Final Progress Report: Cost-Effective Risk Management of Groundwater Contamination

摘要

This report is a final progress report for the Young Investigator Project entitled Cost-Effective Risk Management of Groundwater Contamination, which commenced on June 1, 2000. The purpose of this project is to study the relationships between human health risk and risk-based corrective action (RBCA) design for groundwater contamination under conditions of uncertainty. The objectives of the research are to: (1) elucidate the tradeoffs among risk, cost, and cleanup time, (2) develop an efficient framework for incorporating uncertainty into RBCA design decisions, (3) develop innovative methods for improving computational efficiency of the risk management model so that it can be applied at complex, heterogeneous field sites, and (4) enable technology transfer to the Army. The project is being terminated early (March 31, 2001) because the work is being transitioned to a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) project. Hence, the objectives of the project have not yet been met. A summary of progress made during the 9 months of this project is included in this report.