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In Situ Activated Carbon Amendment for Sediment and Soil Mercury
Remediation
Dr. Cynthia Gilmour (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD,
USA)Prof. Upal Ghosh
(University of Maryland Baltimore County)
Presented at: FRTR Semi-Annual General MeetingNRC Headquarters, Rockville, MD
Nov. 8, 2017
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SERC Land : 2,650 acres, 16 miles of shoreline
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Ecology, biodiversity, conservation, restorationFisheries
Molecular ecologyBiogeochemistry and microbial ecology
Invasions biologyPlant and forest ecology
20 labs, ~100 employees, >40 summer interns
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Ghosh et al. ES&T 2011
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From Engstrom PNAS 2007
The Aquatic Mercury Cycle
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Gilmour et al. 2013 ES&T Mercury Methylation by Novel Microorganisms from New Environments
Discovery of hgcAB led to identification of new types of Hg-methylators
Sulfate-reducers
Iron-reducersMethanogens
Fermenters
Syntrophs
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Preliminary lab studies with AC
Gilmour et al. ES&T 2013. Activated carbon mitigates mercury and methylmercury bioavailability in contaminated sediments
Gilmour, C.C., G.S. Riedel, G. Riedel, S. Kwon and U. Ghosh. 2013. Activated carbon mitigates mercury and methylmercury bioavailability in contaminated sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 47:13001-13010.
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Sediment:porewater KD
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DEVELOPMENT OF IN-SITU MERCURY REMEDIATION APPROACHES BASED ON METHYLMERCURY
BIOAVAILABILITYUpal Ghosh and James Sanders
Department of Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, UMBCCynthia Gilmour
Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterDwayne Elias
University of Tennessee/ Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Specific Aim 1: Develop in situ remediation tools for Hg and MeHg impacted sediments Specific Aim 2: Fill key knowledge gaps needed to develop a biogeochemical model for MeHg production and degradation in contaminated sediments and soils
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Activated carbon acts as a sorbents, to reduce:
1) Hg bioavailability for methylation2) MeHg bioavailability for uptake by
benthos3) MeHg flux to overlying water
ACTIVTED CARBON REMEDIATON MODEL
TEST SITES TO DATE:
Lab trials: South River, VABerry’s Creek, NJPompton Lake, NJRhode River, MD
Field Trials:Canal Creek, MDPenobscot River, MEBerry’s Creek, NJ
Funding from Dow, DuPont, Mallinckrodt, SERDP
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• Lab studies to evaluate efficacy across soil types
• Small-scale field trials • Penobscot River, ME• Berry’s Creek, NJ
• Lab work to examine mechanisms and parameterize models
Approach to evaluating AC as a tools for Hg risk remediation in sediments and soils
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Mendell Marsh, Penobscot River, ME
Supported by: Penobscot River Study/Mallinckrodt Chemical
Contamination source:
HoltraChem chloralkalifacility
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Design• 15 plots per site; 5
treatments,• 3 plots per treatment• Loading: 5% by dry weight
of soil, based on top 10 cm of soil
Treatment Loading (kg/m2)
Control NoneFeCl2 . 4H20 2.3Lime 0.5Biochar – Pine Dust 1
SediMite(coconut shell PAC 50%)
2.3
Lime Char Control Fe AC
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Amendments applied9/23/2010
Plots sited, edging installed
9/2010 10/20101 month
6/20119 months
9/20122 years
9/20111 year
Study Time Line
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Key Endpoints/Metrics
Amendment retention
• Black carbon in sediment
Efficacy and longevity
• Pore water [MeHg]
• Not evaluated: bioaccumulation
Impacts on soil biogeochemistry
Soil and pore water sampling over time
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Pore water MeHg
• Each bar is the average ± std of triplicate plots.• Samples for each plot are composites of 3 samples.
Treatments significantly different from control on each date (p<0.05 by pairwise Student’s t-test)
West: Standing pools, highly sulfidicSpartina patens (salt marsh hay), Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass), Eleocharis uniglumis(spike rush)
Central: Drier, moderately sulfidic Schoenoplectus pungens(three square)Juncus gerardii (saltmarsh rush), Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass),
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Pore water MeHg reductions
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Penetration of AC into marsh surface
~2 cm in 2 years
1 year retention:AC/SediMite 55 ± 20%Biochar 28 ± 35%
Untreated control plot
Top 3 cm contains ~10% black carbon
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Depth of Carbon layer, Sept. 2017
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Field Trial: Berry’s Creek, NJPhragmites marsh
Cindy Gilmour, Tyler Bell, Alyssa McBurney, Nise Butera, Ally BullockSmithsonian Environmental Research Center
Upal Ghosh, James SandersUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County
Susan Kane Driscoll, Charlie Menzie, and Ben Amos, ExponentBetsy Henry, Anchor QEA
Steve Brown, The Dow Chemical Company
Plot A, April 2013
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N
Plot ASediMite
(formulated with regenerated PAC)
Plot BControl
Plot CAC+Sand
(Calgon GAC + ~2 cm sand )
Plot DAC
(Calgon GAC)
Plot Design – thin layer surface placements
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• Application by vortex sprayer• 2 year study• Soil sampling design similar to
Penobscot – cores and sippers, composites and replicates, focus on top 5 cm
• Also included caged and wild amphipod exposure
Design
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Appearance of the experimental plots two months after amendment application.
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Activated Carbon Retention in Berry’s CreekSediment cores from SediMite™ plot
were sectioned in 1-cm intervals.High-resolution measurements
showed a clear depth profile of AC after 37 months.
Site heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy, but AC persisted in marsh sediments
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Total Hg uptake by Leptocheirus
• Average uptake across 3 sampling dates, 5 composites per plot per date• Treatments significantly different from controls• Modeled with elevation as a co-variate, AC reduced total Hg uptake on average
by ~50%
Exposure chamber design by Bennett Amos
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MeHg in soil and pore waters
Marsh Elevation
• 1-2’ of elevation difference among the plots
• Large redox effect confounded evaluation of AC effects on MeHg
A cautionary tale: Elevation differences among plots
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Ex-situ evaluation of AC on MeHg in Berry’s
Creek Marsh soils
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Effect of amendments mixed into anaerobic soil slurries (2:1 soil:water) 1 week incubation
OLC = Calgon OLC GAC
RAC = SediMite formulated with regenerated PAC
ZVI – zero-valent iron“ETI CC-1004” from
Connelly-GPM
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Wide range of reduction in partitioningAC is more effective in reducing pore water MeHg
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Correlates of AC efficacy
AC is more effective in sediments and soils with:
• naturally low Kd
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Correlates of AC efficacy
AC is more effective in sediments and soils with:
• naturally low Kd
• higher pore water DOC
• No relationship with Hg or MeHg concentration in pw or solid
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Sorption isotherms forMeHg onto AC in the presence and absence of DOM
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Summary• Activated Carbon can be an effective tool in
reducing MeHg risk by reducing MeHg in pore waters
• Efficacies range from no impact to 50X increase in Kd– Avg pore water reduction of ~50% across all
studies• Early days for AC use in sediment/soil Hg
remediation
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Summary• Activated Carbon seems most effective for
MeHg in soils with natural low Kd high DOC
• AC was more effective in reducing MeHg than total Hg for most sites
• Goal: develop an empirical model to predict the potential effectiveness of AC amendments for specific sites
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Funding:NIEHSSERDPThe DOW Chemical CompanyPenobscot River StudyThe Smithsonian Institution
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