AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

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AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Scott R. Burge Burge Environmental 6100 South
Maple Avenue, Suite 114 Tempe, Arizona
85283 [phone] voice [phone] fax
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BURGE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES
FUTURE PROJECTS

• Perchlorates
• 99Tc
• Actinides (U, Pu)

• Cr (VI)
• TCE Carbon Tetrachloride
• Explosives (TNT RDX)
• Aromatics

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

• As
• 90Sr

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PRIMARY DEPLOYMENTS
ENGINEERING CONTROL
TCE Treatment System Edwards,
AFB, CA TCE Treatment System
Robins AFB, GA
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
Cr(VI)
Hanford Site, WA
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DESIGN OF AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEM PLUG and
PLAY

• Sampling Module
• Calibration Module
• Analytical Module
• Support Module
• Control Module
• Waste Module

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SENSOR REQUIREMENTS

• Sensitivity
• Selectivity
• Low Power
• Low Maintenance
• Compact Size
• Low Cost

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ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS
SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES

• Optrode - TCE Carbon Tetrachloride, As
• Colorimetric - Cr (VI) TNT
• Photoionization - Aromatics
• Cherenkov, 90Y - 90Sr

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ILLUSTRATION OF OPTRODE
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OPTRODE REAGENTS and SOURCE
Analyte Reagent Source
TCE, THMs Pyridine, LED, 540nm Tetrabuytlammoni
um Hydroxide CCl4 Pyridine, LED,
290nm Tetrabuytlammonium Hydroxide As Pyridine
, LED, 540nm Diethyldithiocarbamate
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TCE/THM OPTRODE CAP OF SAMPLE CHAMBER
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TCE Monitoring System at Remote Water Treatment
System Edwards, AFB, CA
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CHROMIUM (VI) DECTECTION SYSTEM CALIBRATION MODULE
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Cr (VI) MONITORING SYSTEM Hanford Site, WA
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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

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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