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This second edition features new and expanded coverage of contaminant hydrogeologic investigations. It presents a practical approach to completing investigations for environmental compliance, emphasizing the use of geologic principles in assessment to move sites toward cleanup. Stressing the basics of collecting data that can withstand regulatory scrutiny and achieve remediation, Principles of Contaminant Hydrogeology, Second Edition demonstrates how to solve a client's site contamination problem while maximizing cost effectiveness. It focuses on small- and medium-sized firms, for which speed, accuracy, and cost are all crucial factors in the site assessment and closure process.
Based on "real world" problems, the book takes you step-by-step through the investigation and includes client-consultant-regulator interaction, budgets, ethics, and data extrapolation for solving problems. It introduces concepts such as field logistics, drilling techniques, sampling protocols, contaminant movement, and remediation. Regulatory personnel, hydrogeological consultants, drilling contractors, remediation contractors, university instructors, and students will benefit from the wealth of information provided in this new edition.
List of contents
1. Geologic Frameworks for Contaminant Hydrogeologic Investigations 2. Contaminant Pathways - Subsurface Investigation and Monitoring 3. Subsurface Exploration, Sampling, and Mapping 4. Groundwater Monitoring Well Design and Installation 5. Groundwater Monitoring Well Sampling 6. Introduction to Regulatory and Legal Framework 7. Introduction to General Groundwater Geochemistry 8. Aquifer Analysis 9. Remediation and Cleanup
About the author
Palmer\, Christopher M.
Summary
This book introduces the basic principles of consulting contaminant hydrogeology and provides basic information to neophyte hydrogeologists, so that sufficient subsurface data is available to build the basic geologic, hydrogeologic, and contaminant models.
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"The book takes you step-by-step through the investigation and includes client-consultant-regulator interaction, budgets, ethics, and data extrapolation for solving problems."-Environmental Geology
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"The book takes you step-by-step through the investigation and includes client-consultant-regulator interaction, budgets, ethics, and data extrapolation for solving problems."-Environmental Geology
