Cleary, Kueper, Rorech, Kavanaugh, Brownell and Einarson
This Course is approved by the Connecticut LEP Board for 40 hours of CEC credits
and the Massachusetts LSP Board for 41 hours of CEC credits!
Course Description
Princeton Groundwater's Remediation Course is the most comprehensive course on remediation available. Every aspect of this important subject is covered, from three-dimensional hydrogeochemical characterization, through practical details of all remediation technologies, to computer-simulated remedial alternatives such as Natural Attenuation, Pump & Treat, Funnel & Gate, Interceptor Trenches and complete Hydraulic Containment using barriers and capping. The course also covers many essential topics which are not found in any other courses or books. For example, most professional hydrogeologists consider heterogeneity to be the single most important
Remediation Course
factor that influences remedial performance. Many remedial systems have failed because the spatial variability of the site’s hydrogeology was not accounted for in the site hydrogeological conceptual model, yet this topic is not covered in other courses.

Throughout the U.S. there are thousands of examples where poor hydraulic and chemical characterization of an aquifer, source, and plume have resulted in unacceptable remedial performance, yet it is uncommon for these topics to be covered in depth in available remediation courses and books.

Finally, cost effective designs depend on the capability to evaluate the feasibility of many alternatives in a short time. Models are an important tool in this analysis, yet the software packages to do this are not taught concurrently in other current remediation courses.
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for groundwater geologists, engineers, hydrologists, and microbiologists working as project managers, regulators or consultants to industry or government. Some technical background and experience in groundwater contamination problems is presumed. Those who have taken Princeton Groundwater’s The Groundwater Pollution and Hydrology Course should be well prepared as this course is the next step. The emphasis is on acquiring a comprehensive working knowledge of the concepts, principles and professional practices underlying groundwater remediation.


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Course Objective
The objective of this course is to teach remediation from the key methodologies to collect hydrogeochemical data, through selecting and designing remediation systems based on geological and biological effects and air/water carriers. In addition, participants will use computers to simulate remediation hydrology, groundwater pathways, capture zones, mass transport, natural attenuation, and alternative remediation designs.


What You Will Learn

  • Practical remediation strategies and options drawn from hundreds of case histories

  • The geological and hydrochemical factors applicable to remedial
    designs for cleaning up soil and groundwater

  • Field methods to fully characterize aquifers, source zones and plumes to allow selection and design of effective remedial measures and set achievable cleanup levels

  • Ability to select remediation systems based on variable hydrogeology, life cycle design, air/water carriers, biodegradation, and monitored natural attenuation for dissolved phase, light and dense non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs)

  • Strategic approach to cost effective remedial design

  • Hands-on experience with 2D and 3D computer simulations of flow and mass transport for applications in remediation strategies, design and field investigations. Natural attenuation simulations for use in Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) studies




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The Remediation Course uniquely integrates the topics of heterogeneous geohydrology, aquifer / source / plume characterization, remediation technologies / strategies / designs, and computer simulation software.
The result is the premier course on remediation.

Course Schedule
The class will meet from 8:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. and from 1:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. Monday through Thursday with a half-hour break at 9:30 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Monday extends to 5:45P.M.. and Tuesday extends to 6:30P.M.. Friday begins at 8:00 A.M. and the course ends at 12:30 P.M. Due to the exceptional amount of material, there will be two night sessions on Wednesday (6:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.) and Thursday (5:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.). The Wednesday evening session will show practical case studies of remediation designs from pilot studies to detailed final designs. Thursday evening is a hands-on computer laboratory session where students will learn remediation applications of modeling software. Friday morning continues the hands-on computer laboratory session from 8:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. when the course ends.


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Course Topics

  • Fundamental and Advanced Concepts of Remediation Hydrogeology [Microgeology Effects,
    Lenses, Non-Horizontal Flow, Anisotropy, Refraction....]

  • Fundamental and Advanced Concepts of Fate and Transport (Natural Attenuation) of Dissolved
    Contaminants: Advection, Dispersion, Decay, Sorption, Retardation, Multi-Phase Partitioning...

