&EPA
                          United States
                          Environmental Protection
                          Agency
EPA/540/SR-93/508
March 1994
                          SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE
                          TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
                          Technology  Demonstration
                          Summary

                          EPA  RREL's  Mobile Volume
                          Reduction  Unit
                            A Superfund Innovative Technology
                          Evaluation (SITE) demonstration of the
                          mobile Volume Reduction Unit (VRU)
                          was conducted in November 1992 at
                          the Escambia Wood Treating Company
                          Superfund Site in Pensacola, FL. The
                          VRU is a soil washing technology that
                          may be used to rid soils of organic
                          contaminants. The VRU is designed to
                          remove contaminants by suspending
                          them in a wash solution and by reduc-
                          ing the volume of contaminated mate-
                          rial through particle size separation.
                            For the SITE demonstration, the VRU
                          was used to treat soil contaminated
                          with wood-treating agents, pentachlo-
                          rophenol (PCP) and creosote-fraction
                          polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
                          (PAHs). Demonstration test results indi-
                          cate that the VRU soil washing system
                          successfully separated the contami-
                          nated soil  into two unique streams:
                          washed  soil  and fines  slurry.  The
                          washed soil was safely returned to the
                          site following treatment. The fines
                          slurry, Which carried the majority of
                          the pollutants from the feed soil, un-
                          derwent additional treatment to sepa-
                          rate the fines from the water.
                            An economic analysis was conducted
                          to estimate costs for a commercial
                          treatment system using the VRU tech-
nology. This analysis was based on
the pilot-scale results from the SITE
demonstration. The economic analysis
was developed for a commercial unit
projected to be capable of treating ap-
proximately 10 tons per hour (tph) of
contaminated  soil.  The  cost to
remediate 20,000 tons of contaminated
soil using this commercial unit is esti-
mated to be $130 per ton if the system
is online 90% of the time. Treatment
costs appear to be competitive with
other available technologies.
  This Summary was developed by EPA's
Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory,
Cincinnati, OH, to announce key findings
of the SITE program demonstration that is
fully documented in two separate reports.
(see ordering information on back).

Introduction
  In response to the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986,
EPA's Office of Research and Develop-
ment and Office of Solid Waste and Emer-
gency  Response have established the
SITE Program to accelerate the develop-
ment, demonstration, and  use of new or
innovative technologies as alternatives to
current treatment systems for hazardous
wastes.

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  The  major objective of the SITE  Pro-
gram is to develop  reliable performance
and cost information for innovative tech-
nologies. One such  technology is EPA's
mobile VRU, which was demonstrated over
a 2-wk period beginning November  5,
1992, and ending  November 13, 1992.
The demonstration was conducted at the
Escambia Wood  Treating  Company
Superfund Site in Pensacoia, FL.
  The VRU is a soil washing technology
designed to rid soils of organic contami-
nants through particle size separation and
solubilization. The concept of reducing soil
contamination through the use of particle
size  separation is based on the finding
that most organic and inorganic contami-
nants tend to bind  to fine  clay and silt
particles primarily by physical processes.
  Critical and noncritical project objectives
were established to evaluate the effec-
tiveness of the process. Critical param-
eters provided data to support project ob-
jectives. Noncritical  measurements
provided additional information  on the
technology's  applicability to  other
Superfund sites and allowed observation
and documentation of any process perfor-
mance anomalies. The following were the
critical  project objectives:

  • Determine the system's ability to re-
    move 90% of the PGP and creosote-
    fractfon PAH  contaminants from the
    feed soil.
  • Determine the system's ability to re-
    turn 80% of the solids in feed soil  as
    washed soil.
  * Perform mass balances on  the fol-
    lowing:

    - Total material: This is the ratio of
      the total mass of all output streams
      from the soil washing segment of
      the VRU to the total mass of  all
      corresponding input streams.
    - Total dry solids: This is the  ratio of
      the total mass  of dry solids  in  all
      output streams from the soil wash-
      ing segment of the VRU to the total
      mass of dry solids in all correspond-
      ing input streams.
    -  POP: This  is the ratio of the total
       mass of POP in all output streams
      from the soil washing segment of
      the VRU to the total mass of PCP
       in corresponding input streams.
    —  PAHs: This is the ratio of the total
       mass of PAHs in all output streams
       from the soil washing segment of
      the VRU to the total mass of PAHs
       in all corresponding input streams.
  • Verify VRU operating conditions: This
    includes  measuring the  pH of the
    wash water, the ratio of surfactant to
    wash water, and the temperature.

