ESM223 - Winter 2009
Soil and Groundwater Quality Management
Dr. Norm Brown
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
University of California at Santa Barbara
Administrative
Administrative Syllabus
Lecture Listing and Texts
Final Project
Midterm and Final Project Info
Final Project Outline Assignment
Problem Sets
PS1 - PCB exposure
PS2 - Conceptual site model
PS3 - Groundwater basin
PS4 - Cumulative departure
Lectures
01 - Introduction
Lecture Notes
02 - Goals, Strategies, Methods
Lecture Notes
Reading
LLNL White Paper – Tompson 2004
Water Quality Goals (August 2003)
Updated Water Quality Goals – July 2008
Excel tables – California Regional Water Quality Control Board Summary of Water Quality Goals
(July 2008) [1] [2] [3] [4]
EPA Bioaccumulation and Sediment Analysis report (2000)
EPA Bioaccumulation chemical-specific summary tables
Representative links
03 - Local and Basinwide Water Quality Conditions,
including Nitrates and EDCs
Lecture Notes
Reading
LLNL nitrate research summary
EPA R&D summary - nitrates
Wisconsin research on EDCs
NYT article on PCPPs
04 - Risk Assessment & Toxicity Assessment
Lecture Notes
Reading
Risk Assessment Summary
EPA Soil Screening Level (SSL) Fact Sheet
EPA SSL Technical Appendices
TPH Risk-Based Cleanup
California Water Plan introduction and remediation chapter
EPA Preliminary Remediation Goals (PRG, Excel)
05 - Site Characterization and Cleanup Criteria
Lecture Notes
Reading
Diagnostic Assessment
Site Characterization
Field Procedures Manual
Diving Plumes
Cross-Borehole
06 - Site Investigations; Introduction to Corrective Action
Lecture Notes
Reading
Wenatchee Pesticide Study
Hanscom Case Study and Workplan
Field Sampling and Analysis Matrix
Characterization Technologies and Table
VOC Decision Tree
DTSC Field Methods and Legal Issues
Immunoassay Guidelines
07 - Corrective Action -- Containment and Cleanup
Lecture Notes
Reading
Soil Vapor Extraction
Pump and Treat
Air Sparging
Bioremediation
Reactive Walls and Reactive Zones
Phytoremediation
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Reference Links
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EPA Superfund Remedy Selection – Rules of Thumb
Pump and Treat Overview – EPA
Barriers Overview – EPA
SVE & BV Modeling – J. Contaminant Hydrology
SVE Enhancements – EPA
SVE Pulsing – Journal of Hydrology
SVE Effective Cleanup Radius – Journal of Soil Contamination
Capture Zone Curves
Phytoremediation – EPA
PRB zero-valent iron and PRB economic analysis with case studies – EPA
08 - Water Quality and Management --
Energy and Global Climate Change
Lecture Notes, and a general article Green Norway (Economist)
Reading
Climate change and water supply in the western U.S.
Climate change and California water adaptation white paper
Climate change and California water resources – DWR
IPCC Summary – Fourth Assessment Report
State of California climate change report
09 - In Situ Remediation; Case Studies
Lecture Notes
Reading
Phytoremediation reference slides
10 - [1] Ex Situ Treatment; [2] Principles in Groundwater Management
Lecture Notes [Ex Situ Treatment] [Groundwater Management]
Reading
USGS Circular 1247 [part1] [part2]
11 - Principles in Groundwater Management; Midterm (part 1)
12 - Principles in Groundwater Management; California Groundwater Management
Lecture Notes
Reading
OCWD Presentation Slides
13 - Basin Management; Managed Recharge
Lecture Notes
Reading
USGS Circular on Groundwater Sustainability
Santa Paula Basin Report
CalFed [Overview] [Update]
IEUA Overview
Isotope Tracer Analysis of Artificial Recharge
14 - Surface Water & Groundwater Interaction; Salts
Lecture Notes
Reading
CDHS reclaimed water recharge overview
Calleguas report
USGS Fact Sheet
15 - Santa Clara River and Calleguas Creek -- TMDLs and Water Quality Management
Lecture Notes
Reading
Santa Clara River - SCR TMDL
Calleguas Creek - CC TMDL
USGS Tracer Study
Field Trip -- Managed Recharge and Chlorides: Santa Clara River and Calleguas Creek Watersheds
Field Trip Guide
United Water Conservation District
Calleguas Municipal Water District
16 - Groundwater Storage; Cumulative Departure; Diavik Mine
Lecture Notes
Reading
Diavik:
Field Guide
Financial Due Diligence
News Item
17 - Ventura County Wrap-up; Private, Publicly-traded and Investor-owned water companies
Lecture Notes
Reading
MWD UWMP
Poseidon press release [1] [2]
18 - Publicly-traded and Investor-owned water companies
Lecture Notes
Recent example: Proxy - 10K - 4
Environmental Liability disclosure
19 - Case Study: Santa Maria basin, Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County, California
Coso Geothermal