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Pollution characteristics of groundwater in an agricultural hormone-contaminated site and implementation of Fenton oxidation process

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The groundwater polluted by an agricultural hormone site was taken as the research object, and a total of 7 groundwater samples were collected at different locations in the plant. The main pollutants in the research area were determined to be extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C40); 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1,2-trichloroethane; carbon tetrachloride; vinyl chloride, and chloroform; the maximum content of these pollutants can reach 271 mg/L, 1.68 × 107 µg/L, 1.56 × 104 µg/L, 9.53 × 104 µg/L, 6.58 × 104 µg/L, and 4.81 × 104 µg/L, respectively. Aiming at the problems of groundwater pollution in this area, two sets of oxidation experiments have been carried out. The addition of NaHSO3 modified Fenton oxidation system was used in this contaminated water, which enhanced (2.2 ~ 46.7%) chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate. The highest removal rate of extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C40) can reach 99%. And the degradation rate of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants can reach 99% to 100%, which almost achieved the purpose of complete removal. In the NaHSO3 modified Fenton oxidation system, the addition of NaHSO3 accelerates the cycle of Fe3+/Fe2+ and ensures the continuous existence of Fe2+ in the reaction system, thereby producing more ·OH and further oxidizing and degrading organic pollutants. Our work has provided important insights for this economically important treatment of this type water body and laid the foundation for the engineering of this method.

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The present work was supported by the Independent Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control (Grant No. PPC2018014), CNPC Research Institute of Safety and Environmental Technology.

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  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Huangdao District, No. 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, 266580, People’s Republic of China

    Fang Tang, Yaru Wang, Jing Li, Shuo Sun, Yuhua Su, Hongxu Chen, Wu Cui, Chaocheng Zhao & Qiyou Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Pollution Control, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Fang Tang, Yaru Wang, Jing Li, Shuo Sun, Yuhua Su, Hongxu Chen, Wu Cui, Chaocheng Zhao & Qiyou Liu

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Tang, F., Wang, Y., Li, J. et al. Pollution characteristics of groundwater in an agricultural hormone-contaminated site and implementation of Fenton oxidation process. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 35670–35682 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24734-7

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