Alternatives for Managing the Nations Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites

National Academies Press

Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater SitesAuthor(s): National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: National Academies Press, United States\nImprint: National Academies Press\nISBN-13: 9780309278744, 978-0309278744\nSynopsis\nAcross the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards. These include Superfund sites and other facilities that handle and dispose of hazardous waste, active and inactive dry cleaners, and leaking underground storage tanks; many are at federal facilities such as military installations. While many sites have been closed over the past 30 years through cleanup programs run by the [url] Department of Defense, the [url] EPA, and other state and fe.