Peer-reviewed publications (including those submitted or in press; reverse chronological order):

Mackay, D. M., Hathaway, E. M., N. de Sieyes, H. Zhang, E. Rasa, C. Paradis, R. Schmidt, J. Peng, T. Buscheck, and N. Sihota. Comparing Natural Source Zone Depletion Pathways at a Fuel Release Site.  In final preparation for submission to Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation.

Chu, M. J., P. J. Bennett, M. E Dolan, M. R. Hyman, A. D. Peacock, A. Bodour, R. H. Anderson, D. M. Mackay and M. N. Goltz.  Concurrent In Situ Cometabolic 1 Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane and Chlorinated Aliphatics Using Groundwater Recirculation.  Submitted to Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, May 2017.

Mackay, D. M., C. J. Paradis, T. E. Buscheck, E. Daniels, E. M. Hathaway, N. R. de Sieyes, E. Rasa, R. Schmidt, and J. Peng. Methods to Estimate Natural Source Zone Depletion of Fuel Releases by Groundwater Flow. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, in press.

Key, K. C., K. L. Sublette, K. Duncan, D. M. Mackay, K. M. Scow. Using DNA-Stable Isotope Probing to Identify MTBE- and TBA-Degrading Microorganisms in Contaminated Ground Water.  Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 4: 57-68; 10.1111/gwmr.12031; 2013.

Rasa, E., L. Foglia, D. M. Mackay and K. M. Scow.  Effect of different transport parameters on inverse modeling results: Case study of a long term groundwater tracer test monitored at high resolution. Hydrogeology Journal, 21: 1539-1554.

Wilson, J. T, M. Toso, D. Mackay, N. de Sieyes, and G. DeVaull.  What’s the Deal with Methane at LUST Spill Sites? Part 2: Vapor Intrusion. L.U.S.T.LINE, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, Lowell, MA, USA.  Bulletin 71: pp. 5-11, 21-22. 2013.

Rasa, E., Bekins, B.A., Mackay, D.M., de Sieyes, N.R., Wilson, J.T., Feris, K.P., Wood, I.A., Scow, K.M. Impacts of ethanol-blended fuels release on groundwater aquifers and fate of produced methane: Simulation of field observations. Submitted to Water Resources Research, 1/14/13.

Wilson, J. T, M. Toso, D. Mackay, N. de Sieyes, and G. DeVaull.  What’s the Deal with Methane at LUST Spill Sites? L.U.S.T.LINE, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, Lowell, MA, USA.  Bulletin 71: pp. 6-8, 13. 2012.

North, K. P., D. M. Mackay, M. D. Annable, K. L. Sublette, G. Davis, R. B. Holland, D. Petersen, and K. M. Scow.  An Ex Situ Evaluation of TBA- and MTBE-baited Bio-traps.  Water Research. 46:12, 3879-3888, 2012. 

North, K. P., J. Kayne, D. Petersen, E. Rasa, L. Rastegarzedeh, Reef B. Holland, K. Scow and D. Mackay.  In situ biotreatment of TBA with recirculation and oxygenation. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 32(3): 52-62, Summer 2012.

Mackay, D. M., M. D., Einarson, P.M. Kaiser, M. Nozawa-Inoue, S. Goyal, I. Chakraborty, E. Rasa and K. M Scow.  Estimating contaminant mass discharge: Evaluation of the Theissen Polygon Method.  Ground Water, 50:6, 895–907, 2012..

Rasa, E., S. Chapman, B. Bekins, G. Fogg, K. Scow and D. Mackay.  Role of back diffusion and biogeochemical reactions in sustaining an MTBE/TBA plume in alluvial media.  J. Contaminant Hydrology.  126: 235-247, 2011.

Goltz, M., C. A. Bleckmann, D. M. Mackay, and K. Vuong.  Unintended Consequences – Potential Downsides of USAF Conversion to Biofuels.  Air and Space Power Journal.  Vol. XXV, No. 2, pp. 41-46, Summer 2011.

Kline, K. R., J. F. Clark, L. Rastegarzadeh, Y. M. Nelson, and D. M. Mackay.  Importance of exposure history when using single well push-pull tests to quantify in-situ ethanol biodegradation rates.  Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation. 31(3): 103-110, 2011. Published on web, 5/2011; doi: 10:1111/j1745-6592.2011.01247.x.

