Estimating Cleanup Times for Groundwater Contamination Remediation Strategies

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.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Source ID
10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb07886.x

Entities

People

  • Eduardo Mendez Iii
  • Francis Chapelle
  • Gary Miner
  • Mark A. Widdowson

Organizations

  • Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

Tags

Readers

  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.