NEW TOOLS FOR DIAGNOSING UNDERGROUND
POLLUTION BY PETRO-CHEMICALS: A
CREATIVE CONCEPT IN EUROPE
]ean-Franrois BERAUV a , Paul LECOMTE b and Alain
PEREZc,l
aBURGEAP, 70 rue Mademoiselle, 75015 Paris, France
bB.R.G.M., Avenue de Concyr, B.P.6009, 45060 Orleans Cedex 2, France
cELF, Tour ELF, 92078 Paris La Defense Cedex 45, France
ABSTRACT
Petroleum products and chlorinated solvents are the most frequently encountered
pollutants in underground site contaminations: they are the most commonly
distributed liquids after water. Among the risks they can engender, groundwater
pollution, fires and explosions are the most frequently mentioned. In order to
avoid these dangers, a good knowledge of the extension and intensity must be
obtained; then a correct risk assessment, taking into account the mobility of
products in each phase (gaseous, liquid, water ... ), must be performed, before
defining the best adapted remediation method. The RESCOPP EUREKA
PROJECT aims at developing a set of technically and economically competitive
tools to perform assessment and remediation work. Its methodological approach
will encompass all stages of a remediation project, starting with plume detection,
to post-remediation assessment. It will rationalize critical steps, such as data
collection, goal definition, implementation, site monitoring and clean-up
assessment. Among others things, it will help select the most appropriate technique
for a given set of geology and pollutants. The project covers three main areas:
modeling, investigation and monitoring techniques, all of them developed through
laboratory tests, pilot projects, and implemented on real sites. The first step will be
to write a handbook on the present state of the art of the available techniques.
Un nouvel ensemble d'outils pour Ie diagnostic des pollutions
souterraines par les produits petrochimiques: un concept nouveau en
Europe
RESUME
Les polluants les plus frequemment rencontres dans les contaminations
souterraines sont les produits petroliers et les solvants chlores: apres l'eau, ce sont
les liquides les plus communement disperses dans Ie milieu naturel. Parmi les
risques eng endres, les plus courants sont la pollution des eaux souterraines, les
1 To whom correspondence may be addressed
C. Bardinet et al. (eds.), Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997
POLLUTION BY PETRO-CHEMICALS: A
CREATIVE CONCEPT IN EUROPE
]ean-Franrois BERAUV a , Paul LECOMTE b and Alain
PEREZc,l
aBURGEAP, 70 rue Mademoiselle, 75015 Paris, France
bB.R.G.M., Avenue de Concyr, B.P.6009, 45060 Orleans Cedex 2, France
cELF, Tour ELF, 92078 Paris La Defense Cedex 45, France
ABSTRACT
Petroleum products and chlorinated solvents are the most frequently encountered
pollutants in underground site contaminations: they are the most commonly
distributed liquids after water. Among the risks they can engender, groundwater
pollution, fires and explosions are the most frequently mentioned. In order to
avoid these dangers, a good knowledge of the extension and intensity must be
obtained; then a correct risk assessment, taking into account the mobility of
products in each phase (gaseous, liquid, water ... ), must be performed, before
defining the best adapted remediation method. The RESCOPP EUREKA
PROJECT aims at developing a set of technically and economically competitive
tools to perform assessment and remediation work. Its methodological approach
will encompass all stages of a remediation project, starting with plume detection,
to post-remediation assessment. It will rationalize critical steps, such as data
collection, goal definition, implementation, site monitoring and clean-up
assessment. Among others things, it will help select the most appropriate technique
for a given set of geology and pollutants. The project covers three main areas:
modeling, investigation and monitoring techniques, all of them developed through
laboratory tests, pilot projects, and implemented on real sites. The first step will be
to write a handbook on the present state of the art of the available techniques.
Un nouvel ensemble d'outils pour Ie diagnostic des pollutions
souterraines par les produits petrochimiques: un concept nouveau en
Europe
RESUME
Les polluants les plus frequemment rencontres dans les contaminations
souterraines sont les produits petroliers et les solvants chlores: apres l'eau, ce sont
les liquides les plus communement disperses dans Ie milieu naturel. Parmi les
risques eng endres, les plus courants sont la pollution des eaux souterraines, les
1 To whom correspondence may be addressed
C. Bardinet et al. (eds.), Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997