Environmental Forensics-Site Characterization and Remediation-Jul 26-27, 2016

This 2 day course will provide attendees with a wide array of analytical techniques available to fingerprint a variety of contaminants and to address the basic questions involved in any environmental forensics study: 1. What is the contaminant(s)? 2. What is the source(s)? 3. When did the release occur? 4. Is the contaminant degrading? In addition, there will be a discussion of why certain techniques are more appropriate than others, the problems that may be encountered when interpreting results, and what to do if there are no unique answers to some of the above questions. Examples will be provided from a variety of environmental forensic investigations involving a range of contaminants and different issues that have been encountered. Attendees will learn the range of supporting methods used into order to prepare the strongest case possible when presenting findings. The final topic will center around site remediation and how some of the techniques used in topics discussed above can also be used to monitor site cleanup, particularly those sites being remediated by natural attenuation.