10 Karst Hydrogeology (Posters)

Thursday, 19 March 2015
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Starlight Terrace

DYE TRACE INVESTIGATION OF FULBRIGHT SPRING

Paper number: 10-4
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Authors

Abstract

While previous dye tracing attempts to determine the pollution source in Fulbright Spring, located near the future Route 66 Roadside Park, were somewhat ineffective due to a variety of setbacks, a successful trace was accomplished after examining a likely injection point. Fulbright Spring's pollution consists of globules of diesel/hydrocarbons of unknown origin. This spring lies in a tributary that flows into Jordan Creek about 200 feet downstream.

The spring itself was discovered during an urban renewal cleanup project of the West Meadows under the Brownfields Program. This program operates under the EPA as a means of accelerating the typical superfund remedial process to promote urban restoration and development.