  The noncritical project objectives of this
demonstration were to determine the
technology's general  applicability and to
document process performance. The non-
critical project objectives were as follows:

  • Determine removal efficiencies of the
    unit operations in the water purifica-
    tion system.
  • Develop operating costs.  .

Process and Facility
Description
  The demonstration of the VRU was per-
formed at the Escambia Wood Treating
Company  Superfund  Site  located  in
Pensacoia, FL. The 26-acre facility, now
closed, used PCP and creosote to treat
wood products from 1943 to 1982.  A typi-
cal VRU  setup is  shown in  Figure 1. For
this demonstration, the VRU was com-
posed of two segments: soil washing and
water treatment. The soil  washing seg-
ment produces fines slurry and washed
soil streams. The water treatment seg-
ment treats the fines  slurry by separating
the fines  and removing pollutants from the
wash water through a series of steps in-
cluding sedimentation,  flocculation, filtra-
tion, and carbon adsorption.
  7n this setup, the  soil  is  fed  to the
miniwasher at a controlled rate of approxi-
mately 100  Ib/h  by the screw conveyor.
Filtered wash water is added to the soil in
the miniwasher and also sprayed onto an
internal slotted trommel screen [with a 10-
mesh  (2-mm)  slot  opening]  in the
miniwasher. Two vibrascreens continu-
ously segregate soil into various size frac-
tions. For the demonstration, 10-mesh (2-
mm) and 100-mesh  (0.15-mm) screens
were used.
   Miniwasher overflow (the stream exiting
the top of the washer), which contains the
coarse soil fraction, falls onto the first 10-
mesh (2-mm) vibrascreen. Solids that over-
flow the first vibrascreen  [less than
1/4 in, greater than 10 mesh (0.15 mm)]
flow by gravity down to a recovery drum.
The underflow (the stream exiting the bot-
tom) is pumped at a controlled rate to the
second 100-mesh (0.15-mm) vibrascreen,
where it is joined  by the  miniwasher
underflow.
   The   overflow from  the  second
vibrascreen [less than  10  mesh (2 mm),
greater than 100 mesh (0.15 mm)] is grav-
ity fed to the recovery drum containing the
overflow  from  the first vibrascreen.  The
second  vibrascreen  underflow  (a  fines
slurry) drains into a tank with a mixer.
  Slurry  from  the  100-mesh (0.15-mm)
screen (fines slurry) tank, which contains
particles less than 100 mesh (0.15 mm) in
size, is pumped to the Corrugated  Plate
Interceptor (CPI). Materials  lighter than
water (floatables such as oil) flow over an
internal  weir,  collect in a compartment
within the CPI, and  drain by gravity  to a
drum for disposal. Solids settled in the
CPI [particles  less than 100 mesh  (0.15
mm)] are discharged by the bottom auger
to a recovery drum.
  An aqueous  slurry, which contains fines
less than about  400 mesh (0.038  mm),
overflows the CPI and gravity feeds into a
tank with a mixer.  The slurry is  then
pumped to a static mixer located upstream
of the floe clarifier's mix tank. Flocculating
chemicals, such as liquid alum and aque-
ous polyelectrolyte solutions, are metered
into the static mixer tank to neutralize the
electrostatic charges on colloidal particles
(clay/humus) and promote  coagulation.
The slurry is then discharged into the floe
chamber, which has a variable- speed agi-
tator to stimulate floe growth.  The floe
slurry overflows into the clarifier (another
CPI). Bottom solids are augured to a drum
for disposal.
  Clarified water is polished with the ob-
jective of reducing suspended solids and
organics to  low  levels that  permit  recy-
cling  of spent wash  water. Water  is
pumped from the floe settler overflow tank
at a controlled rate through cartridge-type
polishing filters operating in parallel to re-
move soil fines greater than 4 x 10~4 in.
Water  leaving the  cartridge filter  flows
through activated carbon drums for re-
moval of hydrocarbons. The carbon drums
may be operated either in series or paral-
lel.  Hydrocarbon  breakthrough  is moni-
tored by  sampling;  drums  are  replaced
when breakthrough is detected.

Feed Soil Characteristics
  PAH- and PGP-contaminated soil  from
the former Escambia Wood Treating Com-
pany site was  excavated and then treated
by the VRU.  Contaminant levels  in the
excavated soil from the Escambia Wood
Treating Company site ranged  from the
low parts per million (ppm) to percent lev-
els. For the SITE demonstration, the ex-
cavated soil was homogenized and manu-
ally processed through a 1/4-in. screen
before it was  fed to the VRU.  Contami-
nant concentrations in  the feed soil after
homogenization  and screening are pre-
sented in Table 1.

