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BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 2, Pages 280-286Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-019-02546-9
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); Natural attenuation; Biodegradation; Groundwater; Takahata
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The natural attenuation behavior of chlorinated solvents and their risks to human health at a contaminated groundwater site in Takahata, Japan, were investigated. It was found that volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations gradually decreased via two attenuation mechanisms, namely dilution and biodegradation. It was estimated that the VOC concentrations will be below the Japanese limits within 30years after stopping the active remediation in 2003, which suggests that there is a high possibility that monitored natural attenuation can be adopted as the clean-up method at this contaminated site. The risk levels of VOCs at the present time are much lower than those at the time when the contamination was discovered. Vinyl chloride still presents a risk in some wells, and there were occasional unexpected increases in the risk levels of tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and cis-1,2-dichloloethylene, which means that continuous monitoring of the groundwater is necessary for forecasting risk levels.
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