Remedial Process Selection

Selecting and designing a remedial process are at the core of the central decision a team of environmental professionals may have to make for a specific site. The DSTs featured on this page focus on specific remedial process selection issues, including:
• Is monitored natural attenuation (MNA) a viable strategy at my site?
• Will source removal expedite the remediation timeframe?
• How does MNA compare with a pump-and-treat remedy in terms of remediation timeframe?.

Decision Support Software Tool Functions Function Evaluated Interactive or File Tabular Input and Output Graphical Input and Output and Print Report? Contaminants: Metals, Chlorinated Solvents, SVOCs, Pesticides PCBs, Petroleum, Radionuclides Media: Soil/Sediment, Soils Gas, Air, Surface Water, Groundwater Potential Technical Team Members
BIOBALANCE Analytical Modeling ■
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  NA     NA       NA     NA     Yes
    NA      √       NA      NA    NA      NA
   NA     NA      NA      NA      √
  
Software Home Page Site Screening ■        
•Hydrogeologist
  Remedial Process Selection ■        
•Geochemist
BIOCHLOR Analytical Modeling ■ I    NA     NA       NA     NA     Yes     NA      √       NA      NA     NA     NA    NA     NA      NA      NA      √  
Software Home Page Site Screening ■         •Hydrogeologist
  Remedial Process Selection □         • General technical staff familiar with chemical fate and transport
BIOPLUME III Numerical Modeling ■ I     NA    csv     bmp    bmp   Yes     NA      √       NA      NA     NA     NA    NA     NA      NA      NA      √  
Software Home Page Visualization □                txt                 avi          •Hydrogeologist
  Remedial Process Selection ■         •General technical staff familiar with chemical fate and transport
BIOSCREEN Analytical Modeling ■ I     NA    xls       NA      xls      Yes    NA     NA     NA      NA      √        NA    NA     NA      NA      NA      √ •Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page Remedial Process Selection □          
HSSM Visualization ■ I/F    dat     NA     NA      bmp    Yes    NA      √       NA      NA       √       NA    √        NA      NA      NA      √ •Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page Analytical Modeling ■          
NAS Visualization ■ I    NA     NA      NA      xls     Yes     √        √       √        NA       √        √   NA      NA      NA      NA      √ •Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page Remedial Process Selection ■         •General technical staff familiar
  Analytical Modeling ■         with chemical fate and transport
  Numerical Modeling □          
SourceDK Analytical Modeling ■ I/F    xls      NA      NA     NA     No    NA       √      √         √        √      NA   NA     NA      NA      NA      √ •Hydrogeologist
Software Home Page Remedial Process Selection ■         •General technical staff familiar with chemical fate and transport
               
               
Notes:
File input and output formats are represented in the matrix by the file extension.ASCII files, for example are indicated by the extension "txt."
EPCRA = Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act
1 ERPIMS data can be imported through an Access file or a series of text files (.tes, .res, .sam, .ldi).
2 GeoSEM uses several GIS vector and raster file formats: DOD vector product format (VPF) , ESRI product files, CAD drawings (dxf), ASCI II grids, and georeferenced image formats such as geoTIFs, bitmaps, GIFs, JPGs, and ERDAS.
Legend:
N/A Not applicable
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