Groundwater Contamination: Sources, Control, and Prevention - Hardcover

Rail, Chester D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877625948 ISBN 13: 9780877625940

Publisher: CRC Press, 1989

Synopsis

Fully updated and expanded into two volumes, the new edition of Groundwater Contamination explains in a comprehensive way the sources for groundwater contamination, the regulations governing it, and the technologies for abating it. This volume discusses aquifer management and strategies for stormwater control and groundwater restoration. A number of case histories on site analysis and remediation based on DOE and state documents are included. Among the many new features of this edition are a full discussion of risk assessment, the preparation of groundwater protection plans, and references linking the text to over 2,300 water-related Web sites.

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Synopsis

Reviews known sources of groundwater contamination and its many complex interactions. Offers detailed analysis of waste disposal, natural causes, surface runoff, and underground storage tanks, each of which can contribute to groundwater contamination. Contamination movement and interaction, detection, risk assessment, prevention, management and gov

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877625948
• ISBN 13: 9780877625940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164