Groundwater Contamination

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Front Matter
Title Page
Overview and Recommendations
I. Background
1. The Extent of Groundwater Contamination in the United States
II. Processes
2. Movement of Contaminants in Groundwater: Groundwater Transport -- Advection and Dispersion
3. Contaminants in Groundwater: Chemical Processes
III. Methods of Waste Disposal
4. Shallow Land Burial of Municipal Wastes
5. Deep Burial of Toxic Wastes
IV. Examples
6. Groundwater Contamination and Aquifer Reclamation at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
7. Geologic Problems at Low-Level Radioactive Waste-Disposal Sites
8. Groundwater Flow Modeling Study of the Love Canal Area, New York
9. Nonpoint Contamination of Groundwater on Long Island, New York
10. Hydrogeochemical Studies at a Landfill in Delaware
11. Assessment of the Potential for Radionuclide Migration from a Nuclear Explosion Cavity
12. Groundwater Restoration with In Situ Uranium Leach Mining
V. Institutional Aspects
13. Selected Variables Affecting the Choice between Federal and State Regulatory Responsibilty: Groundwater Quality as an Illustrative Case
14. Risk Assessment for the Prevention of Groundwater Contamination

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