Application of Health Risk Assessment for Environmental Decision Making
This two-day intermediate to advanced level course exposes participants to the quantitative, statistical, modeling, and problem-solving skills used in human health risk assessments. The course curriculum consists of an overview of risk assessment, hands-on calculations to estimate dose, and explanation of the development of risk-based cleanup levels. In addition the application of several publicly available analytical contaminant fate and transport models that are most commonly used in performing exposure assessments will be addressed.

Applied Ground Water RCRA
This introductory course in RCRA statistics focuses on fundamental concepts and pitfalls associated with implementing ground water monitoring program for statistical analysis at regulated facilities. Minimal prior knowledge of statistics is required and the concepts are illustrated with numerous "real world" examples. Sanitas tm for Ground Water statistical software (formerly known as GSAS) will be used as a tool to demonstrate and learn statistical principles. Sanitas will be sued for hands-on computer sessions in developing statistical approaches for a number of situations.

Applied Ground Water Modeling: Practical Use of Ground Water Models in Microsoft
This ground water modeling course is strictly applied, meaning that the partial differential equations of ground water flow and their solution are not discussed in detail. Rather, the course focuses on the application of computer models running in Windows. The course covers two types of models: (1) analytic element models using WinFlow software, and (2) numerical models using Ground water Vistas and MODFLOWwin32. Real world problem solving is included in the curriculum.

Computer-Aided Evaluation for Risk-Based Soil and Ground Water Cleanup
This workshop will address the principles of soil and ground water modeling and train individuals on how to apply this knowledge using SESOIL and AT123D, two computer models widely used by state and federal regulatory agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency.

Fracture Trace and Lineament Analysis: Application to Ground Water Characterization and Protection
This opportunity presents instruction in the skills of identifying bedrock type and mapping fractures and lineaments of stereopair aerial photographs and appropriate satellite images for investigative site analyses. Fracture trace and photogeologic analysis is a recognized field tool hydrogeologists, geoscientists, and engineers use for locating high-yield wells and/or wellfields, springs, wetlands, and pollutant sources; siting monitoring wells in aquifers dominated by fracture flow; intercepting pollutants for aquifer restoration; and characterizing the state and nature of bedrock an surficial deposits for foundation and slope stability investigations and related geotechnical projects (room stability in mines and tunnels, landfills, and dam sites). Geoscientists and engineers with a working knowledge of fracture trace analysis eliminate much guesswork and uncertainty involved in field projects.

Fundamentals of Ground Water Geochemistry
This is an introductory geochemistry course for scientists and engineers working in the fields of ground water site characterization, contamination, and remediation. Basic chemical interactions occurring between water and soil/aquifer material that determine the composition of natural water and affect the migration of contaminants will be covered, as will the anticipated efficiency of remediation practices. Data collection, presentation, and interpretation of results will be discussed. This is also an excellent introductary course for attorney, regulators, or hydrologists who are new to the field.

Ground Water Monitoring Strategies for Contaminated Site Assessment and Remedial Design
This course is designed for both the novice and those with experience in field work who are interested in learning new approaches for desgining and implementing more comprehensive ground water monitroing and sampling programs at contaminated sites. A main objective of this course is to present alternative approaches to site character- ization involving reconnaissance monitoring strategies. These recently developed methodolgies, including direct-push techniques for both ground water and sediment sampling, are designed to obtain valuable site-specific data under a variety of hydrogeologic conditions.

HELP Modeling Workshop
This course presents the principles of ground water modeling applications using analytical and numerical flow and particle tracking models and is suitable for both beginning and experienced modelers. The best protocols for applying a ground water flow model to site specific problems will be discussed including site conceptualization, grid design, boundary condition, initial conditions, calibration, sensitivity analysis and assignment of aquifer properties.

IBM PC Applications in Risk Assessment, Remediation, and Modeling
This course is designed for ground water professionals who want to enhance their technical performance and productivity by applying personal computer technology to their work environment. It will comprehensively review and apply the major IBM PC software packages that have applications in ground water pollution, hydrology, risk assessment, and remediation. It is designed to maximize the exposure of available software to the participants.

Introduction to Contouring Methods for Environmental Applications
This course provides hand-on training for the environmental professional wanting to learn to make stunning and accurate depiction of the surface and subsurface using the Surfer R contouring software. Using sample datea sets from actual environmental sites, the course participant will learn how to take a project from raw data to a finished report.

Low Cost Remediation Strategies for Organic Contaminants in Soil and Ground Water
This course covers several low-cost techniques for remediation of soil and ground water contaminated with organic contaminants such as fuel hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents. Some of the remediation strategies to be covered include natural attenuation, bioventing, soil vapor extraction, addition of low-cost substrates to stimulate biodegradation of chlorinated solvents, sparging/biospraging, and bioslurping for product removal. The objective of the course will be to help property owners, consultants, and scientists evaluate and implement the most cost-effective approach to remediate a site contaminated with organic contaminants.

Natural Attenuation for Remediation of Contaminated Sites
This course provides the practical information needed to form a coherent approach for applying remediation by natural attenuation at field sites. It stresses the underlying concepts and field implementation procedures for evaluating an applying remediation by natural attenuation. It also provides in-depth discussions of the mechanisms of natural attenuation, data collection and analysis, quantification of contaminant transport and fate processes, and regulatory considerations involved in implementing natural attenuation as a remedy for ground water contamination.

