We are one of a limited number of companies authorized to install and operate a patented treatment technology which effectively treats soil and groundwater contaminated with organic compounds (including 1, 4 Dioxane, PCE, DCE, 111-TCA, etc.). Accelerated Remediation Technologies, Inc. (ART) holds a patent offering treatment technologies which incorporates soil vapor extraction, air-sparging, air stripping, flushing and enhanced bioremediation/oxidation into a single well application.
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The project site had served as a gasoline service station since the 1960's and had three (3) 6,000 gallon underground gasoline storage tanks and two (2) 1,000 gallon underground oil storage tanks which leaked petroleum products into the surrounding soil and groundwater over a period of years. As a result of the contamination the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) required actions be taken to mitigate the high levels of petroleum compounds including: benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene and xylene to acceptable cleanup levels.
In May of 2002 a traditional remediation technique, chemical oxidation (CO) was applied at the site. Although the CO technology was initially successful the contamination rebounded to unacceptable levels and in February of 2004 the IEPA required our client to investigate alternative technologies which would be effective in achieving the cleanup objectives.
The ART technology was selected and the IEPA approved a Pilot Study in December of 2004 with the intent of making a determination as to the ability of this technology to treat the documented concentrations of benzene and ethyl benzene in the site soils and groundwater to levels below the established cleanup objectives. Upon review of the results of the pilot demonstration the IEPA authorized full scale application to commence. Subsequent testing verified the ART technology successfully reduced benzene by 99.3% within the 90 days and ethyl benzene by 96% within the same time frame. In addition to these dramatic results an estimated mass removal of 1,400 pounds of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) occurred during this same 90 day period.
In comparison to other technologies, ART typically achieves the acceptable cleanup standards within 30 - 50% of the time it requires other technologies. The compression of the schedule combined with fewer wells and simplified O&M allows clients to recognize significant cost savings over other technologies.