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Table 1. Contaminant Concentrations in the
        Feed Soil (ppm, dry weight basis)

                Average    Range
  PAHs
  POP
920
130
480 to 1,500
 43 to 200
Sampling and Monitoring
  During the demonstration, the VRU op-
erated at a feed rate of approximately 100
Ib/h with wash water-to-feed (W/F) ratio of
6 to 1. The physical condition of the wash
water was modified during the demonstra-
tion with combinations of surfactant, caus-
tic, and temperature as follows:

  •  Condition 1: no surfactant,  no pH ad-
    justment, no temperature adjustment
  • Condition  2: surfactant addition, no
    pH  adjustment, no temperature ad-
    justment
  • Condition  3: surfactant addition, pH
    adjustment, temperature adjustment

  The VRU operated under Conditions 1
and 2 three consecutive times; each run
was 4 hr in duration. On the  7th day of
testing,  the generator that supplied the
power to the test site failed, and conse-
quently, testing was terminated and the
data were not used. In order to remain on
schedule and collect an equivalent amount
of data for the  third set of conditions, two
6-hr runs were conducted under Condi-
tion 3.  Sample collection and flow  mea-
surements began when each run reached
steady  state.  The  unit ran for approxi-
mately  1 hr before reaching steady state
conditions. The sampling locations, which
are designated S1, S2, etc., are described
in Table 2.

Results and Discussion
  PGP removal efficiency was calculated
for  Conditions 1, 2, and 3. Under Condi-
tion 1, the average PCP removal efficiency
was 81%, which  is below the project ob-
jective of achieving at  least  90%.  Under
Condition  2,  which employed surfactant
addition only,  the average  removal effi-
ciency was  93%. This performance ex-
ceeds  the project objective  and  reflects
the surfactant's ability to pull  hydrophobic
PCP into the wash water. Under Condi-
tion 3, which employed surfactant addition
and pH and temperature adjustment, 97%
of the PCP was removed.  These data
illustrate that the PCP removal efficiency
                                                                             Water Heater
                                                             Makeup Water Tank
                                   Slowdown Tank
                         Carbon Drums
                                                                                   Emissions Control
                                                                                         Screw Conveyor
                                                                    Trommel Screen
                                                                     Mirii-Washer
                                                                                                    Screen Soil Fractions
             Electric Generator     Floc-Clarifier
                               Filter Package
Figure 1. Typical VRU operational setup.

