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Emerging Chemicals And Analytical Methods (2006), Matthew Morley, Daniel Snow, Chad Cecrle, Patrick Denning, Lindsey Miller Feb 2012

Emerging Chemicals And Analytical Methods (2006), Matthew Morley, Daniel Snow, Chad Cecrle, Patrick Denning, Lindsey Miller

Daniel D Snow

This review summarizes peer-reviewed literature related to analysis, occurrence, and fate of emerging chemical contaminants in the water environment. The review focuses on the following broad categories of emerging contaminants: pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), including hormones, surfactants, and plasticizers; and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Although many of the cited articles refer to multiple types of contaminants (particularly hormones and pharmaceuticals), each article is summarized in only one section. Articles pertaining to specific treatment methods, risk assessments, or biological effects are not included in this review, and articles covering disinfection byproducts (DBPs), fluorinated compounds, and …


Remediating Rdx-Contaminated Ground Water With Permanganate: Laboratory Investigations For The Pantex Perched Aquifer, M. Adam, Steven Comfort, Matthew Morley, Daniel Snow Feb 2012

Remediating Rdx-Contaminated Ground Water With Permanganate: Laboratory Investigations For The Pantex Perched Aquifer, M. Adam, Steven Comfort, Matthew Morley, Daniel Snow

Daniel D Snow

Ground water beneath the U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant is contaminated with the high explosive RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5- trinitro-1,3,5 triazine). The USDOE Innovative Treatment and Remediation Demonstration (ITRD) program identified in situ oxidation by permanganate as a technology fit for further investigation. We evaluated the efficacy of KMnO4 to transform and mineralize RDX by determining degradation kinetics and carbon mass balances using 14C-RDX. Aqueous RDX solutions (2–5 mg L–1) and RDX-contaminated slurries (50% solids, w/v) were treated with KMnO4 at 1000, 2000, 4000, and 20,000 mg L–1. Treating an aqueous RDX solution of 2.8 mg L–1 with 20,000 mg KMnO4 …


Occurrence Of Sulfonamide Antimicrobials In Private Water Wells In Washington County, Idaho, Usa, Angela Batt, Daniel Snow, Diana Aga Feb 2012

Occurrence Of Sulfonamide Antimicrobials In Private Water Wells In Washington County, Idaho, Usa, Angela Batt, Daniel Snow, Diana Aga

Daniel D Snow

County (Weiser, Idaho) were collected to assess the impact of a nearby confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) on the quality of the local groundwater. All six samples were found contaminated by two veterinary antimicrobials, sulfamethazine (at concentrations from 0.076 to 0.22 μg/l) and sulfadimethoxine (at concentrations from 0.046 to 0.068 μg/l). These groundwater samples also contained elevated concentrations of nitrate and ammonium. Three of the sampled wells have nitrate levels that exceeded the maximum contaminant level set by the US Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water, with nitrate concentration as high as 39.1 mg/l. All but one well showed nitrate, …


Herbicides In Ground Water Beneath Nebraska’S Management Systems Evaluation Area, Roy F. Spalding, Mary Exner, Daniel Snow, David Cassada, Mark Burbach, Stephen Monson Feb 2012

Herbicides In Ground Water Beneath Nebraska’S Management Systems Evaluation Area, Roy F. Spalding, Mary Exner, Daniel Snow, David Cassada, Mark Burbach, Stephen Monson

Daniel D Snow

Profiles of ground water pesticide concentrations beneath the Nebraska Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) describe the effect of 20 years of pesticide usage on ground water in the central Platte Valley of Nebraska. During the 6-yr (1991–1996) study, 14 pesticides and their transformation products were detected in 7848 ground water samples from the unconfined water table aquifer. Triazine and acetamide herbicides applied on the site and their transformation products had the highest frequencies of detection. Atrazine [6-chloro-N-ethyl-N’-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,-diamine] concentrations decreased with depth and ground water age determined with 3H/3He dating techniques. Assuming equivalent atrazine …


Transformation Of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (Rdx) By Permanganate, Chanat Chokejaroenrat, Steven Comfort, Clifford Harris, Daniel Snow, David Cassada, Chainarong Sakulthaew, Tunlawit Satapanajaru Feb 2012

Transformation Of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (Rdx) By Permanganate, Chanat Chokejaroenrat, Steven Comfort, Clifford Harris, Daniel Snow, David Cassada, Chainarong Sakulthaew, Tunlawit Satapanajaru

Daniel D Snow

The chemical oxidant permanganate (MnO4−) has been shown to effectively transform hexa-hydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) at both the laboratory and fieldscales. We treated RDX with MnO4− with the objective of quantifying the effects of pH and temperature on destruction kinetics and determining reaction rates. A nitrogen mass balance and the distribution of reaction products were used to provide insight into reaction mechanisms. Kinetic experiments (at pH ~7, 25 °C) verifiedthat RDX−MnO4− reaction was first-order with respect to MnO4− and initial RDX concentration (second-order rate: 4.2 × 10−5 M−1 s−1). Batch experiments showed that choice of quenching agents (MnSO4, MnCO3, and H2O2) influenced …


Field-Scale Cleanup Of Atrazine And Cyanazine Contaminated Soil With A Combined Chemical-Biological Approach, Manmeet Waria, Steven Comfort, Sathaporn Onanong, T. Satapanajaru, Hardiljeet Boparai, C. Harris, Daniel Snow, David Cassada Feb 2012

Field-Scale Cleanup Of Atrazine And Cyanazine Contaminated Soil With A Combined Chemical-Biological Approach, Manmeet Waria, Steven Comfort, Sathaporn Onanong, T. Satapanajaru, Hardiljeet Boparai, C. Harris, Daniel Snow, David Cassada

Daniel D Snow

A former agrichemical dealership in western Nebraska was suspected of having contaminated soil. Our objective was to characterize and remediate the contaminated site by a combined chemical-biological approach. This was accomplished by creating contour maps of the on-site contamination, placing the top 60 cm of contaminated soil in windrows and mixing with a mechanical high-speed mixer. Homogenized soil containing both atrazine [6-chloro-N-ethyl-N´-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine- 2,4-diamine] and cyanazine {2-[[4-chloro-6-(ethylamino)-1,3,5- triazin-2-yl] amino]-2-methylpropanenitrile} was then used in laboratory investigations to determine optimum treatments for pesticide destruction. Iron suspension experiments verified that zerovalent iron (Fe0) plus ferrous sulfate (FeSO4•7H2O) removed more than 90% of both atrazine …