&EPA
       United States
       Environmental Protection
       Agency
Remediation System Optimization
Website
Introduction

The Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable has
developed a website containing information related to the
optimization of remediation systems. The location of the
website is:

            •www.frtr.gov/optimization
"Optimization" is used here to refer to changes that
achieve one or more of the following:
>•    enhanced protectiveness of human health and the
     environment

>•    reduced cost
*    technical improvement
t-    faster cleanup or increased likelihood of site
     closeout

Website Contents
The website contains of five major categories related to
remediation system optimization:
(1)   General Information. Provides links related to
     broad-based system optimization:
     t-   methods, such as the Remediation System
         Evaluation process developed by Army Corp
         of Engineers and the Remedial Process
         Optimization process developed by the Air
         Force
     >   information on a project to optimize
         Superfund-lead pump-and-treat systems (i.e.,
         financed and operated by USEPA)
     >•   links to other documents pertaining to broad-
         based system optimization
(2)   Monitoring Optimization. Provides links to
     approaches to increasing efficiency, reducing cost,
     identifying uncertainty, and increasing reliability of
     long-term monitoring, organized as follow:
     >   data quality objectives and long-term
         monitoring guidance

     >   well placement and sampling frequency
     >   sample acquisition (field procedure)
                             >   contaminants of concern and indicator
                                 parameters
                             >•   data management and data evaluation

                        (3)   Simulation Optimization. Highlights the use of
                             mathematical optimization techniques coupled with
                             groundwater simulation models to determine
                             optimal pumping locations and rates for plume
                             containment and/or cleanup:

                             >•   hydraulic optimization - based on simulations
                                 of groundwater flow

                             >•   transport optimization - based on simulations
                                 of contaminant transport (concentrations,
                                 cleanup times)
                        (3)   Treatment Technology Optimization. Provides
                             information on specific in situ and ex situ
                             remediation technologies.

                        (4)   Workshops and Meetings.  Provides links to past
                             and future workshops or meetings that pertain to
                             optimization of remedial systems.
                        Other Information

                        The website is evolving. Information is added
                        approximately every two-months. In part, this is done by
                        soliciting information and feedback from individuals who
                        have performed work referenced in the website links.  In
                        addition, there is an option at the bottom of each page to
                        e-mail suggested additions and/or modifications to the
                        website content.
                                                       Solid Waste and
                                                       Emergency Response
                                                       (5102G)
                                                    EPA 542-F-01-040
                                                    January 2002
                                                    www.epa.gov/tio

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