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Table 2. Sampling Locations for VRU Demonstration Test
            Process Stream
            (Sample Location)
               Matrix
            Feed Soil (S1)
            Feed Water (S2)
            Surfactant (S3)
            Caustic (S4)
            Washed Soil (S5)
            Fines Slurry (S6)
            Water Floatables (S7)
            CPI Fines (S8)
            Flocculant Fines (S9)
            Clarified Water (S10)
            Post-Filtration Water (S11)
            Post-Carbon Adsorption Water (S12)
               Solid
               Liquid
               Liquid
               Liquid
               Solid
               Slurry
               Liquid
               Slurry
               Slurry
               Liquid
               Liquid
               Liquid
is clearly enhanced by surfactant addition
and pH and temperature adjustment.
  PAH removal efficiency was calculated
for Conditions 1, 2, and 3.  Under Condi-
tion 1, the average PAH removal efficiency
was 76%, which is again below the project
objective of achieving at least 90%. Under
Condition 2, the average removal efficiency
was 86%. This performance is also below
the project objective; however, the large
rise  in removal efficiency reflects  the
surfactant's ability  to transfer  PAHs  into
the wash water. The  average PAH re-
moval efficiency for Condition 3 increased
to 96%. These data illustrate that the PAH
removal efficiency is clearly enhanced by
surfactant addition and pH  and tempera-
ture adjustment.
  As  soil travels through the VRU, the
sand  and gravel fraction of the soil are
separated  from  the contaminated fines
(i.e., fines  particles). The relatively non-
hazardous  sand  and gravel fraction exits
the system as washed  soil. By comparing
the mass of dry solids in the feed soil with
tha mass of dry solids in the washed soil,
solids  recoveries of 96%, 95%, and 81%
were  calculated for soils  treated under
Conditions 1, 2, and 3. These recoveries
exceed the project objective that  at least
80% of the solids.present in the feed soil
would  be returned to the site as washed
sol).
  Washed soil recovery was also deter-
mined on a normalized basis, which com-
pares  the  mass of dry solids in washed
soil to the combined mass of dry solids in
washed  soil and fines  slurry. Normalized
data minimize the  effect that potential bi-
ases in the total solids balance could have
on this evaluation. Average, washed soil
recoveries on a normalized basis  of 90%,
88%, and 86% were determined for Con-
ditions 1,  2, and  3, respectively. These
recoveries exceed the  project objectives
that at least 80% of the solids present in
the feed soil would be returned to the site
as washed soil.
  Mass balances are obtained by com-
paring the mass entering a system to the
mass exiting the system. The mass bal-
ance closures calculated for the VRU dem-
onstration are summarized in Table 3.
  For the total material balance, the re-
covery is the percentage of the material
entering the system as feed soil and wash
water that was recovered from the system
as washed soil and fines slurry. The project
objective for the total  material balances
was that closures would be between 90%
and 110%. A review of balance closures
reveals that  acceptable performance cri-
teria were met for Conditions 1 (104%)
and 3 (98%) but not Condition 2 (113%).
During Condition 2, it was noted that the
mass"flow rate measurement of the  fines
slurry may have been affected by  sam-
pling  procedures employed  during the
demonstration. This resulted  in inflated
mass flow rates. The procedure was modi-
fied and the percent closures dropped to
the acceptable range. Dry solids recover-
ies during the  VRU  demonstration  were
107%, 109% and 94% for Conditions 1, 2,
and 3,  respectively, which meet project
objectives of recoveries between 85% and
115%.
  Under Condition 1,  the average  mass
balance closures for PCP and PAHs were
101% and  87%, respectively. The  aver-
age PCP and PAH recoveries for Condi-
tions 2 and 3 were below 80% and there-
fore did not meet the project objectives.
Because low PCP and PAH closures were
experienced when surfactant was added
to the wash water, it seems probable that
the surfactant interfered with the PCP and
PAH analyses.
  The VRU's effectiveness is based on its
ability to separate soil fines [less than 100
mesh (0.15 mm)] from the  coarser gravel
and sand fraction of the soil [greater than
100  mesh  (0.15 mm)]. Significant con-
taminant concentration reductions can be
realized by the VRU, provided the major-
ity of the contaminants present in the feed
soil concentrate in the fines.  Table 4 indi-
cates the percentage of fines and coarse
sand and gravel fraction from the feed soil
recovered  in the washed  soil  and fines
slurry. The data indicate the majority of
the small particles were partitioned to the
fines slurry.
  Pollutants were removed from the fines
slurry stream by a water treatment  se-
quence that included settling, flocculation,
filtration, and carbon  adsorption. Follow-
ing treatment in  the CPI, where the fines
were  separated  by  gravity,  the overflow
was pumped to  a flocculation/clarification
system for additional fines partitioning. CPI
and floe tank underflow streams were col-
lected and were to  be analyzed  for PCP
and PAHs; however,  problems with  the
analysis produced data of limited useful-
ness. Clarified water from  floe tank over-
flow was pumped through  cartridge pol-
ishing filters operated in parallel to remove
soil fines greater than 4  x 10'4. Water
exiting these filters  then passed through
activated carbon drums for hydrocarbon
removal. The clarified water was analyzed
for total organic carbon (TOC)  and total
residue  (TR), which is the  sum of total
suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved
solids (TDS). Table  5  lists the TOC levels
of the clarified water, water from the filters
and activated carbon,  and feed water.
Table 6 lists the TR levels from the clari-
 Table 3. Average Mass Balance Closures (%)

                     Total Material   Dry Solids
            PCP
PAHs
Condition 1
Condition 2
Condition 3
104
113
98
107
109
94
94
19
13
88
28
14

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Table 4. Distribution of Fines and Coarse Gravel and Sand (%, dry weight basis)
Condition
Washed Soil
Fines Slurry
Closure

