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Billions of dollars are spent annually on surface and groundwater
remediation, generating a demand by the public and government for effective
modeling of contaminant fate and transport, with the hope that accurate models
will result in the effective application of remediation efforts-and an
efficient distribution of remediation dollars. Contaminated Ground Water and
Sediment: Modeling for Management and Remediation is the documented result of a
workshop, Modeling and Management of Emerging Environmental Issues, held at
Penn State University. This event assembled four panels of modeling experts
from the U.S. and Canada to discuss modeling technology development and
application, in order to promote sound and cost-effective environmental
decision-making. Each of the book's chapters addresses one of the four critical
issues discussed at the workshop: discharge of contaminated ground water into
surface water bodies; fate and transport of contaminated sediment; optimization
modeling for remediation and monitoring; and simulation of halogenated
subsurface hydrocarbons. All of these issues involve technical or regulatory
challenges and significant financial costs. This thorough analysis provides an overview on the state of the art in
current practice and identifies emerging research and development trends within
modeling technology. Each of the discussions considers not only technical
issues, but regulatory and cost factors as well. Provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the theory and
practice of computer modeling as applied to the monitoring and remediation of
contaminants in the subsurface. The text also explores important theoretical
and technical issues, methodological controversies, and future research
needs.
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