Modeling Group Publishes Article on PFOA Plume Delineation Using PlumeSeeker™
HGL’s modeling group recently published work to delineate a perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) plume using PlumeSeeker™ in a special issue of the National Ground Water Association’s journal Groundwater.
The research paper, entitled “Delineation of a PFOA Plume and Assessment of Data Gaps in its Conceptual Site Model Using PlumeSeeker™,” demonstrates the application of HGL’s PlumeSeeker™ technology at the Lakehurst site at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) in New Jersey, to support plume delineation and identify data gaps associated with the source release and groundwater-surface water interactions. The JBMDL Lakehurst application showed that the cost of delineating the migration pathway of a PFOA plume can be minimized by requiring only nine new sampling locations in addition to samples from two existing wells for achieving a 70 percent reduction in plume uncertainty.
Dr. Metin Ozbek (HGL) is the lead author of the paper; co-authors include Nat Voorhies (HGL), Lucas Howard (University of Colorado Boulder), Ryan Swanson (HGL), and Tad Fox (HGL). The article can be accessed online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/5TEKCX5EF4DCFQC2K3SB?target=10.1111/gwat.13373.
More information on PlumeSeeker™ is available at www.hgl.com/softwareproducts-new/plumeseeker/.
Ozbek, M., Voorhies, N., Howard, L., Swanson, R., Fox, T., 2023. Delineation of a PFOA Plume and Assessment of Data Gaps in its Conceptual Site Model Using PlumeSeeker™. Groundwater: http://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13373.
