Strategies for Minimizing Adverse Impacts of an Oil Spill in Wachusett Reservoir on MWRA’s Finished Water
MWRA, 7/1/2015-6/30/2020
PIs: Reckhow & Tobiason
Students: Aarthi Mohan, Pranav Mashankar, Xian Ma
The general purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of various oxidation scenarios on the destruction of organic compounds found in crude oil. These include the suite of PIANO compounds (paraffins, isoparaffins, aromatics, naphthalenes and olefins) as well as others. This study is also designed to determine the formation of some key oxidation byproducts expected from these oxidation scenarios.
Proposal, Plans and Reports
- Workplans: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3,
- 1st year (FY16) Progress Reports: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter
- 2nd year (FY17) Progress Reports: 1st & 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter
- 3rd year (FY18) Progress Reports: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter
- 4th year (FY19) Progress Reports: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter
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Key Resources used for this work
- Waters Xevo QTof, Varian 2200 GC/MS, Shimadzu TOCV, Horiba Aqualog, Manntech PeCOD
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