Analyses of Select Organic and Inorganic Data Collected from Lysimeters Installed at the Bemidji Crude Oil Spill Site, Minnesota, 2018, 2019, 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collected porewater samples from nine suction lysimeters in 2018, 2019, and 2021 for analysis of organic and inorganic constituents from the National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site near Bemidji, MN. In August of 1979, approximately 1,700,000 L (liters), or 10,700 barrels, of crude oil spilled onto a glacial outwash aquifer. Sampled lysimeters included L310-1.5, L310-4.5, L1802-1.8, L9014-1.5, L9014-3.0, L9014-4.5, L9017-1.3, L9017-2.5, and L9017-3.7. This data release presents data on analytes that are important indicators of biodegradation processes. Some of these analytes, if present in elevated concentrations, can be a concern regarding potential effects...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bemidji, Energy Resources, Environmental Health, Minnesota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... United States, alkalinity, chemical analysis, chemical elements, chromatography, crude oil spill, dissolved organic compounds, environment, geochemistry, groundwater, groundwater quality, health, industrial pollution, laboratory methods, lysimeter, petroleum, petroleum spills, spills, trace element contamination, water chemistry, water properties, water sampling, water well, Fewer tags