Case Studies
Rapid Response and Remediation for Gasoline Pipeline Release: Ohio River, KY
The situation: An undetected breach in an underground gasoline pipeline resulted in the release of more than 200,000 gallons of gasoline to a shallow aquifer. Dispersion of the gasoline plume was resulting in seepage of gasoline to the nearby Ohio River, a major waterway under U.S. Coast Guard jurisdiction. In addition, a deeper aquifer used by the local municipality as the public water supply for approximately 100,000 customers was under threat of groundwater contamination from the gasoline release. . .
Swamp-Assisted Remediation by Natural Attenuation: Rocky Mount, NC
The Situation:
A former surface impoundment for electroplating sludge at a metals manufacturing facility resulted in an elongated plume of dissolved chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds, including 1,1,1-TCA, 1,1-DCA, and 1,1-DCE, extending from the former surface impoundment to a downgradient swamp approximately ½ mile away, which serves as a reservoir of water that trickles into a series of [...]
Petro-Terminal Sites Remediation: Southeast U.S.
The Situation:
Piedmont Geologic was tasked to conduct site remediation planning and remediation at 12 petroleum bulk storage, pipeline, and terminal facilities in the southeastern U.S., including facilities in Virginia (2), North Carolina (3), South Carolina (3), Georgia (3), and Mississippi (1). All 12 sites contained extensive multi-media contamination resulting from 40-60 years of petroleum [...]