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Ground water contamination : transport and remediation

Title
Ground water contamination : transport and remediation / Phillip B. Bedient, Hanadi S. Rifai, Charles J. Newell.
Author
Bedient, Philip B., 1948-
Publication
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall PTR, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Rifai, H. S.
  • Newell, Charles J.
Description
xv, 604 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"Ground Water Contamination, Second Edition 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction to Ground Water Contamination -- 2. Ground Water Hydrology -- 3. Ground Water Flow and Well Mechanics -- 4. Sources and Types of Groundwater Contamination -- 5. Hydrogeologic Site Investigations / Robert S. Lee and John A. Connor -- 6. Contaminant Transport Mechanisms -- 7. Contaminant Fate Processes / Joseph B. Hughes -- 8. Modeling Biodegradation and Natural Attenuation -- 9. Flow and Transport in the Unsaturated Zone / Manar El-Beshry -- 10. Numerical Modeling of Contaminant Transport -- 11. Nonaqueous Phase Liquids -- 12. Natural Attenuation and Risk Based Corrective Action -- 13. Ground Water Remediation Alternatives -- 14. Legal Protection of Ground Water / James B. Blackburn -- Homework.
ISBN
0130138401 (alk. paper)
LCCN
99038305
OCLC
  • 41711934
  • ocm41711934
  • SCSB-3902278
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries