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DOE OSTI2025

Humate Amendment Injection Viability Testing – Supplementary Batch Mixture and Soil Column Studies

Groundwater in the Lost Lake Aquifer Zone (LLAZ) in the Southern Sector of the M-Area Hazardous Waste management Facility (HWMF) is contaminated with chlorinated ethenes, including trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE). Treatment of contaminated groundwater with humic acid is being evaluated as a potential corrective action for these volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the LLAZ in Southern Sector (SRNS, 2019). Pilot scale injections of Huma-K brand humic acid for groundwater treatment were previously performed in M-Area between 2017 and 2020 (Amidon, 2023). Groundwater was extracted from the Lost Lake Aquifer Zone (LLAZ), then a solution of humate was mixed with recovered groundwater and subsequently re-injected into the same aquifer unit. Operations of the historical humate pilot testing were discontinued in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, low injection rates, and recirculation fluid spillage. No further field scale or laboratory research to investigate humate amended groundwater injection was performed at the SRS until 2024. At the request of Area Completion Projects (ACP), the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) performed supplementary testing to help determine the viability of further injection of humate as a remedial option for VOCs within the LLAZ in the Southern Sector of the M-Area HWMF.

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DOE OSTI2021

Hydraulic Testing of the Lost Lake Aquifer Near Recovery Well RWM019

An aquifer pumping test was conducted on the Lost Lake Aquifer Zone (LLAZ) at the recently installed recovery well RWM019 in accordance with the approved test plan (Dixon, 2020). The objective of the testing was to determine baseline well performance parameters and aquifer hydraulic conductivity. This testing consisted of a step-drawdown test to determine well performance properties, a constant pumping rate aquifer test to determine aquifer hydraulic properties, and a post-test aquifer recovery monitoring period also used to estimate aquifer hydraulic properties. Well performance parameters determined included specific capacity, well efficiency, and head loss coefficients. The specific capacity of RWM019 was determined to be approximately 2.6 gpm/ft of drawdown based on the final step of the step-drawdown test. Well efficiency was inversely related to pumping rate and decreased from 87% to 81% over a pumping range of approximately 49 to 79 gpm. The aquifer head loss coefficient was determined to be 2.3 ft/ft 3 /min and the well loss coefficient was determined to be 0.05 min 2 /ft 5 .

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DOE OSTI2023

Hydraulic Testing of the Lost Lake Aquifer Near Recovery Wells RWM 6 and RWM 7

Hydrologic tests were conducted on the Lost Lake Aquifer Zone (LLAZ) at recovery wells RWM 6 and RWM 7 in accordance with the approved test plan (Dixon, 2023). The objective of the testing was to determine well performance parameters of RWM 6 and aquifer hydraulic properties near RWM 6 and RWM 7. Tests at RWM 6 consisted of a step-drawdown test to determine well performance parameters, a constant rate pump test to determine aquifer hydraulic properties, and an aquifer recovery test also used to determine aquifer hydraulic properties. Well performance parameters determined included specific capacity, well efficiency, and head loss coefficients. Prior to testing at RWM 6, a constant rate pump test was conducted at RWM 7. Data from this testing was used to determine aquifer hydraulic properties near RWM 7.

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DOE OSTI2025

Hydraulic Testing of the Lost Lake Aquifer Near Recovery Well RWM001R

An aquifer pumping test was conducted on the Lost Lake Aquifer Zone (LLAZ) at the recently installed recovery well RWM001R in accordance with the approved test plan (Dixon, 2024). The objective of the testing was to determine baseline well performance parameters and aquifer hydraulic conductivity. This testing consisted of two step-drawdown tests to determine well performance properties and two constant pumping rate aquifer tests with recovery periods to determine aquifer hydraulic properties. Well performance parameters determined included specific capacity, well efficiency, and head loss coefficients. The results of the step-drawdown testing are presented in Tables ES1 and ES2 whereas the results of the constant pumping rate testing are presented in Table ES3. The average specific capacity of RWM001R operating at pump capacity (~54 gpm) was 2.2 gpm/ft using data from the final step of both tests. The average well efficiency determined from both step-drawdown tests was 56% using data from the final step of both tests. For both step-drawdown tests, well efficiency was inversely related to the pumping rate with the average efficiency decreasing from approximately 79% to 56%. Aquifer head loss coefficients from both tests were comparable (Table ES2).

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