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CLU-IN Mass Flux Focus Area
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web links
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US Environmental Protection Agency
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Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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http://clu-in.org/massflux
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Contaminant hydrology
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Contaminant hydrology
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater processes-->Geochemistry
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| Short description: |
Most decisions regarding contaminated groundwater sites are driven by contaminant concentrations. These decisions can be improved by also considering contaminant mass discharge and mass flux. Mass discharge and flux estimates quantify source or plume strength at a given time and location. Consideration of the strength of a source or solute plume (i.e., the contaminant mass moving in the groundwater per unit of time) improves evaluation of natural attenuation and assessment of risks posed by contamination to downgradient receptors, such as supply wells or surface water bodies
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 01/02/2012
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