Einarson, M. D., D. M. Mackay, P. J. Bennett.  Sampling Transects for Affordable, High-Resolution Plume Characterization and Monitoring.  In column: Advances and Strategies in Groundwater Remediation.  Ground Water. 48: 6, 805-808, Nov-Dec 2010 (on line version available 9/28/2010).

Beller, H. R., S. R. Kane, T. C. Legler, J. R. McElvie, B. Sherwood Lollar, F. Pearson, L. Balser, D. M. Mackay.  Comparative Assessments of Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene Natural Attenuation by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis of a Catabolic Gene, Signature Metabolites, and Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis, Environmental Science and Technology, 42(16): 6065-6072, 2008.

Feris, K. P., D. Mackay, M. Einarson, N. de Sieyes, L. Jacobson, I. Wood, and K. Scow.   Effect of Ethanol on Microbial Community Structure and Function During the Natural Attenuation of Benzene, Toluene and o-Xylene in a Sulfate-Reducing Aquifer, Environmental Science and Technology, 42: 2289–2294, 2008.

McElvie, J., D. Mackay, N. de Sieyes, G. Lacrampe-Couloume, B. Sherwood Lollar.  Quantifying MTBE Biodegradation In The Vandenberg Air Force Base Ethanol Release Study Using Stable Carbon Isotopes.  Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 94:157-165, 2007.

Mackay, D. M., N. R. de Sieyes, M. D. Einarson, K. P. Feris, A. A. Pappas, I. A. Wood, L. Jacobson, L. G. Justice, M. N. Noske, J. T. Wilson, C. J. Adair, and K. M. Scow,.   Impact of Ethanol on Natural Attenuation of MTBE in a Normally Sulfate-Reducing Aquifer. Environmental Science and Technology, 41:6, 2015-2021, 2007.

Mackay, D. M., N. R. de Sieyes, M. D. Einarson, K. P. Feris, A. A. Pappas, I. A. Wood, L. Jacobson, L. G. Justice, M. N. Noske, K. M. Scow and J. T. Wilson.   Impact of Ethanol on the Natural Attenuation of Benzene, Toluene and o-Xylene in a Normally Sulfate-Reducing Aquifer.  Environmental Science and Technology, 40:19, 6123-6130, 2006.

 Smith, A. E., K. Hristova, I. Wood, D. M. Mackay, E. Lory, D. Lorenzana, and K. M. Scow.  Comparison of Biostimulation versus Bioaugmentation with Bacterial Strain PM1 for Treatment of Groundwater Contaminated with Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE).  Environmental Health Perspectives, 113:3, 317-322, 2005.

Feris, K. P., K. Hristova, B. Grebreyesus, D. Mackay, and K. M. Scow.  A Shallow BTEX and MTBE Contaminated Aquifer Supports a Diverse Microbial Community.  Microbial Ecology, 48:4, 589-600, 2004.

Wilson, R. D., D. M. Mackay and S. F. Thornton.  Challenges in Monitoring the Natural Attenuation of Spatially Variable Plumes.  Biodegradation.  15:6, 359-369, 2004.

Hristova, K, B. Gebreyesus, D. Mackay and K. Scow.  Naturally Occurring Bacteria Similar to the Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)-Degrading Strain PM1 are Present in MTBE-Contaminated Aquifer.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69: 2616-2623, 2003.

Mackay, D., R. Wilson, C. Naas, I. Wood, K. Scow, A. Smith,  D. Ghandi, K. Hristova, B. Watanabe, and M. Einarson.  In Situ Treatment of MTBE-Contaminated Groundwater at Two Sites in California.  In “Groundwater Quality: Natural and Enhanced Restoration of Groundwater Pollution (Proceedings of the Groundwater Quality 2001 Conference held at Sheffield, UK, June, 2001).  S. F. Thornton and S. E. Oswald, editors.  IAHS Publ. no. 275, 2002.

Wilson, R. D. and D. M. Mackay. Diffusive Oxygen Emitters for Enhancement of Aerobic In Situ

Treatment. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 22(2): 88-98, 2002.

