Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites
Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites
Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort; Water Science and Technology Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Research Council
NASPress | 2012 | ISBN: 0309278740 9780309278744 | 339 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort; Water Science and Technology Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Research Council
NASPress | 2012 | ISBN: 0309278740 9780309278744 | 339 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This book recommends evaluating whether the sites should transition to long-term management, where risks would be monitored and harmful exposures prevented, and includes various scientific and technical disciplines, resource economics, environmental policy, risk assessment and public stakeholder issues.
Contents
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Magnitude of the Problem
3 Remedial Objectives, Remedy Selection, and Site Closure
4 Current Capabilities to Remove or Contain Contamination
5 Implications of Contamination Remaining in Place
6 Technology Development to Supportlong-Term Management of Complex Sites
7 Better Decision Making During the Long-term Management of Complex Groundwater Contamination Sites
Acronyms
Appendix A Committee on the Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort
Appendix B Analysis of 80 Facilities with Contaminated GroundwaterDeleted from the National Priorities List
Appendix C Complex Site List
with TOC BookMarkLinks