Ehlig-Economides, Christine2019-09-142019-09-14May 20172017-05May 2017https://hdl.handle.net/10657/4591An operating company has used salt caverns for storage of natural gas since their creation in 1971. A casing leak developed in a gas storage well used for gas injection into and production from a salt cavern. Evidence suggests that natural gas that escaped because of the casing leak flowed into regional fresh water aquifers located in formation layers above the storage cavern. Measurements in wells penetrating the aquifers show that the groundwater flows in each in a regional NW to SE direction. Removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from groundwater is done using a pump and treat system. The objective for the proposed study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pump and treat ground water remediation technology to prevent further migration of gas downstream and remove the methane contamination from the aquifer.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).Pump-and-treatMethane contaminationMethane2019-09-14Thesisborn digital