An Evaluation Of The Source Area For The Former Norges Cleaners Tetrachloroethylene Plume Near Centennial Boulevard And Vine Street, Hays, KS, Over A 20-Year Span Using Past Data To Estimate The Plume Concentration Reduction

Author

Adam Staab, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Department

Geosciences

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

Analyses of monitoring well data from 2001 to 2009 of a perchlorethylene (PCE) pollution plume located in Hays, Kansas were used to assess the current PCE status and to project the plume rate of decline to when remediation will cease or no longer be required. Isoconcentration maps were used to calculate an average rate of concentration reduction. Based on these calculations, I believe the PCE concentration has the potential to be below the 5 μg/L Risk-based Standards for Kansas by 2020 for the study area.

Keywords

tetrachloroethylene, Norgest Cleaners, PCE, perc, dry cleaner

Advisor

Dr. Kenneth Neuhauser

Date of Award

Spring 2013

Document Type

Thesis

DOI

10.58809/YOLK4945

Recommended Citation

Staab, Adam, "An Evaluation Of The Source Area For The Former Norges Cleaners Tetrachloroethylene Plume Near Centennial Boulevard And Vine Street, Hays, KS, Over A 20-Year Span Using Past Data To Estimate The Plume Concentration Reduction" (2013). Master's Theses. 98.
DOI: 10.58809/YOLK4945
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/98

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