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Cleary, Cherry, Kavanaugh, Brownell,
Kueper
and Kaminski
This Course is approved by the Connecticut LEP
Board for 40 hours of CEC credits
and the Massachusetts LSP Board for 38 hours of
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Introduction
Groundwater
quality is a national priority issue of
immense and ever-growing proportions.
The Federal government has passed
strict, comprehensive and long-term
legislation such as the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA), the Safe
Drinking Water Act and the Pollution
Prevention Act. Many state governments
have passed even stricter regulations to
protect groundwater quality and to clean
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These
laws and regulations affect all sources of
groundwater contamination, including chemical
industries, gasoline stations, industrial
landfills and lagoons, refineries, hazardous
solid waste management units, municipal and
private solid waste activities, nuclear waste
disposal practices, mining practices and
pesticide/fertilizer agricultural practices.
In addition, many state laws, banks and
insurance companies require groundwater
quality site assessments before commercial
property can be financed or sold. The
magnitude and extent of the problem is
reflected in EPA’s National Priorities List,
which now numbers over 1200 sites, with an
average cleanup cost of over $20 million per
location. This list grows each year as new
sites are added through state and federal
groundwater programs.
Hundreds of lawsuits against private
industries, such as the Woburn, Massachusetts
case involving the leukemia deaths of several
children (documented in the book and film, A
Civil Action), have brought a public awareness
and determination which has rarely been seen
in past environmental issues involving water
and air pollution. A measure of this concern
is the vigorously enforced state and federal
regulations which cover all aspects of the
problem from prevention to cleanup.
The tens of billions of dollars being spent
on groundwater pollution problems in the U.S.
has made it the number one priority among
environmental issues. In Europe, over $5
billion per year is being spent to reverse the
current damage done by groundwater pollution
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Who Should Attend
The course is designed for groundwater
hydrologists, geologists, engineers, chemists,
environmental scientists, state/federal regulators,
project managers, compliance/regulatory program
managers for industry and technical experts.
The emphasis is on acquiring an extensive working
knowledge of the concepts, principles and
professional practices underlying groundwater
pollution, hydrology and remediation. Although some
areas are necessarily surveyed in the interest of
time, technical depth is the norm in the majority of
sessions. Like any short course, some experience is
helpful but not necessary as the course teaches
basic principles before dealing with more advanced
topics. The course succeeds in significantly
enhancing the technical skills of all the
participants without losing the neophytes and
without boring those with 15 years of practical
experience. This is the highest rated course in the
industry - no course teaches so much! |
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Groundwater Short Courses
The widespread
interest in groundwater has seen the
offering of many
two- and three-day training courses dealing
with various aspects of the problem. There
are very few one-week courses. The
advantages of a longer course include time
to cover and absorb more aspects of this
expanding field and the opportunity for
in-depth technical learning. Groundwater
legislation, natural attenuation, risk
assessment, wellhead protection techniques,
monitoring equipment, DNAPL research,
remediation alternatives and applications of
computers have grown to such an extent in
the last several years that intensive one
week courses, with a few early evening
sessions, are needed to adequately cover all
of these new developments.
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Most groundwater
professionals prefer in-depth knowledge that they
can apply as soon as they return to work. They
also prefer a course notebook which is written and
carefully covered in a textbook fashion and which
will serve as a familiar guide or resource manual
after the course. For those who are willing to
take a week out of their busy schedules, the
course meets these preferences with unparalleled
technical information and applied knowledge.
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Course Description
The course is the only one-week course being
offered in the U.S. or Europe which comprehensively
covers all aspects of groundwater pollution and
hydrology from theory to practice. The instructors
are recognized as the top six leading experts and
teachers in the field and collectively have over 100
years of practical experience. The course is the
established standard among groundwater training
courses and for this reason has consistently had the
largest attendance of all courses offered anywhere
in groundwater.
Over 1,000 pages of lecture notes have been
written specifically for this course.
Practical aspects are particularly emphasized
through the study of illustrative case
histories of groundwater contamination and
remediation developed by
Geosyntec and ARCADIS, Inc.
and others. Based on the results of several
hundred projects, these lectures stress a
practical approach to cleanup which is
acclaimed by industry and regulators alike.
One of the most widespread and difficult
problems in groundwater contamination and
remediation today is dense non-aqueous phase
liquids (DNAPLs). Dr. Cherry will present the
fundamental concepts
underlying the occurrence, behavior and
movement of DNAPLs in sedimentary deposits,
clays
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The course will also cover the latest theory and
applications of ASTM's RBCA (Risk Based Corrective
Action), including Monitored Natural Attenuation and
Tiers 1, 2 and 3 in assessing groundwater
contamination and establishing cleanup criteria.
