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AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. Scott R. Burge Burge Environmental 6100 South Maple Avenue, Suite 114 Tempe, Arizona 85283 (480) 968-5141 voice • (480) 345-7633 fax. BURGE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES. FUTURE PROJECTS. Perchlorates 99Tc Actinides (U, Pu). Cr (VI)
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AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Scott R. Burge Burge Environmental 6100 South Maple Avenue, Suite 114 Tempe, Arizona 85283 (480) 968-5141 voice • (480) 345-7633 fax
BURGEENVIRONMENTAL, INC. CURRENTTECHNOLOGIES FUTURE PROJECTS • Perchlorates • 99Tc • Actinides (U, Pu) • Cr (VI) • TCE & Carbon Tetrachloride • Explosives (TNT & RDX) • Aromatics UNDER DEVELOPMENT • As • 90Sr
PRIMARY DEPLOYMENTS ENGINEERING CONTROL TCE Treatment System Edwards, AFB, CA TCE Treatment System Robins AFB, GA ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE Cr(VI) Hanford Site, WA
DESIGN OF AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEM “PLUG and PLAY” • Sampling Module • Calibration Module • Analytical Module • Support Module • Control Module • Waste Module
SENSOR REQUIREMENTS • Sensitivity • Selectivity • Low Power • Low Maintenance • Compact Size • Low Cost
ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES • Optrode - TCE & Carbon Tetrachloride, As • Colorimetric - Cr (VI) & TNT • Photoionization - Aromatics • Cherenkov, 90Y - 90Sr
OPTRODE REAGENTS and SOURCE AnalyteReagentSource TCE, THMs Pyridine, LED, 540nm Tetrabuytlammonium Hydroxide CCl4 Pyridine, LED, 290nm Tetrabuytlammonium Hydroxide As Pyridine, LED, 540nm Diethyldithiocarbamate
TCE/THM OPTRODE CAP OF SAMPLE CHAMBER
TCE Monitoring System at Remote Water Treatment System Edwards, AFB, CA
CHROMIUM (VI) DECTECTION SYSTEM CALIBRATION MODULE
Cr (VI) MONITORING SYSTEM Hanford Site, WA
LESSONS LEARNED • Simple Not Always Least Expensive • Plug & Play Platform • Bury Everything • Automation • Client Training • Product or Service • You Are Only as Good as Your Standard
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Homestead Air Force Base Barry Lesnick – US Environmental Protection Agency Edwards Air Force Base Bob Woods – Edwards Air Force Base James May, Karl Eggers – Earth Technologies Hanford Site Richard Venedam – Bechtel Nevada Mary Hartman – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Scott Peterson, Richard Mahood – Fluor Hanford