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Spatially Averaged, Flow‐Weighted Concentrations – A More Relevant Regulatory Metric for Groundwater Cleanup
Author(s) -
Einarson Murray
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/gwmr.12240
Subject(s) - groundwater , metric (unit) , environmental science , groundwater flow , hydrology (agriculture) , flow (mathematics) , mathematics , soil science , geology , aquifer , geotechnical engineering , engineering , geometry , operations management
© 2017, National Ground Water Association doi: 10.1111/gwmr.12240 Passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1974 established maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for many chemical compounds in drinking water in the United States. When Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (i.e., “Superfund”) legislation was passed a few years later, MCLs became de facto cleanup standards for contaminated sites in the United States. As stated in CERCLA 121(d)(2)(A):