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Developing Rapid and Cost-Effective Tools for Assessing Groundwater Impacts on Contaminated Sediments
Citation:
Ford, R., B. Lien, AND R. Yeardley. Developing Rapid and Cost-Effective Tools for Assessing Groundwater Impacts on Contaminated Sediments. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/F-12/533, 2012.
Impact/Purpose:
This product will provide a summary about this useful EPA research, enhanced with graphics, that can be quickly digested by other scientists and the public to understand the value and basic details of the research. This product will be made available as a download from the EPA web site and in hard copy form for distribution at meetings, conferences, etc.
Description:
This research developed quick and inexpensive methods that can be useful in characterizing the interaction of water and solids within the GW/SW transition zone to explain processes that occur during physical contact between groundwater and sediments. The research used self-contained, off-the-shelf devices such as small temperature buttons (iButtons), to efficiently assess the spatial and seasonal variability in groundwater discharge. These kinds of measurements provide a good first step in characterizing the influence of groundwater discharge on sediment contamination. Measurement of water parameters such as temperature and conductivity provides an inexpensive approach to efficiently define the need for more detailed data acquisition.
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SCIENCEINACTION_GW_CONT_SEDS_FINAL.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 142.127 KB, about PDF)Dev Rapid Cost-Effec Tools Assess Grdwtr Impacts Contamin Sed