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SETTING DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR THERMALLY ENHANCED, IN SITU REMEDIATION PROJECTS
Citation:
MABEY, W. R., E. L. DAVIS, G. HERON, AND R. NEWILL. SETTING DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR THERMALLY ENHANCED, IN SITU REMEDIATION PROJECTS. Presented at The Battelle's Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, CA, May 22 - 25, 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
The design and implementation of an in-situ technology requires an up-front and clear understanding of the remedial objectives of the technology application and the data that will be collected to track the progress of remediation and to assess the ultimate success of in-situ remediation. Importantly, the site owner, the technology consultant/vendor, and the other stakeholders (including the regulatory agencies and public) often have different information needs, and all these needs must be negotiated within real budget and time constraints. This planning and understanding is particularly important for the application of steam-enhanced or other thermal remediation technologies because once the physical installation is complete and the remediation system is "fired up," it is usually too late (or at least more expensive) to modify the monitoring system or to expand the sampling plans. This presentation will discuss this experience in steam-enhanced remediation of hydrocarbon/chlorinated hydrocarbon sites at two military facilities in California and Arizona.