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MTCA Science Advisory Board Presentation Establishing Moderate Soil Levels for Arsenic October 23, 2006.

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1 MTCA Science Advisory Board Presentation Establishing Moderate Soil Levels for Arsenic October 23, 2006

2 Tacoma Smelter

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5 Pesticide Applications

6 Yakima County Historic Orchards

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9 Arsenic and Lead Mobility Metal concentration Metal speciation Soil redox and pH conditions Precipitation Soil composition and permeability Other (i.e., application of phosphate fertilizers)

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11 Arsenate Column Experiment

12 Arsenite Column Experiment

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14 Field Data as an Indicator of Arsenic and Lead Mobility

15 Soil Profiles Near the Tacoma Smelter LeadArsenic

16 Soil Profiles – Central, WA

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18 Old Yakima Orchard Concentrations w/ Depth

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20 Groundwater Data No Specific combined GW/Soil study However on Vashon – lots of soil data and lots of GW Data 22 Group A systems 137 Group B systems 50 to 75 % of Group A and B systems receive water from 25 ft or less DOH and King County Databases

21 WDOH Database

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23 Equilibrium Partitioning Model Where: C s = Soil Concentration (mg/kg) C w = Groundwater concentration or cleanup level (μg/L) USF= Unit conversion factor (1 mg/1,000 μg) DF= Dilution factor (dimensionless: 20 for unsaturated zone soil) K d = Distribution coefficient (L/kg) θ w = Water-filled soil porosity (mL water/mL soil: 0.3 for unsaturated soil) P b = Dry soil bulk density (1.5 kg/L)

24 K d - Distribution Coefficient Soil (mg/kg) Water (mg/L) Container K d = Water (mg/L) Soil (mg/kg) = L/kg

25 K d - Arsenic Examples of K d values reported in literature reviews

26 K d - Lead Examples of K d values reported in literature reviews

27 Equilibrium Partitioning Model C W (K d of 29, MTCA) = 43 μg/L C W (K d of 2512, EPA median) = 0.50 μg/L C W (K d of 1585, EPA mean) = 0.79 μg/L C W (K d of 1825, Sauve median) = 0.68 μg/L C W (K d of 13119, Sauve mean) = 0.10 μg/L Arsenic (C S = 25 mg/kg)

28 Equilibrium Partitioning Model C W (K d of 2,510) = 5 μg/L Arsenic (C S = 251 mg/kg)


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