Groundwater Contamination

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Size: 179 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1984

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Front Matter	i-xii
Title Page	1-2	(skim)
Overview and Recommendations	3-20	(skim)
I. Background	21-22	(skim)
1. The Extent of Groundwater Contamination in the United States	23-34	(skim)
II. Processes	35-36	(skim)
2. Movement of Contaminants in Groundwater: Groundwater Transport -- Advection and Dispersion	37-45	(skim)
3. Contaminants in Groundwater: Chemical Processes	46-64	(skim)
III. Methods of Waste Disposal	65-66	(skim)
4. Shallow Land Burial of Municipal Wastes	67-77	(skim)
5. Deep Burial of Toxic Wastes	78-90	(skim)
IV. Examples	91-92	(skim)
6. Groundwater Contamination and Aquifer Reclamation at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado	93-103	(skim)
7. Geologic Problems at Low-Level Radioactive Waste-Disposal Sites	104-108	(skim)
8. Groundwater Flow Modeling Study of the Love Canal Area, New York	109-119	(skim)
9. Nonpoint Contamination of Groundwater on Long Island, New York	120-126	(skim)
10. Hydrogeochemical Studies at a Landfill in Delaware	127-138	(skim)
11. Assessment of the Potential for Radionuclide Migration from a Nuclear Explosion Cavity	139-146	(skim)
12. Groundwater Restoration with In Situ Uranium Leach Mining	147-156	(skim)
V. Institutional Aspects	157-158	(skim)
13. Selected Variables Affecting the Choice between Federal and State Regulatory Responsibilty: Groundwater Quality as an Illustrative Case	159-165	(skim)
14. Risk Assessment for the Prevention of Groundwater Contamination	166-180	(skim)

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