Project Number:
DNR-043
Other Project Number:
WR86R010
Funding Year:
1986
Contract Period:
Funding Source:
DNR
Investigator(s) and affiliations:
Gregory T. Becker, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Abstract:
Introduction: The objective of this study is to evaluate the groundwater impacts from condensate discharges at a petroleum storage facility. Condensate is waste water from petroleum storage tanks that is normally discharged either to a diked area adjacent to the storage tanks or to an oil/water separator. Oil/water separators typically discharge to drainage ditches or other surface waters, but at some facilities they discharge into diked areas. This paper addresses condensate discharges which go to diked areas either directly or indirectly via an oil/water separator.