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Biodegradation of Chlorinated Ethenes at a Karst Site in Middle Tennessee

Table 7. Water-quality data for samples collected from selected shallow wells


[µS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter; CaCO3, calcium carbonate; mg/L, milligrams per liter; µM/L, micromoles per liter; <, less than; --, no data; a, sample possibly aerated during collection; *, see table 8 for date samples were collected for trichloroethylene, cis-1,2,-dichloroethylene, and vinyl chloride]

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                                                           Nitro-    Nitrogen
                                  Spe-	 		    gen	       am-	Manga- 	                            Chlo-                          cis-
                                  cific    Alka-	   nitrate,   monia,     nese,   Iron,	 Sulfate, Sulfide,  ride,             Tri-        1,2-Di-   
                         pH	  con-    linity  Dis-	    dis-       dis-	 dis-    dis-	   dis-     dis-    dis-   Calcite   chloro-      chloro-        Vinyl 
                      (stand-	  duct-	  (mg/L  solved	   solved     solved	solved	solved   solved    solved  solved   satur-    ethy-  	   ethy-         chlo-  
 Well		        ard       ance     as    oxygen    (mg/L      (mg/L	(mg/L	(mg/L     (mg/L    (mg/L   (mg/L    ation     lene         lene          ride         Ethene         Ethane 	
 name	       Date    units)   (μS/cm)   CaCO3) (mg/L)	    as N)     as N)     as Mn)	as Fe)	  as SO4)  as S2-)  as Cl)   index    (μM/L)       (μM/L)        (μM/L)       (μM/L)         (μM/L)
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Well 33S     11/12/96*	6.2	 1,276	   413	 <0.1	    0.21      1.40	1.70	 5.70	   61	   --      150      -0.52     <0.76       182.6         78.4            --           --
             02/11/97	6.7	 1,250	   386	 <0.1	    0.05      1.40	2.00	 6.00	   75      --	   140	    -0.10      0.30	  147.5	        47.7	        --	     --
             08/22/97	6.8	 1,585	   480	 <0.1	    0.06      1.60	2.60	18.10	  170       0.056  190	     0.14     <0.76	  150.6	        56.0	        92.67	     27.57
               5/98    --	    --	    --	 --	   --	     --	       --	--	   --      --	    --	    --	      <6.85	  312.9	        36.0	        60.24	     33.59	
									
Well 7S	     11/12/96*	6.4	 1,118	   434	  2.4a	    0.63      0.84	0.03	 0.01	   37      --	    80	    -0.28     63.55        90.3	         1.02           --           --					
             02/11/97	6.7	 1,024	   441	  1.1a	    0.22      2.50	4.40	<0.01	   32      --	    70	    -0.01      6.15	   11.4	         0.08	        --	     --				
             08/21/97*  7.1	 1,080	   387	  3.5	    1.90      0.98	1.90	<0.01     110       0.060   56       0.49     50.23       142.4	        <0.02           <0.93        <0.86			
             11/05/97	6.7	 1,311	   350	  5.1	    0.20      1.47     --	 0.01	   78	    0.015   14	    --	      28.92	  168.1	         0.98	        <0.93	     <0.86
               5/98    --	    --	    --	 --	   --	     --	       --	--	   --      --	    --	    --	      59.25	  280	        <7.20	        <0.93	     <0.86	
		
Well 2S	     11/12/96*	6.4	   908	   335	  2.5a	    0.25      0.48	2.20	 0.30	   72	   --	    45	    -0.47  1,415	  330.1	        32.8	        --	     --
             02/11/97	7.0	   886	   359	  0.8a	   <0.02      0.48	1.90	 0.24	   69      --	    47	     0.15    610.4	  466.2	        29.0	        --	     --		
             08/22/97	6.8	   918	   363	  2.1	   <0.02      0.47	2.10	 0.28	   67       0.068   46	     0.00  1,302	  355.9	        <8.00	         7.77	      3.72	
               5/98    --	    --	    --	 --	   --	     --	       --       --	   --      --	    --	    --	     702.1	  279.4	        17.3	        10.37	      2.39
				
 

Well 5S	     11/12/96*	7.4	   678	   329	 --	    0.91      0.02     <0.01	<0.01      75      --	    15	     0.42      0.74	    0.47	 0.06	        --	     --			
             02/11/97	7.6	   645	   265	  7.5a	    0.59      0.02     <0.01	<0.01	   75      --	    18       0.48      2.09	    0.44	<0.02	        --	     --			
             08/22/97  --	   581	   340	  5.6	    1.80      0.10	1.40	<0.01      78 	    0.034   11	    --	      --	   --	        --	        <0.93	     <0.86				
             11/05/97	7.5	   578	   255	  5.4	    1.10      0.05     --	 0.01	  122       0.005  137	    --         3.73         3.77	<0.02	        <0.93	     <0.86				
               5/98    --	    --	    --	 --	   --	     --	       --       --	   --      --       --	    --	      10.96	    5.20	<0.02	        <0.93	     <0.86				
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