1
31
75
106
Fines
2
41
83
124
Coarse Sand and
3
54
110
164
1
104
1
105
2
102
2
104
Gravel
3
82
2
84
fied water, water from the filters and acti-
vated carbon, and feed water.
  TOC reduction was affected significantly
when surfactant was introduced into the
system during Conditions 2  and 3. The
efficiency was  affected because surfac-
tant was adsorbed on the carbon  along
with the contaminants. Instead of having
the carbon available to adsorb the con-
taminants, many of the  adsorption sites
were  occupied by the   surfactant.
Unadsorbed contaminants exited the car-
bon drum, which caused an increase  in
TOC. TOC efficiency could  be improved
by removing the surfactant  before  it en-
ters the carbon canisters or by using an-
other organic removal technology. The TR
reduction from the filter unit was minimal,
indicating that a finer-sized filter is needed.
  An  economic analysis has  been  devel-
oped to estimate costs (not including prof-
its) for a commercial treatment system.
The analysis is based on the results  of
Table 5.  TOC Levels in Water Streams (ppm)
the SITE demonstration, which used the
pilot-  scale EPA VRU, operating  at ap-
proximately 100 Ib/h.
   It is projected that the commercial unit
will  operate  at  10-tph.  The  cost to
remediate 20,000 tons of contaminated
soil using a 10-tph  VRU is estimated at
$130  per ton  if the system is online 90%
of the time. Treatment costs increase as
the percent online factor decreases. Pro-
jected unit costs for a smaller site (10,000
tons of  contaminated soil) are $163 per
ton; projected  unit costs for a larger site
(200,000 tons) are $101 per ton.

Conclusions and
Recommendations
  The VRU soil washing system success-
fully separated the contaminated soil into
two unique streams: washed soil and fines
slurry. The washed soil was safely re-
turned to the site following treatment. The
fines slurry, which carried the majority of
                    Feed Water   Clarified Water    Post-Filtration     Post-Carbon
                                                     Water     Adsorption Water
Condition 1
Condition 2
Condition 3
<1.0 11.5
<1.5 1,045
<1 .02 825
11
1,075
697.5
<1.0
283
305
Table 6.  TR Levels in Water Streams (ppm)
                   Feed Water    Clarified Water   Post-Filtration     Post-Carbon
                                                     Water     Adsorption Water
Condition 1
Condition 2
Condition 3
70
73
62
260
2,200
6,075
247.5
2,025
5,075
115
557.5
2,550
the pollutants from  the feed soil,  under-
went additional  treatment to separate the
fines from the water.
  The demonstration was divided into
three phases (Conditions 1, 2, and 3) that
evaluated the performance of the VRU
under varying wash  water conditions. Un-
der Condition 1, using only ambient tem-
perature wash  water with no additives,
average  PCP and PAH removal efficien-
cies were  80% and  75%, respectively.
Under Condition  2,  with  the  addition  of
surfactant to ambient temperature wash
water,  average PCP  and PAH removal
efficiencies improved  to 92% and 86%,
respectively.  Under  Condition  3, with the
addition of surfactant and caustic (for pH
adjustment) to the wash water at an el-
evated temperature, average  PCP and
PAH removal efficiencies of 98% and 96%,
respectively, were achieved, exceeding the
project objective of 90% removal.
  The  results show the  positive  impact
that  surfactant, pH  adjustment, and in-
creased  temperature have on PCP and
PAH removal efficiency.  However, from
these data it  is  not possible to determine
whether  pH adjustment, temperature,  or
both these factors caused the increased
removal efficiency in Condition 3.
  The  ability of  the VRU to .produce
washed soil that meets the target cleanup
levels of 30 ppm PCP, 50 ppm carcino-
genic creosote,  and 100 ppm total creo^
sots was also  evaluated.. The average
washed soil  contaminant concentrations
for  Condition 1 were 29 ppm PCP, 17
ppm carcinogenic creosote, and 240 ppm
total creosote. Under Condition 2, washed
soil contaminant concentrations improved
to 12  ppm  PCP, 10 ppm carcinogenic
creosote,  and  130  ppm  total creosote.
Under  Condition 3, washed soil contami-
nant concentrations  further improved to 3
ppm PCP, 2.8  ppm carcinogenic  creo-
sote, and 38 ppm total creosote.
  Another primary objective of this SITE
demonstration was to determine whether
the VRU could  recover 80% of the con-
taminated feed soil as clean washed soil.
Washed  soils recoveries  of  96%,  95%,
and 81% were  calculated  for  Conditions
1, 2, and 3, respectively.
  Washed  soil  recovery was also deter-
mined  on a normalized basis that com-
pared the mass of dry solids  in washed
soil to the combined  mass of dry solids in
washed  soil  and fines slurry. Average
washed soil recoveries on a  normalized
basis of 89%, 88%,  and 86% were deter-
mined  for Conditions  1, 2, and 3. This
indicates steady performance of the VRU
in treating a uniform  feed soil. The system
consistently  segregated the feed  solids

