Meeting and Conference Materials

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Past Events

Long-Term Monitoring Optimization (LTMO) Workshop for NARPM
This abbreviated version of the LTMO Seminar (see below) was presented to the National Association of Remedial Project Managers (NARPM) at its May 2005 meeting in Phoenix, AZ. The workshop provided U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RPMs with information about new LTMO approaches that can assist them in overseeing groundwater monitoring at Fund-lead and PRP-lead sites, the benefits of the various methods, and the pitfalls to be avoided.

Click on any of the specific presentations listed to download.

Introduction (84K/16pp/PDF) by Ellen Rubin, U.S. EPA

7 Steps to LTMO (1.5MB/48pp/PDF) by Dave Becker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Overview of Available LTMO Methods (1MB/45pp/PDF) by Kirk Cameron, MacStat Consulting, Ltd.

What You Need to Know as a Reviewer of LTMO Evaluation (73K/16pp/PDF) by Dave Becker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Case Studies / Example Applications (2.2MB/41pp/PDF) by Kirk Cameron, MacStat Consulting, Ltd.
Long-Term Monitoring Optimization (LTMO) for Groundwater Seminar
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy sponsored the first seminar on Long-Term Monitoring Optimization (LTMO) for Groundwater seminar in March 2005. This seminar provided state and federal regulators with information about new quantitative methods of LTMO for groundwater to assist them in making appropriate decisions regarding the optimal location and frequency of groundwater monitoring and the approval of changes to groundwater monitoring networks. The seminar also included hands-on training in the use of three of these methods: the Monitoring and Remediation Optimization System (MAROS), the Geostatistical Temporal-Spatial (GTS) Algorithm, and the three-tiered Monitoring Network Optimization (MNO) approach.
Optimization and Groundwater Remediation
August 17, 2004, Washington, DC
A one-day seminar offered by the University of Vermont, Research Center for Groundwater Remediation Design and sponsored by SAIC Corp.
If you would like to attend this seminar, please contact George F. Pinder at rcgrd@emba.uvm.edu no later than July 31, 2004, to confirm your participation .

Registration information will be forwarded after confirming participation.
Accelerating Site Close Out, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs through Optimization
June 15-17, 2004, Dallas, TX.

FRTR, ITRC, and SERDP/ESTCP jointly sponsored this conference as a follow-up to the 1999 Optimization Conference. (See below for more information on the 1999 Conference.)

Topics covered during the conference included case studies of long-term monitoring optimization, remediation technology optimization and new technical and policy guidance related to optimization.

Below you can download a copy of the agenda or copies of presentations abstracts and slides.
FRTR Meeting
December 18, 2002, Arlington, VA
A PDF summary of meeting topics and activities is available from the FRTR Archived Meetings page.
Download (61KB/11pp/PDF)
Internet Seminar
Remediation System Evaluation and Optimization of Pump and Treat Projects, December 10, 2001.
(Full details online at http://clu-in.org/s.focus/c/studio/i/826/).
FRTR Meeting
December 7, 2000, Arlington, VA
A PDF summary of meeting topics and activities is available from the FRTR Archived Meetings page.
Download (260KB/10pp/PDF)
FRTR Meeting
November 18, 1999, Arlington, VA
A PDF summary of meeting topics and activities is available from the FRTR Archived Meetings page.
Download (37KB/10pp/PDF)
Subsurface Remediation: Improving Long-Term Monitoring & Remedial Systems Performance
June 8-11, 1999, St. Louis, MO
U.S. DOD, U.S. DOE, U.S. DOI, and U.S. EPA held this conference to to highlight successes and issues related to improving the performance of subsurface remediation technologies, showcase practical approaches to cost-effective monitoring, and identify research gaps and needs. You can download the complete conference proceedings here.
Download (377KB/81pp/PDF)