Contents of Presentation
Introduction
How To Use This Site
Distribution of Water on the Earth
Utilizable Freshwater Resources
Ground Water Use in the United States
Confined and Unconfined Aquifers
Stream Recharge from an Unconfined Aquifer
Environmental Remediation Problems
Ground Water Contamination in the U.S.: Magnitude/Cost of the Problem
VOC Contamination of Ground Water
Ground Water Contamination
Sites/Facilities to be Cleaned up in the United States
The 25 Most Frequently Detected Ground Water Contaminants at Hazardous Waste Sites
Newly Recognized Ground Water Contaminants
Sources of Ground Water Contamination
Physical States of Contaminants
Contaminant Phases
Source and Dissolved Plume
Dense Nonqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs)
DNAPL Transport Through the Subsurface
Fate of Organic Contaminants in the Subsurface
Focus of Cleanup Efforts
Regulatory Program Addressing Contaminated Ground Water
Average Superfund Site Remediation
Status of Superfund (NPL) Sites
15 Years of Superfund
Standard Remedial Techniques
Trapped Oil at Residual Saturation
When Does Pump & Treat Fail?
Pump and Treat Uses
Subsurface Remediation Technologies
The Raymond Process: Liquid Delivery
Bioventing
Air or Hydrogen Sparging
Natural Attenuation
Funnel-and-Gate
Reductive Dechlorination By Zero-Valent Iron
Surfactant Application