Gray, J. R., G. Lacrampe-Couloume, D. Gandhi, K. M. Scow, R. D. Wilson, D. M. Mackay, R. D. Wilson and B. Sherwood Lollar.  Hydrogen Isotopic Fractionation: A New Approach for Monitoring Biodegradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether.  Environmental Science and Technology, 36(9): 1931-1938, 2002.

Gordon, S., D. Mackay, T. Gorecki, J. A. Cherry and J. Pawliszyn.  A Laboratory Technique for Investigation of Diffusion and Transformation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Low Permeability Media.  J. Contaminant Hydrology, 57 (3-4): 223-240, 2002.

Wilson, R. D., D. M. Mackay, and K. M. Scow. In Situ MTBE Degradation Supported By Diffusive Oxygen Release.  Environmental Science and Technology, 36(2): 190-199, 2002.

Einarson, M. D. and D. M. Mackay.  Predicting Impacts of Groundwater Contamination. Environmental Science and Technology 36(3): 66A-73A, 2001.

Mackay, D.M., R. D. Wilson, M. J. Brown, W. P. Ball, G. Xia, and D. P. Durfee.  A Controlled Field Evaluation of Continuous versus Pulsed Pump-and-Treat Remediation of a VOC-Contaminated Aquifer: Site Characterization, Experimental Setup, and Overview of Results.  J. Contaminant Hydrology 41: 81-131, 2000.

McNab, W.W. Jr., D. W. Rice, J. Bear, R. Ragaini, C. Tuckfield, C. Oldenberg, G. Bartow, M. Brown, P. Haas, C. Hubbard, J. Jacobsen, M. Kavanaugh, D. Mackay, W. Mason, T. McKone, M. Pound and H. Temko.  Historical Case Analysis of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compound Plumes.  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Environmental Protection Department.  Report peer-reviewed by academic advisory committee.  November 1998.

Chapman, S. W., M. R. Vandergriendt, B. J. Butler and D. M. Mackay.  Measurement of Oxygen Demand of Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Groundwater.  Bioremediation Journal, 1(3): 165-172, 1998.

Wilson, R. D. , D. M. Mackay, and J. A. Cherry.  Arrays of Unpumped Wells for Plume Migration Control by Semi-Passive In-Situ Remediation , Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 17(3): 185-193, 1997.

Chapman, S. W.. Brian T. Byerley, D. J. A. Smyth, and D. M. Mackay.  A Pilot Test of Passive Oxygen Release for Enhancement of In-Situ Bioremediation of BTEX-Contaminated Ground Water.  Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 17(2), 93-105, 1997.

Ball, W. P., G. Xia, D. P. Durfee, R. Wilson, M. Brown and D. M. Mackay.  Hot-Methanol Extraction for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Chemicals in Subsurface Core Samples from Dover AFB, Delaware.  Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 17(1): 104-121, 1997.

Thorbjarnarson, K. W. and D. M. Mackay.  A Field Test of Tracer Transport and Organic Elution in a Stratified Aquifer at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, J. Contaminant Hydrology, 24(3-4):  287-312, 1997.

 Allen-King, R. M., H. Groenevelt, and D. M. Mackay.  Chlorinated Solvent Sorption in Four Clay-Rich Geologic Media. J. Contaminant Hydrology, 22: 203-221, 1996.

Wilson, R. D. and D. M. Mackay.  Sulfur Hexafluoride as a Tracer in Saturated Media with High Organic Carbon Content or High Intragranular Porosity, Ground Water, 34(2), 241-249, 1996.

Wilson, R. D. and D. M. Mackay.  A Method for Passive Release of Solutes From an Unpumped Well. Ground Water, 33(6):  936-945, 1995.

Wilson, R. D. and D. M. Mackay.  Direct Detection of Residual NAPL in the Saturated Zone using SF6 as a Partitioning Tracer,  Environmental Science and Technology,  29(5):  1255-1258, 1995.

Allen-King, R. M., H. Groenevelt, and D. M. Mackay.  An Analytical Method for the Sorption of Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants in Clay-Rich Materials. Environmental Science and Technology, 29(1):  148-153, 1995.

Bianchi-Mosquera, G. C. and D. M. Mackay.  An Evaluation of the Reproducibility of Forced-Gradient Solute Transport Tests.  Ground Water, 32(6): 937-948, 1994.

