Publisher's Synopsis
Analytical Models to Evaluate Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Pollutants presents to engineers, consultants, groundwater scientists and students a fundamental approach to understanding and using the three-dimensional equations that describe fate and transport of contaminants in groundwater. The book will give a background on the topic of natural attenuation as a groundwater cleanup alternative, and will necessarily emphasize the evaluation of subsurface microbial activity and its exploitation for the purposes of cleaning up contaminated sites. Analytical Models to Evaluate Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Pollutants provides under one cover the current methodology needed by groundwater scientists and engineers in their efforts to evaluate contamination problems, to estimate risk to human health and ecosystems, and to design formulate strategies. This is done through: Analytical equations and their solutions Techniques for measuring all of the physical parameters involved will be presented in detail In addition to the biodecay rate for a contaminated site, the book will present methods for determination or estimation of inorganic reaction, hydraulic conductivity, groundwater gradient, soil density, porosity, retardation, dissolution, volatilization, and dispersion Case histories will be presented highlighting applications of analytical models to real problems of underground storage tank leaks, chemical spills, and landfill leaching
