Open AccessEnvironmental Sciences Division Groundwater Program Office report for fiscal years 1995--1997
Author(s) -
D.D. Huff
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/663526
Subject(s) - groundwater , aquifer , environmental remediation , environmental science , groundwater flow , reservation , remedial action , ridge , environmental planning , hydrology (agriculture) , computer science , geology , geography , contamination , cartography , geotechnical engineering , ecology , computer network , biology
The purpose of this report is to summarize the activities of the Groundwater Program Office in fiscal years 1995--1997 and document technical results achieved. One of the first contributions of the project was development and publication of a conceptual hydrologic framework for the Oak Ridge Reservation. This framework then served to guide research to fill important gaps in knowledge and suggest the most cost-effective approaches to site characterization and remediation. Examples of major goals include: quantitative characterization of the role of matrix diffusion in slowing transport of contaminants and impacting the practicality of pump and treat options for aquifer restoration; the importance of geologic structure and preferred flow pathways in the near surface zone (including the role of stormflow); evaluation of the importance of the deep groundwater system in contaminant migration; and acquisition of three-dimensional groundwater flow and contaminant transport simulation capability for fractured porous media