Bianchi-Mosquera, G. C., R. M. Allen-King and D. M. Mackay.  Enhanced Degradation of Dissolved Benzene and Toluene using a Solid Oxygen-Releasing Compound, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, pp. 120-128, Winter 1994.

Mackay, D. M., G. Bianchi-Mosquera, A. Kopania, H. Kianjah and K. Thorbjarnarson.  A Forced-Gradient Experiment on Solute Transport in the Borden Aquifer:  1.  Experimental Methods and Moment Analyses of Results;  Water Resources Research, 30(2): 369-383, 1994.

Thorbjarnarson, K. W and D. M. Mackay.  A Forced-Gradient Experiment on Solute Transport in the Borden Aquifer:  2. Transport and Dispersion of the Conservative Tracer; Water Resources Research, 30(2): 385-399, 1994.

Thorbjarnarson, K. W. and D. M. Mackay.  A Forced-Gradient Experiment on Solute Transport in the Borden Aquifer:  3. Nonequilibrium Transport of Sorbing Organic Solutes; Water Resources Research, 30(2): 401-419, 1994.

Wilson, R. and D. M. Mackay.  Sulfur Hexafluoride as a Conservative Tracer for Saturated Sandy Media. Ground Water, 31(5): 719-724, 1993.

Mazari, M. and D. M. Mackay.  Potential for Groundwater Contamination in Mexico City.  Environmental Science and Technology, 27(5): 794-801, 1993.

Bloes, M., K. M. Rathfelder and D. M. Mackay.  Laboratory Studies of Vapor Extraction for Remediation of Contaminated Soil.  In Subsurface Contamination by Immiscible Fluids, Proceedings of the April 1990 International Conference on Subsurface Contamination by Immiscible Fluids, Calgary, Canada, K. U. Weyer (ed.), A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 255-262, 1992.

Bianchi-Mosquera, G. C. and D. M. Mackay.  Comparison of Stainless Steel versus TeflonR Miniwells for Monitoring Halogenated Organic Solute Transport.  Ground Water Monitoring Review, 126-131, Fall 1992.

Rathfelder, K. W.,  W-G. Yeh and D. M. Mackay.  Mathematical Simulation of Soil Vapor Extraction Systems: Model development and numerical examples.  J. Contaminant Hydrology, 8(3-4), pp. 263-297, 1991.

Feenstra, S., D. Mackay and J. Cherry.  Presence of Residual NAPL Based on Organic Concentration in Soil Samples.  Groundwater Monitoring Review, pp. 128-136, Spring 1991.

Mackay, D. M. and L. A. Smith.  Agricultural Chemicals in Groundwater:  Monitoring and Management in California.  J. Soil and Water Conservation, 45(2): 253-255, 1990.

Roberts, P. V., G. D. Hopkins, D. M. Mackay, and L. Semprini.  A Field Evaluation of In-Situ Biodegradation of Chlorinated Ethenes:  Part 1, Methodology and Field Site Characterization Ground Water, 28(4): 591-604, 1990.

Ball, W.P., C. Buehler, T.C. Harmon, D. M. Mackay and P.V. Roberts.  Characterization of a Sandy Aquifer Material at the Grain Scale.  Contaminant Hydrology, 5: 253-295, 1990.

Mackay, D.M. and J.A. Cherry.  Groundwater Contamination: Limits of Pump-and-Treat Remediation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 23(6): 630-636, 1989.

Mackay, D. M., D. L. Freyberg, P. L. McCarty, P. V. Roberts and J. A. Cherry.  A Natural Gradient Experiment on Solute Transport in a Sand Aquifer: I. Approach and Overview of Plume Movement.  Water Resour. Res. 22(13):2017-2030, 1986.

Roberts, P. V., M. N. Goltz and D. M. Mackay.  A Natural Gradient Experiment on Solute Transport in a Sand Aquifer: III.  Retardation Estimates and Mass Balances for Organic Solutes.  Water Resour. Res. 22(13): 2047-2058, 1986.

Mackay, D. M., W. P. Ball and M. G. Durant.  Variability of Aquifer Sorption Proper­ties in a Field Experiment on Groundw­ater Transport of Organic Solutes:  Methods and Prelimi­nary Results.  J. Contaminant Hydrology, 1(1): 119-132, 1986.

Mackay, D. M., P. V. Roberts and J. A. Cherry.  Groundwater Transport of Organic  Contaminants in Sand and Gravel Aquifers.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 19(5): 384-392, 1985.

