This book is a thorough update to the
leading book on ground water contamination and remediation
for scientists and engineers. Written from both a theoretical
and practical viewpoint, this edition focuses on the
critical new challenges facing professionals seeking
to prevent, mitigate, or remediate ground water
problems -- especially today's highly-complex transport
problems.
Detailed new coverage includes full chapters
on sorption, biodegradation, and natural attenuation
processes; extensive new coverage of risk assessment;
and the results of major field studies on several
military and Superfund sites. The book reflects increased
concern about source zone areas with nonaqueous phase liquids
(NAPLs -written by Dr. Charles Newell of GSI), residual
oils, vapors in the unsaturated zone, gasoline
spills which float on the water table, and chlorinated
solvent spills which sink to the bottom of aquifers. Coverage
includes:
Detailed presentation
of analytical and numerical
methods
Extensive case studies
and field research from
military and Superfund sites
Waste site characterization and remedial
design
Emerging remediation methods, including
surfactant and co-solvent
soil flushing
The new edition includes access to programs
and worksheets for Microsoft Excel via the World Wide Web, and contains an extensive
set of revised homework problems and solutions
for topics such as ground water flow, well mechanics,
and contaminant transport. Ground Water Contamination,
Second Edition is an essential resource for all
hydrogeologists, civil and environmental consulting
engineers, and other professionals concerned with ground
water contamination and remediation. It is ideally
designed for use in the college classroom.
DR. PHILIP BEDIENT is Professor and Chair
of the Department of Environmental Science and
Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX. He
is author or co-author of over 100 articles and
five textbooks related to surface and ground water hydrology
and containment transport.
DR. HANADI S. RIFAI is Assistant Professor
of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the
University of Houston.
She teaches courses in hydrology, fluid
mechanics, engineering design, risk assessment, and
geographic information systems, has co-authored two
textbooks, and is principal author of the BIOPLUME
II and III models.
DR. CHARLES J. NEWELL
is Vice President of GSI Environmental Inc., and
an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science
and Engineering at Rice University. He is
a recognized expert in the areas of non-aqueous phase liquids,
groundwater modeling, risk assessment, bioremediation
of fuels and chlorinated solvents, and natural
attenuation.
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