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Flux-Based Site Management
Citation:
BROOKS, M. Flux-Based Site Management. Presented at ITRC BioDNAPL Team, Albuquerque, NM, April 16, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
Presenting recent work conducted by an inter-agency research team on the investigation of the use of flux measurements for DNAPL site management.
Description:
Managing DNAPL contaminated sites continues to be among the most pressing environmental problems currently faced. In particular, the benefits of partial DNAPL mass depletion due to remedial activity are unclear. Recent work conducted by an inter-agency research team has been investigating the use of flux measurements for DNAPL site management, and selected results from that research will be presented. General concepts of the flux-based site management approach as investigated will be introduced, with a description of how flux data can be use to assess source strength and provide a priori assessment of the benefits of source zone and plume remediation activities. Field measurements which can be used to collect flux measurements will follow, along with results from selected research sites where flux measurements have been used to assess DNAPL remedial performance. Finally, a new modeling tool that was recently developed to help assess the response of the contaminant plume to changes in source flux (resulting in turn from DNAPL mass removal) will be presented.