Mackay, D. M. and P. V. Roberts.  The Dependence of Char and Carbon Yield on Lig­nocellulosic Precursor Composition.  Carbon, 20(2):  87-94, 1982.

Mackay, D. M. and P. V. Roberts.  The Influence of Pyrolysis Conditions on Yield and Microporosity of Lignocellulosic Chars.  Carbon, 20(2):  95-105, 1982.

Mackay, D. M. and P. V. Roberts.  The Influence of Pyrolysis Conditions on the Subse­quent Gasification of Lignocellulosic Chars.  Carbon, 20(2):  87-94, 1982.

 

Books by Committees (Mackay as one of many coauthors; reverse chronological order)

National Research Council, 2000.  (Committee authors: Rittmann, B. E., MacDonald, J. A., Barden, M. J., Bekins, B. A., Ellis, D. E., Firestone, M. K., Lester, S., Lovley, D.,  Luthy, R. G., Mackay, D. M., Madsen, E., McCarty, P. L., Poeter, E., Scofield, R., Warrick, A. W., Wilson, J. T., Zachara).   Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation. Book by National Academy Press.  Washington, D.C.  (peer-reviewed book).

McNab, W.W. Jr., D. W. Rice, J. Bear, R. Ragaini, C. Tuckfield, C. Oldenberg, G. Bartow, M. Brown, P. Haas, C. Hubbard, J. Jacobsen, M. Kavanaugh, D. Mackay, W. Mason, T. McKone, M. Pound and H. Temko.  Historical Case Analysis of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compound Plumes.  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Environmental Protection Department..  UCRL-AR-133361. 181 pp. 1999. (peer reviewed book).

National Research Council, 1994. (Committee authors: Kavanaugh, M. C., Mercer, Macdonald, J. A., J. W., Abriola, L. M., Andrews, C. B., Baedecker, M. J., Bouwer, E. J., Buffler, P. A., Connick, R. E., Conway, R. A., D'Arge, R. C., Greer, L. E., Highland, J. H., Mackay, D. M., Paulson, G., Preslo, L. M., Roberts, P. V., Walsh, W. J., Ward, C. H., Williams, M. E.).   Alternatives for Groundwater Cleanup.  Book by National Academy Press.  Washington, D.C. (peer-reviewed book).

Chapters in Books/Monographs (reverse chronological order)

Allen-King, R. M., R. W. Gillham and D. M. Mackay.  Sorption of Dissolved Solvents.  Chapter 8 in Dense Chlorinated Solvents and other DNAPLs in Groundwater.  J. Cherry and J. Pankow (eds.), Waterloo Press, Waterloo Educational Services, Inc., Guelph, Ontario, pp: 233-266, 1996 (first copies released in 9/95).

Cherry, J. A., S. Feenstra and D. M. Mackay.  Alternative Goals and Approaches for Groundwater Remediation. Chapter 14 in Dense Chlorinated Solvents and other DNAPLs in Groundwater.   J. Cherry and J. Pankow (eds.),  Waterloo Press, Waterloo Educational Services, Inc., Guelph, Ontario, pp: 475-506, 1996 (first copies released in 9/95).

Mackay, D. M. and L. A. Smith. Organic Contaminants.  Chapter 13 in Regional Ground-Water Quality.  W. M. Alley (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY; pp. 323-343, 1993.

Mackay, D.M.  Characterization of the Distribution and Behavior of Contaminants in the Subsurface.  In Ground Water and Soil Contamination Remediation:  Toward Compatible Science, Policy and Public Perception.  Report on a Colloquium sponsored by the Water Science and Technology Board, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 70-90, 1990.

Nonrefereed journals or magazines (reverse chronological order)

Naas, C., R. Wilson, D. Mackay and K. Scow.  Investigation of spatial distribution of native aerobic MTBE-degrading microorganisms; preliminary results.  AEHS Special Issue of Contaminated Soil, Sediment & Water, pp.76-79, July/August 2002.

Mackay, D., R. Wilson, K. Scow, M. Einarson, B. Fowler and I. Wood.  In Situ Remediation of MTBE at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.  AEHS Special Issue of Contaminated Soil, Sediment & Water. Spring 2001, pp: 43-46.