Practical Applications of Ground Water Geochemistry
This is a course for scientists and engineers who work in the fields of ground water characterization, contamination, and remediation. Conditions resulting from ground water and aquifer/soil interactions will be discussed in this course; the effect of introducing a variety of contaminants will be examined. Case studies will be used to explain data collection require- ments, laboratolry analytical methods, and interpretation of data. Class exercises will be used to reinforce concepts presented in the lectures.

Principles and Concepts of Variogram and Kriging Analysis for Environmental Applications
This course provides environmental professionals with complete training in geostatistical variogram and kriging analysis enabling them to provide optimal spatial estimation and statistical uncertainty analysis to their environmental assessments. Attendees will analyze real data sets using geostatistical software that is provided to them with the course. Course topics and computer exercises will include data verification, spatial data display and summarization, assessing the spatial correlation of environmental data, understanding and using kriging to assess environmental hazards, graphing and reporting environmental data.

Principles and Design of Forced Air Remediation Systems
This two-day course presents the current state of the art technology and practice in air sparging, vapor extraction, multi-phase extraction, with enhancements of pneumatic soil fracturing and bioremediation. Technology integration and design is emphasized with a goal of teaching the basic design, implementation and monitoring tools for environmental professionals. The curriculum assumes a basic knowledge of vapor extraction, site investigation, and contaminant distribution above and below the static water table. Five major technologies, basic rules of thumb and interactive case studies will be presented.

Principles of Ground Water--Flow, Transport, and Remediation
This three-day course is designed to examine the concepts, theories, and processes in hydrogeology. Discussions address a range of issues including the movement and occurrence of ground water, transmissivity, hydraulic head and gradient, aquifer test procedures and analysis, water quality characterization, solute transport, plume configuration and delineation, capture zone analysis, ground water modeling, and remediation techniques.

Probability, Statistics, & Geostatistics for Environmental Professionals
This three-day course fosters a broad understanding of the basic statistical tools needed to teach and assist environmental professionals in drawing statistically valid conclusions from environmental monitoring data. Major types of uncertainties present in environmental sample data and methods for quantifying these uncertainties are defined and discussed. Participants should have a scientific or engineering background, feel comfortable working with simple mathematical equations (no advanced calculus needed), and have taken an introductory course in statistics/probability. This course will be useful to regulators, consultants, contractors, and researchers involved in collecting, interpreting, and analyzing environmental data.

Remedial Action Assessment System (RAAS) Computer Workshop for Environmental Restoration Evaluation
Hazardous waste cleanup is a complex problem with worldwide implications. This course will show you how to use a software tool to help solve environmental problems in a timely, consistent, and cost-effective way. Techniques on how one can evaluate preliminary alternatives using criteria such as cost, residual contaminant concentrations, and volume toxicity, and mobility reduction will also be featured.

Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Hydrogeology Using Personal Computers
This course focuses on applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems in environmental hydrogeology using personal computers and low-cost software. Its main purpose is to introduce these rapidly growing techniques to ground water and environmental professionals in an integrated way accenting hands-on experience. It provides an overview and theory of the principles of remote sensing and GIS integrated with environmental hydrogeology, technology and practical application, and computer instruction and application to real world conditions.

Risk Assessment for the Environmental Professional
This two-day intermediate to advanced level course exposes participants to the quantitative, statistical, modeling, and problem-solving skills used in human health risk assessments. The course curriculum will consist of an overview of risk assessment, hands-on calculations to estimate dose, and explanation of the development of risk-based cleanup levels. In addition, you will learn about the application of several publicly available analytical contaminant fate and transport models that are most commonly used in performing exposure assessments.

Treatment Technology for Contaminated Soils and Ground Water
This three-day course will provide professionals working in remediation a "consumer's guide" approach to remediation technologies. It will cover key pitfalls of technologies, provide candid evaluations of field applications, and explain what questions to ask of potential technology vendors and consultants.

Understanding Migration, Assessment and Remediation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids
Scientists and engineers designing remediation systems must first have knowledge of the characteristics and behavior of NAPLs in the subsurface to begin conceptualizing and characterizing a NAPL plume. A thorough understanding of how NAPLs migrate in a hydrogeologic system will guide you in considering the technical practicability of remediating the source and its plume. This three-day course is designed to educate you with respect to the compounds and properties of NAPLs, their migration characteristics, and remediation technologies. Case histories are presented that describe the detection, characterization, monitoring, and remediation of contamination scenarios involving DNAPLs and LNAPLs such as TCE/PCE, chlorinated solvents, PCM, coal tar, and fuels.

Visual MODFLOW: First Fully Integrated Modeling Software Package for USGS MODFLOW/ MODPATH and MT3D
This course is designed for both the novice modeler and those with considerable professional experience. It will cover the use of Visual Modflow and its applications to two-and-three dimensional flow and transport problems. This is a hands-on course emphasizing practical Modflow, Modpath, and MT3D applications such as pump-and-treat remediation design, contaminant capture zone delineation, three-dimensional wellhead protection analyses, and determination of contaminant preferred pathways for human and ecolo
gical risk assessment studies.

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