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into washed soil and fines slurry, appear-
ing to be  unaffected by  fluctuations in
feed rate,  W/F ratio, wash water addi-
tives, or other operating parameters.
  Mass balances were calculated for total
materials, total dry solids, total POP,  and
total PAHs for each  condition.  Closure
rates between  90% and  110% were
achieved for Conditions 1  and 3 for total
mass.  Sampling procedures contributed
to a less than acceptable total materials
closure rate of 113% for Condition 2.  Clo-
sure rates  between 85% and 115% were
achieved for Conditions 1, 2, and 3 for
total dry solids. Mass balances for PGP
and PAHs  achieved closure rates of be-
tween  85%  and  175% for Condition  1
only. Mass balances for Conditions 2 and
3 were considered invalid and attributed
to surfactant addition that adversely af-
fected the analyses.
  The VRU is designed to return feed soil
that is greater than 100 mesh (0.15  mm)
in size as washed  soil. The data from the
demonstration indicate this soil is an ideal
candidate for treatment by the VRU. Ex-
cellent results for  partitioning the greater
than 100- mesh  (0.15-mm) particles
(coarse sand and gravel) to the washed
soil were  achieved.  Only  1% to  2% of
these particles was detected in the fines
slurry, A majority  of less than 100-mesh
(0.15-mm)  particles (fines) were  isolated
in the fines slurry stream;  however, the
partitioning was not as complete.
   PGP and PAH solid fraction data  con-
firm that material  from the CPI and  floe/
clarifier was highly contaminated. A more
complete partitioning of the less than 100-
mesh (0.15-mm) particles to the fines slurry
may lead to decreased  contaminant lev-
els in washed soil and  to increased re-
moval efficiency.  An  additional  series of
unit operations, such as a trommel washer
and dispersing  agent (e.g.,  sodium
hexametaphosphate) employed  after the
vibrascreens, may help  reduce  the  level
of fines in washed soil. The VRU was
designed with the ability to recycle water
treatment  subsystem  effluent to  the
miniwasher; however, water  quality crite-
ria for recycling have not been defined.
Although the developer claimed that the
effluent after water treatment would be of
sufficient quality to permit recycling  into
the water tank for reuse as  wash water,
this  claim was not evaluated during the
demonstration. Prior to the demonstration,
the developer chose to  operate the VRU
without recycling. The developer indicated
that the CPI/floc tank did not settle out as
much as expected, allowing more solids
and TOG to pass through the filters and
carbon. Based on the data  presented in
Tables  5 and 6, the treated water pro-
duced during Condition 1 is considered
potentially  suitable  for recycling. The
treated water produced  during Conditions
2 and 3 contained significantly higher lev-
els of TOC and TR  and would  likely re-
quire further treatment before it could be
recycled.  If the  treated water cannot be
reused as wash water, then it must be
disposed of. Disposal options may include
discharge to a local publicly-owned treat-
ment works  (POTW).  Discharge to a
POTW will typically be regulated accord-
ing to the industrial wastewater pretreat-
ment standards of the POTW. These stan-
dards are specified by EPA for  certain
industries.  Depending  on the  site,  the
treated wash water may fall into one spe-
cific industrial category. If it does not, the
pretreatment standards for the wash wa-
ter will be determined by the  POTW and
will  depend on  site-specific  parameters
such as flow rate of the wash water, con-
taminants present, design of  the POTW,
and receiving  stream water quality stan-
dards. The developer indicated that solids
did  not settle out in  the CPI  and floe/
clarifier as much as  expected, allowing
more solids and  organics to pass through
the  filters and carbon.  Excessive solids
may adversely affect the process by plug-
ging water lines.  The commercial-scale
VRU proposed  by EPA appears  to  be
suited to the remediation of soils and other
solid wastes  contaminated with organic
compounds. Treatment costs appear to
be competitive with other available tech-
nologies. The cost to  remediate  20,000
tons of contaminated  soil using a  10-tph
VRU is estimated  at $130 per  ton if the
system is on-line 90% of the time. Treat-
ment costs  increase as the  percent on-
line factor decreases. Projected unit costs
for a smaller site (10,000 tons of contami-
nated soil) are  $163 per ton;  projected
unit costs for  a  larger site (200,000 tons)
are $101 per ton.
                                                                   •&U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1994 - 5HMW7/802ZO

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