Complete Listing of Subsurface Point-Source Contamination Investigations and Projects

Contamination in Fractured-Rock Aquifers

• Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Sedimentary Rock -- Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Research Site, West Trenton, New Jersey
• Multidisciplinary Characterization of Contaminant Transport in Fractured Rock -- Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
• Other Program Fractured Rock Research
• Transport Phenomena in Fractured Rock
• Hydrology of Fractured Rocks
• Geophysical characterization of Fractured Rock: Branch of Geophysics Toxics Program Research
• Borehole Geophysics as Applied to Geohydrology
• Using Seismic Tomography to Characterize Fractured Bedrock
• Bedrock Regional Aquifer Systematics Study (BRASS)

Petroleum Related Contamination (including crude oil, gasoline and produced water)

• Crude Oil Contamination in a Shallow Outwash Aquifer -- Bemidji, Minnesota
• Oxygenated Gasoline -- Laurel Bay, South Carolina
• Produced Water -- Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project, Oklahoma
• Gasoline -- Galloway Township, New Jersey [Completed]
• Other Program Petroleum Related Research
• Organic Compounds in Near-Surface Environments: Understanding Fate in a Changing Biogeochemical Landscape
• Microbiology and Molecular Ecology of Biogeochemical Cycles in Aquatic Environments
• Multiphase Flow, Transport, Reaction and Biodegradation
• USGS Energy Resources Program -- Produced Waters Database
  (The database includes geochemical data from Osage County, OK.)
• Oil Recovery Performance Monitoring
• Oxygen-Release Compound Remediation Tests
• Vapor Extraction Optimization
• Quanitfying Natural Attenuation at the Plume Scale
• Biodegradation of Charcoal Production Wastes
• Using Phytoremediation to Control Fuel Oxygenate Plumes in Northern Climates

Chlorinated Solvents Contamination

• Plume-Scale Research at Representative Contamination Sites
• Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Sedimentary Rock -- Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Research Site, West Trenton, New Jersey
• Field Investigation of Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents -- Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
• Microbial Degradation Pathways for Chlorinated Solvents
• Microbial Degradation of Chloroethenes in Ground Water Systems
• Application of Molecular Methods in Microbial Ecology to Understand the Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents

Contamination from Sources with Mixed Wastes (including landfills and wastewater discharge)

• Landfill Leachate in Alluvial Aquifers -- Norman, Oklahoma
• Sewage Contamination in Sand and Gravel Aquifers -- Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Mixed, Low-level Radioactive and Other Wastes -- Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada

Other Subsurface Point-Source Investigations

• Creosote Waste in Ground Water -- Pensacola, Florida [Completed]
• Subsurface Injection of Liquid Waste -- Florida [Completed]