An integrated model for assessing the risk of TCE groundwater contamination to human receptors and surface water ecosystems

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1126-1137

  McKnight, Ursula S ^a,c   Funder, Simon G ^a   Rasmussen, Jes J ^b   Finkel, Michael ^c   Binning, Philip J ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorinated solvents; Contaminated sites; Hyporheic zone; Integrated modeling; Risk based approaches; System dynamics; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED SOLVENT; CONTAMINATED SITES; HYPORHEIC ZONE; INTEGRATED MODELING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONTAMINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; SYSTEM THEORY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955088696     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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