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Using Semi-Permeable Membrane Device (SPMD) Samplers in Cave Environments to Detect PCBs

1. Using Semi-Permeable Membrane Device (SPMD) Samplers in Cave Environments to Detect PCBs Presented by: Julie Schaer. 2. Beaver Pond Resurgence at the West Virginia/ Virginia State Line. 3. Map of West Virginia Showing Site Location. Mercer County, WV. 4.

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Using Semi-Permeable Membrane Device (SPMD) Samplers in Cave Environments to Detect PCBs

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  1. 1 Using Semi-Permeable Membrane Device (SPMD) Samplers in Cave Environments to Detect PCBs Presented by: Julie Schaer

  2. 2 Beaver Pond Resurgence at the West Virginia/ Virginia State Line

  3. 3 Map of West Virginia Showing Site Location Mercer County, WV

  4. 4 Topographical Map of study area with overlay of Limestone Bedrock

  5. 5 Limestone of Mercer County

  6. 6 Potential Source Cave Entrance Locations

  7. 7 Beaver Pond Resurgence

  8. 8 View Into Cave at Resurgence

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  14. 14 Beacon Cave Entrance

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  16. 16 A Walking Passage in Beacon Cave

  17. 17 Assembling SPMD Housings

  18. 18 Assembling SPMD Housings

  19. 19 Deploying the SPMD Housings

  20. 20 Topographical Map with Overlay of Beacon Cave Footprint

  21. 21 Results The SPMDs installed into Beacon Cave yielded the most significant PCB detections in the study area The detections from SPMDs installed into Beacon Cave were approximately double that of the next highest “hits”

  22. 22 Installation Challenges/ Differences from Above Ground Packaging to transport through a cave Finding a location with steady water Securing SPMD samplers for surge events Hiding the SPMD Sampler or Labeling the SPMD Sampler for your anticipated finders (Cavers vs. Spelunkers)

  23. 23 A “DAMP” Cave

  24. 24 Installation Challenges/ Differences from Above Ground Packaging to transport through a cave Finding a location with steady water Securing SPMD samplers for surge events Hiding the SPMD Sampler or Labeling the SPMD Sampler for your anticipated finders (Cavers vs. Spelunkers)

  25. 25 Hope I don’t Run into any uh dem BATS!

  26. 26 Potential Resources National Speleological Society (NSS) Local Grottos Area Cavers State Cave Surveys West Virginia Speleological Survey (WVaSS) Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, etc…

  27. 27 Cave Map Example

  28. 28 Beacon Cave System Overview Groundwater Travel Time to Beaver Pond Resurgence Cave Name Cave Length (Ft.) Holiday Hole KFC Cave Cole Hole Beacon Cave Beaver Pond Cave 250 504 500+ 15,000 247 Unknown 2 Days Under 6 hours Under 1 hour N/A Total 16,501

  29. 29 Acknowledgements and Photo Credits Nick Schaer and George Dasher , WV DEP West Virginia Speleological Survey (WVaSS) Jerry Fuller Tri-State Grotto

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