Cost and Performance Report Enhanced Biological Attenuation of Aircraft Deicing Fluid Runoff Using Constructed Wetlands

• Main Authors: Knight, Robert L., Clarke, Ronald
• Other Authors: NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER PORT HUENEME CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Water Pollution and Control; *AIRCRAFT; *FLUIDS; *WETLANDS; *DEICING MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING); CHEMICALS; COSTS; WASTES; EFFLUENTS; WATER QUALITY; RUNOFF; STREAMS; *ADF(AIRCRAFT DEICING AND ANTI-ICING FLUIDS); CTW(CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT WETLAND); Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA435667; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA435667

During winter months at Department of Defense (DOD) air bases, large amounts of aircraft deicing and anti-icing fluids (ADF) (primarily propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and various additives) are used to ensure flight safety during certain adverse weather conditions. Standard practices at both military air bases and private airports are to direct deicing effluent to large stabilization ponds, the sanitary storm sewer, vegetated swales, or directly to the environment. The objective of this project was to demonstrate that SSF constructed treatment wetland (CTW) technology could cost-effectively remove harmful chemicals from deicing waste streams for immediate and long-term compliance with water quality regulations. The original document contains color images. ESTCP Project no. CP-0007.