Heuristic for constructing minimum-well groundwater monitoring configurations at waste storage facilities

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-193

  Hudak, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection monitoring; Groundwater; Landfill

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WELLS;

COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY; CROSS-GRADIENT DISTANCES; DETECTION MONITORING; SEEPAGE VELOCITY;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; LANDFILL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; STORAGE; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 31544472111     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520500351892     Document Type: Article

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