Fuel Hydrocarbon Solute Plume Studies contd

1
Fuel Hydrocarbon Solute Plume Studies (contd)

• 1997 - Texas fuel hydrocarbon plume study
• Mace et al -- Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
• Evaluated historical data from 605 fuel sites

Unknown
Growing
1
3
Shrinking
34
Stable
62
75 of plumes lt 250 feet long
2
Texas Plume Study
Plume Length
Unknown
Growing
1
3
Shrinking
34
Stable
Plume Mass (ave. concentration)
62
Unknown
n 219
Growing
1
Stable
14
27
Shrinking
n 227
58