Ground water contamination : transport and remediation /

Ground water contamination : transport and remediation /

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Author / Creator:Bedient, Philip B., 1948-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall PTR, c1999.
Description:xv, 604 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Groundwater -- Pollution.
Groundwater -- Quality -- Management.
Groundwater -- Pollution.
Groundwater -- Quality -- Management.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4060170
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Other authors / contributors:Rifai, H. S.
Newell, Charles J.
ISBN:0130138401 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction to Ground Water Contamination
  • 1.1. The Hydrologic Cycle
  • 1.2. Ground Water Hydrology
  • 1.3. Ground Water Contamination and Transport
  • 1.4. Evolution of Ground Water Information
  • 1.5. Ground Water Remediation
  • 2. Ground Water Hydrology
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Properties of Ground Water
  • 2.3. Ground Water Movement
  • 2.4. General Flow Equations
  • 2.5. Dupuit Equations
  • 2.6. Streamlines and Equipotential Lines
  • 2.7. Unsaturated Flow and the Water Table
  • 3. Ground Water Flow and Well Mechanics
  • 3.1. Steady-State Well Hydraulics
  • 3.2. Steady One-Dimensional Flow
  • 3.3. Steady Radial Flow to a Well--Confined
  • 3.4. Steady Radial Flow to a Well--Unconfined
  • 3.5. Well in a Uniform Flow Field
  • 3.6. Multiple-Well System
  • 3.7. Unsteady Well Hydraulics
  • 4. Sources and Types of Groundwater Contamination
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Underground Storage Tanks
  • 4.3. Landfills
  • 4.4. Surface Impoundments
  • 4.5. Waste Disposal Injection Wells
  • 4.6. Septic Systems
  • 4.7. Agricultural Wastes
  • 4.8. Land Application and Mining
  • 4.9. Radioactive Contaminants
  • 4.10. Military Sources of Contamination
  • 4.11. Classification of Organic Compounds
  • 4.12. Inorganic Compounds in Groundwater
  • 4.13. A Typical Industrial Waste Site
  • 5. Hydrogeologic Site Investigations
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Development of Conceptual Site Model
  • 5.3. Strategy for Hydrogeologic Site Investigations
  • 5.4. Development of a Detailed Site Investigation Workplan
  • 5.5. Data Collection Methods
  • 5.6. Geologic Data Acquisition
  • 5.7. Hydrologic Data Acquisition
  • 5.8. Acquisition of Soil and Groundwater Quality Data
  • 5.9. Data Evaluation Procedures
  • 6. Contaminant Transport Mechanisms
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Advection Process
  • 6.3. Diffusion and Dispersion Processes
  • 6.4. Mass Transport Equations
  • 6.5. One-Dimensional Models
  • 6.6. Governing Flow and Transport Equations
  • 6.7. Analytical Methods
  • 6.8. Multidimensional Methods
  • 6.9. Tests for Dispersivity
  • 6.10. Natural Gradient Field Tests for Dispersion
  • 7. Contaminant Fate Processes
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Sorption and Desorption
  • 7.3. Abiotic Fate Processes
  • 7.4. Volatilization
  • 7.5. Biodegradation
  • 7.6. Evaluation of Fate Processes
  • 8. Modeling Biodegradation and Natural Attenuation
  • 8.1. Kinetics and Rates of Biodegradation
  • 8.2. Modeling Biodegradation
  • 8.3. Biodegradation Models
  • 8.4. Analytical Natural Attenuation Models
  • 8.5. Numerical Natural Attenuation Models
  • 8.6. Field Site Applications
  • 9. Flow and Transport in the Unsaturated Zone
  • 9.1. Capillary Action
  • 9.2. Soil-Water Characteristic Curves
  • 9.3. Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity
  • 9.4. Governing Equation for Unsaturated Flow
  • 9.5. Measurement of Soil Properties
  • 9.6. Infiltration Models
  • 9.7. Transport Processes in the Unsaturated Zone
  • 9.8. Governing Equations for Vapor Transport
  • 9.9. Vadose Zone Flow and Transport Models
  • 10. Numberical Modeling of Contaminant Transport
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. Numerical Methods
  • 10.3. Finite Difference Methods
  • 10.4. Finite Element Methods
  • 10.5. Method of Characteristics (MOC)
  • 10.6. Numerical Flow Models
  • 10.7. Contaminant Transport Models
  • 10.8. Modeling With Graphical Pre-Processors
  • 10.9. Applying Numerical Models to Field Sites
  • 11. Nonaqueous Phase Liquids
  • 11.1. Introduction
  • 11.2. Types of NAPLs
  • 11.3. NAPL Transport -- General Processes
  • 11.4. NAPL Transport -- Computational Methods
  • 11.5. Fate of NAPLs in the Subsurface
  • 11.6. Characterizing NAPLs at Remediation Sites
  • 12. Natural Attenuation and Risk Based Corrective Action
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. General Principles Behind Natural Attenuation
  • 12.3. Natural Attenuation Protocols and Guidance
  • 12.4. Demonstrating Natural Attenuation
  • 12.5. Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA)
  • 13. Ground Water Remediation Alternatives
  • 13.1. Introduction to Remediation Methods
  • 13.2. Remedial Alternatives
  • 13.3. Containment Methods for Source Control
  • 13.4. Hydraulic Controls and Pump and Treat Systems
  • 13.5. Bioremediation
  • 13.6. Soil Vapor Extraction Systems
  • 13.7. Remediating NAPL Sites
  • 13.8. Emerging Remediation Technologies
  • 13.9. Case Studies of Remediation
  • 14. Legal Protection of Ground Water
  • 14.1. The Process of Ground Water Protection
  • 14.2. The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974
  • 14.3. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
  • 14.4. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment of 1984 (HSWA)
  • 14.5. CERCLA
  • 14.6. Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)
  • Homework
  • Index
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