  • Field Methods to Determine Remediation Design Hydraulic Parameters: Kh, Kv, Kx, Ky, Kz, Sy, Ss
    and vadose zone air permeabilities

  • DNAPL and LNAPL Source Zones and Dissolved Plumes

  • Fate and Transport and Enhanced Natural Attenuation for Remediation of MTBE (In Situ and
    Ex Situ)

  • Flux-Based (Mass Discharge rates) Corrective Action and Remediation Vs. Risk-Based
    Correction Action (RBCA) Based on Monitoring Well Concentrations

  • The Remedial Investigation (RI)/Feasibility Study (FS) Process. A Case History Illustrating All Steps

  • Advanced 3D Site Characterization Field Methods to Collect Data to Support Mathematical Models
    and Remediation Designs

  • Two-Dimensional vs. Three-Dimensional Capture Zones of Contaminant Plumes

  • Strategic Approach to Cost Effective Remedial Design: Life Cycle Cost Assessments, Operational Constraints, Risk Based Remedial Decisions, Brownfields Application

  • Bioremediation: Pathways, Stoichiometry, Kinetics, Engineering Design for In Situ Applications, Limitations and Natural Attenuation

  • Remediation and Control Using "Water As A Carrier": The Proper Use of Pump and Treat Systems

  • Factors Controlling the Performance of Pump and Treat

  • Monitored Natural Attenuation: Limitations And Applications In Remediation

  • Remediation Using "Air As A Carrier": Vapor Extraction Systems, Vacuum Enhanced Systems, Air Sparging Remediation Designs

  • Ex Situ Treatment Technologies

  • Principles of Advanced Remediation Systems: Fracturing, Reactive Walls, Waterloo's Funnel
    and Gate, Reactive Zones, Phytoremediation and Enhancements to the Basic Carrier Remediation Designs

  • DNAPL Migration in Heterogeneous Deposits

  • DNAPL in Fractured Hard Rock

  • Practical Design and Operation of Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging Pilot Studies through
    Detailed Case Histories

  • Practical Calculations Involving Remediation Designs of Vapor Extraction, Air Sparging Systems
    and Enhanced Vapor Recovery (High Vacuum)

  • Permeable Treatment Walls and In Situ Chemical Oxidation

  • Use of Surfactant Flooding, Water Flooding, Alcohol Flooding, and Thermal Technologies for NAPL Removal

  • Remediation Applications of the U.S.G.S.'s MODFLOW using Waterloo Hydrogeologic
    Inc's Visual MODFLOW

  • Computer Simulation of Exposure Pathways: for Initial Risk Assessment

  • Computer Simulation of Capture Zones in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Aquifers subject to Sources, Sinks and Boundary Conditions

  • Computer Simulation of Natural Attenuation Accounting for Advection, Dispersion, Sorption and
    Decay Effects with an Application in Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA)

  • Bioscreen: Using the EPA's and Air Force's Bioscreen and Natural Attenuation to Establish Remediation Cleanup Goals

    This May Be The Only Remediation Course You Will Ever Need!
Course Materials and Continuing Education Units
Students will receive a specially written course notebook with over 1000 pages of lecture material. They will also receive a separate computer laboratory manual [step by step format]. They will be given a certificate of satisfactory completion and qualify to receive 3.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Registration and Course Fee
Please mail the attached application form with check, credit card information, purchase order or training authorization. For those requiring time to obtain authorization, we suggest faxing the form to reserve your spot early. Confirmed participants will receive an acknowledgement letter. The registration fee is $1,495 and is payable in advance unless prior arrangements for invoicing or payment 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. The fee covers all course materials, use of computers/software and refreshment breaks. The software packages may be purchased separately at a discount for course participants.

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Hotel Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at a substantially reduced rate. You must, however, make your reservation 1 month before the course and identify yourself as being with Princeton Groundwater’s Remediation Course. The October course is held at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort close to Disney World in Orlando, FL; the rate is also good 5 days before and after the course; call them at
(407) 351-3500. The March course is held at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. For reservations, call
them at (702) 739-2222.
                                                                    
Princeton Groundwater, Inc. is not affiliated with Princeton University

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