Estimating cleanup times for groundwater contamination remediation strategies

Journal - American Water Works Association
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Abstract

This article presents the Natural Attenuation Software (NAS), available as a free download from Virginia Polytechnic University, which can help remedial project managers and their contractors estimate the time of groundwater remediation through consideration of such natural attenuation processes as advection, dispersion, sorption, source zone depletion, and biodegradation. NAS consists of a combination of computational tools implemented in three main interactive modules. The article discusses testing and evaluation of NAS along with expected benefits of the software tool.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Estimating cleanup times for groundwater contamination remediation strategies
Series title Journal - American Water Works Association
DOI 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb07886.x
Volume 99
Issue 3
Year Published 2007
Language English
Publisher American Water Works Association
Contributing office(s) Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
Description 7 p.
First page 40
Last page 46
Online Only (Y/N) N
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