Case Studies of 1,4-Dioxane Releases, Treatment, and Drinking Water Contamination - Environmental Investigation and Remediation - page 372

Trichloroethylene Vinyl chloride

10

100
10,000

10,000

North

North

0 200

0 200

Scale in feet

Scale in feet

Mobility: Very high
Solubility: 2670 mg/L
Highest concentration: 37,000 ug/L

Mobility: Moderate
Solubility: 1100 mg/L
Highest concentration: 180,000 ug/L

1,1-dichloroethylene Tetrahydrofuran

100

100

North

North
Scale in Feet

0 200

0 200

Scale in Feet

Mobility: Moderate
Solubility: 400 mg/L
Highest concentration: 9500 ug/L

Mobility: Very high
Solubility: Miscible
Highest concentration: 6170 ug/L

Acetone 1,4-Dioxane

10,000

1000

North

North
Scale in feet

0 200

0 200

Scale in Feet

Mobility: Very high
Solubility: Miscible
Highest Concentration: 7,800,000 ug/L

Mobility: Extremely high
Solubility: Miscible
Highest concentration: 34,000

cis -1,2-Dichloroethylene Distance migrated (feet)

1,4-dioxane

Tetrahydrofuran

Vinyl chloride

cis-1,2-
dichloroethylene

Acetone

1,1-
dichloroethylene

North
Scale in feet

0 200

Trichloroethylene

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Mobility: Very high
Solubility: 2700 mg/L
Highest concentration: 190,000 ug/L

FIGURE 8.3 Distribution of 1,4-dioxane relative to VOCs and THF at the San Jose solvent recycling facility.
(After McCraven, S., 2006, Occurrence, fate, and transport of 1,4-dioxane in groundwater—A case study.
Presented at Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater: A Continually Moving Target, Groundwater Resources
Association of California, Concord, CA, June 7-8. With permission.)