Issue on Karst Terranes:

  • Karst aquifers
  • Chemical transport in karst terranes
  • Inspector’s guide for sacrificial-anode-type cathodic protection—Checklist: part 3
  • E-mail forum: Oklahoma’s RBCA
  • Information sources
  • The view from U.S. EPA: pay-for-performance cleanup agreements