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groundwater contamination

groundwater contamination

groundwater contamination

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I'm looking for any documentation about groundwater contamination from mineral oil leaks/spills, i.e one gallon of mineral oil(hydraulic oil or engine oil) has the potential to contaminate X gallons of groundwater.  Thanks for any input,  Maytag

RE: groundwater contamination

CAS sheets will have soluability and density.  Ultimately, it can contaminate a phenomenal amount of water as the soluability of oil is very low and it can continue to dillute beyond the saturation soluability.  You should probably look to the EPA site for the MCLG or MCL and calculate the volume of water contaminated to that concentration by the volume spilled.

Of course, if the oil adheres to soil particles (EPA site will mention this) then you can assume that x% remains in the vadose zone.

RE: groundwater contamination

one part per million means one million gallons of water
one part per billion means one billion gallons of water

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