Christoph Wanner, Urs Eggenberger
The risk of groundwater contamination by chromate at a former chromite ore processing industrial site in Rivera (Switzerland) was assessed by determining subsoil Cr(VI) concentrations and tracking naturally occurring Cr(VI) reduction with Cr isotopes. Using a hot alkaline extraction procedure, a total Cr(VI) contamination of several 1000 kg was estimated. Jarosite, KFe3((SO4)x(CrO4)1/C0 x)2(OH)6, and chromatite (CaCrO4) were identified as Cr(VI) bearing mineral phases using XRD, both limiting groundwater Cr(VI) concentrations. To track assumed Cr(VI) reduction at field scaled 53Cr values of contaminated subsoil samples in addition to groundwater d53Cr data are used for the first time. The measurements showed a fractionation of groundwater d53Cr values towards positive values and subsoil d53Cr towards negative values confirming reduction of soluble Cr(VI) to insoluble Cr(III). Using a Rayleigh fractionation model, a current Cr(VI) reduction efficiency of approximately 31% along a 120 m long flow path was estimated at an average linear groundwater velocity of 3.3 m/d. Groundwater and subsoil d53Cr values were compared with a site specific Rayleigh fractionation model proposing that subsoil d53Cr values can possibly be used to track previous higher Cr(VI) reduction efficiency during the period of industrial activity. The findings strongly favor monitored natural attenuation to be part of the required site remediation measures.
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