Over 1000 slides are shown throughout the entire
course. Among groundwater professionals, the
Princeton Course is considered a must course of
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Course Schedule
With some exceptions, the class generally
meets daily from 8:00 A.M. to
11:30 A.M. and from1:00 P.M. to 4:30
P.M. Monday through Thursday with
half-hour coffee breaks at 9:30 A.M.
and 2:30 P.M. and lunch from
11:30 A.M. to
1:00 P.M. Friday begins at 8:00 A.M. and the
course ends
at
1:00 P.M. with a
break at 10:00 A.M. After a short break,
Monday extends until 6:00 P.M. Due to the
exceptional amount of material, two early
evening sessions will be
held on Tuesday (4:45 P.M to 7:30
P.M.) and Thursday
(4:45 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.). The early Thursday
evening session is a lecture on DNAPLs in
fractured rocks and also an open session with
Professor Cherry where participants may
discuss particular DNAPL problems and/or the
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Course Topics
- Overview and
Introduction to Groundwater Pollution and
Hydrology
- Fundamental Concepts
of Groundwater Flow and Contamination
- Advanced Concepts
and Principles of Groundwater Flow, Fate
and Transport and Natural Attenuation
(Anisotropy, Refraction, Lenses,
Non-Horizontal Flow, Hydrodynamic
Conditions, Multi-Phase Partitioning,
Dispersion, Retardation, Biodegradation,
etc.
- Cleanup Goals,
Guidelines and Standards in the Current
Regulatory Context (RCRA, CERCLA, SARA,
and others)
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- Groundwater Monitoring: Fundamental
Principles, Data Quality Objectives,
Field/Laboratory Quality
Assurance and Quality Control Procedures,
Drilling Methods, Monitoring Well Designs,
Sampling Devices and Techniques, Preservation
and Decontamination Procedures, Data Validation
and Interpretation
- Remediation Strategies for RCRA, Superfund
and Brownfield Sites; Risk Based Decision
Making; Use of Models in Technology Selection;
Fluid Flushing Technologies; Application of
Advanced Treatment Technologies to Aquifers and
Unsaturated Zones
- Illustrative Case Histories of Groundwater
Contamination, Cleanup and Management Costs and
Aquifer Restoration Alternatives, including
Monitored Natural Attenuation, Bioremediation
and Permeable Reactive Barriers
- DNAPL's (Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids):
Occurrence, Movement and Implications with
Respect to Site Monitoring and Remediation in
Sedimentary Deposits and Fractured Rock;
Concepts Illustrated by Laboratory and Field
Experiments with Emphasis on Chlorinated
Solvents and Creosote
- LNAPL's (Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids,
BTEX and MTBE): Underground Storage
Tanks and Pipeline Leaks; Detection,
Assessment and Aquifer Remediation Alternatives
for
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Releases; ASTOM's RBCA
(Risk Based Corrective Action, Tiers 1,2,3) and
Monitored Natural Attenuation For Petroleum
Hydrocarbons cleanup. The TRIAD approach: the
latest in streamlined site assessment
- Wellhead Protection under the Safe Drinking
Water Act Amendments: Theory and Practice
- Theory and Practice of Mathematical Modeling
in Groundwater PolIution and Hydrology: Emphasis
on Practical Applications
- Pumping Tests in Confined, Leaky-Confined
and Water Table Aquifers to Determine Aquifer
Parameters; Slug Test Methods and Practices;
Laboratory and Field Permeameters; Borehole
Dilution and Flowmeters to Determine Vertical
Velocity Stratification
- Fundamental Concepts and Theory of Water and
Chemical Movement in the Unsaturated Zone;
Laboratory Methods and Field Equipment to
Characterize Soils and Sample
Water/Gases in the Vadose Zone
- Introduction to Popular Software Programs
and their Applications in Groundwater Pollution
and
Hydrology
- Field Techniques: Direct Push Methods,
Geophysical Methods, Soil Gas Sampling, Soil
and Hard Rock Sampling/Coring Techniques,
Multi-Level Samplers, Portable Gas,
Chromatographs, Mini-Piezometers, Seepage Pans
to Measure River/Lake Fluxes and Hydraulic
Conductivities, Dispersion Coefficient
Measurements in the Field, Gasoline Evaluation
Equipment, Expedited Site Characterization
Techniques, etc.
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Course Materials and Continuing Education
Units
Students will
receive over 1,000 pages of lecture notes in
an attractive binder. In addition, they will
be given a certificate of satisfactory
completion and qualify to receive 3.7
Continuing Education Units (CEUs). A record is
kept of these units and transcripts may be
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Registration and Course Fee
Early registration is strongly advised for
this popular course. Enrollment is limited and
applications will be accepted in the order
they are received. Please mail the attached
application form with check or credit card
information, purchase order or training
authorization. For those requiring time to
obtain authorization, we suggest faxing the
same application form with payment to follow.
Confirmed participants will receive an
acknowledgement letter. The registration fee
is $1,595 and is
payable in advance. It covers all course
materials and refreshment breaks. It does not
include meals and hotel room expenses. Please
make checks payable to Princeton Groundwater,
Inc. The full fee is due two weeks before the
first day of class unless prior arrangements
for invoicing have been made. This fee
will be fully refunded if cancellation is
received 2 weeks before the course, thereafter
50% of the fee will be refunded.
Substitutions may always be made.
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Hotel Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at a
substantially reduced rate in both locations.
You must,
however, make your reservation
prior to 1 month before the course
and identify yourself as being
with the
Princeton Groundwater Course. On the East
coast, the course will be held
in Tampa, FL at the
Embassy Suites Tampa/USF; call them at (813)
977-7933. On the West coast, the course
will be
held at the Hotel Kabuki in San
Francisco; call them at (415) 922-3200 or (800)
533-4567.
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