The Engineering Forum (EF), established in the late 1980s, is a group of engineers and scientists that supports the Superfund and RCRA programs in each of the ten EPA Regional Offices. As one of the EPA Technical Support Project’s (TSP) three technical forums, the EF is a medium for exchanging technical information regarding innovative site cleanup and characterization technologies. Monthly technical talks focus on site-specific engineering problems encountered, alternatives and solutions, and lessons learned. After each presentation, information regarding upcoming events and training are discussed and time for an Open Mic discussion is provided. If you are a Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Brownfields, state or federal environmental professional who is interested in solving technical issues, register for any technical talks listed below that interest you and join the discussion!

Presentations are specifically designed for EPA staff including RPMs, OSCs, Corrective Action Managers, Superfund and Technology Liaisons, Chemists, Biologists, Physical Scientists, and Engineers from within EPA regions, program offices, laboratory system, and headquarters personnel as well as environmental professionals from state agencies, tribes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Dept. of Energy, and other federal agencies of all experience levels. THIS TRAINING IS NOT OPEN TO ACADEMIA, CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS OR OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES.

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R10 RPMs James Hall and Stephen Lukas will discuss the Palermo Wellfield Site which has multiple sources of TCE and PCE in groundwater that converge on an active water supply wellfield after passing thru a bluff and a 60-foot change in relief. EPA utilized Continuous Multichannel Tubing (CMT) wells to determine where contaminate mass is moving across the site at discrete depth intervals. The CMT wells utilize a single casing and have up to 7, two-foot long screens (“channels”). This presentation will discuss how CMT groundwater samples were analyzed to determine where preferential flow and contaminate channeling was occuring and how use of this drilling technology will allow for a more efficient and targeted plume treatment design. 

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