AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORINGMONITORING

Scott R. BurgeScott R. Burge

Burge EnvironmentalBurge Environmental

6100 South Maple Avenue, Suite 1146100 South Maple Avenue, Suite 114

Tempe, Arizona 85283Tempe, Arizona 85283

(480) 968-5141 voice • (480) 345-7633 fax(480) 968-5141 voice • (480) 345-7633 fax

BURGE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.

CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES

• Cr (VI)

• TCE & Carbon Tetrachloride

• Explosives (TNT & RDX)

• Aromatics

FUTURE PROJECTS

• Perchlorates

• 99Tc

• Actinides (U, Pu)

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

• As

• 90Sr

PRIMARY DEPLOYMENTSPRIMARY DEPLOYMENTS

ENGINEERING CONTROL

TCE Treatment System Edwards, AFB, CA

TCE Treatment System Robins AFB, GA

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

Cr(VI) Hanford Site, WA

DESIGN OF AUTOMATEDDESIGN OF AUTOMATED

MONITORING SYSTEMMONITORING SYSTEM

““PLUG and PLAY”PLUG and PLAY”

• Sampling Module

• Calibration Module

• Analytical Module

• Support Module

• Control Module

• Waste Module

SENSOR REQUIREMENTSSENSOR 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

ILLUSTRATION OF OPTRODE

OPTRODEOPTRODE

REAGENTS and SOURCEREAGENTS and SOURCE

TCE, THMs Pyridine, LED, 540nm

Tetrabuytlammonium Hydroxide

CCl4 Pyridine, LED, 290nm

Tetrabuytlammonium Hydroxide

As Pyridine, LED, 540nm

Diethyldithiocarbamate

Analyte Reagent Source

TCE/THM OPTRODECAP OF SAMPLE CHAMBER

TCE Monitoring System at Remote Water Treatment

System Edwards, AFB, CA

EDWARDS DATA - EFFLUENT

-1.5-1

-0.50

0.51

1.52

2.5

TC

E C

on

c p

pb

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Date

Tem

per

atu

re

TemperatureTCE Conc ppb

CHROMIUM (VI) DECTECTION SYSTEMCALIBRATION MODULE

Cr (VI) MONITORING SYSTEMHanford Site, WA

50

70

90

110

130

150

170

190

Date

Cr(

VI)

Co

nc

, pp

b

280

290

300

310

320

330

340

350

360

Co

nd

uc

tiv

ity

Cond

Cr(VI)

DD-39-3

HANFORD DATA • MID-CALIBRATION STANDARD, ppb

30354045505560657075

Cr(

VI) C

onc,

ppb

Conc

LESSONS LEARNEDLESSONS 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 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