PetroFix Successfully Treats Residential Fuel Oil Leak

This case study reviews a residential site in Massachusetts, US, where the groundwater was contaminated with 760 litres of home heating fuel oil. PetroFix^® Remediation Fluid reduced the heating oil constituents to below detectable limits, resulting in successful regulatory closure.

After an excavation, WjF GeoConsultants created a remedial plan for the impacted groundwater which employed PetroFix to treat the remaining petroleum hydrocarbons. PetroFix is an affordable and effective technology which removes hydrocarbons from the dissolved phase and then stimulates hydrocarbon biodegradation by adding electron acceptors. Following the application, WjF conducted three quarters of sampling which indicated that the contaminants were below groundwater exceedance levels and were within Method 1 Standards for groundwater. Following the third sampling event, the site received regulatory closure from the state.