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Characterizing Chlorinated Solvent Sites

September 11, 2007 - Westford Regency, Westford, MA
September 12, 2007 - Publick House, Sturbridge, MA


9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 Welcome and Logistics
9:45

Considerations for the Assessment of Chlorinated Solvents

Dr. Nancy Kinner - University of New Hampshire, Environmental Research Group

10:45 Break
11:00

Designing the Characterization of a Site with Chlorinated Solvents

Ryan Wymore - Camp, Dresser, and McKee (CDM)

12:00 Lunch (Provided)
1:00

Characterization of Contaminated Fractured Rock Aquifers Using Borehole Geophysics

John Williams, US Geological Survey

  • Acoustical and optical televiewers
  • Heat-pulse and electromagnetic flowmeters
  • Cross-borehole, transient flow tests
  • Borehole-fluid logs and depth-discrete fluid and core samples
1:45

Drilling Not Able (to find) Precise Location of Solvents (DNAPLS)

Dr. Todd Halihan, Oklahoma State University, Geology Dept; & Aestus, LLC

  • 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D high resolution electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) technology eliminates this problem
  • See "pictures" of DNAPL in rock
  • New paradigm for DNAPL behavior in subs
2:30 Break
2:45

Application of Triad Field Methods in Heterogeneous Unconsolidated Deposits

Mike Ravella, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

  • Key tools including: Waterloo Profiler, membrane interface probe
3:30

Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) Presentation: Summary of DNAPL Activities and Future Plans

Ryan Wymore, Camp, Dresser, and McKee (CDM)

4:00 Wrap-up and Adjourn

 

 

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