10. MGP Sites Sooty Creek Gas Co., Former MGP, TypiVille, USA release point black, viscous, obvious tar changing as it travels often “refined” to a runny oil (orange) clay feature that is preventing DNAPL from getting deeper (not always... a fracture!) peat or shell hash thin sheen at groundwater surface? yes… sometimes NAPL in angular gravel or running sands = tough sampling water over seds groundwater flow is often complicated - doesn’t behave classically rare “unfilled” gravel lens
11. TarGOST ® Tar-Specific Green Optical Screening Tool real time “NAPL hunt” (TRIAD) Detailed Conceptual Model higher quality information for higher quality engineering/decisions
15. TarGOST – semi-quantitative response TarGOST response to a wide variety of MGP NAPLs (lab analysis would certainly vary with method/tar as well) 1.0 10.0 100.0 1000.0 10000.0 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Spiked NAPL Concentration (ppm) TarGOST (Signal %RE) NY NAPL Fine Sediment NY NAPL on Sand MA Tar on Sand IN Tar on Sand NH Tar on Sand CT Tar and Sand