Sampling strategies in groundwater transport and fate studies for in situ oil shale retorting

Conference · Fri Jun 22 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6275655

Pimentel, K D; Stuermer, D H; Moody, M M

This paper proposes a new concept for designing groundwater monitoring programs to assess the effects of in situ oil shale retorting. The concept includes new ways to characterize pollution source terms, build and calibrate hydrological models, estimate stochastic systems, and optimize measurement system designs. The solution to the monitoring problem would be the minimum-cost program that estimates pollutant concentrations throughout the groundwater region within an acceptable error criterion. That program would specify the lowest number of wells that need to be drilled, their best locations and depths, and how seldom they need be sampled. The approach can be applied to meet differing requirements of characterizing regional hydrology, studying geochemistry, determining pollutant transport and fate, and designing monitoring networks to demonstrate compliance with effluent regulations.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6275655
• Report Number(s): UCRL-82417; CONF-790334-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
041000* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Environmental Aspects
520500 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLOGY
IN-SITU PROCESSING
IN-SITU RETORTING
MONITORING
OIL SHALES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
PROCESSING
RETORTING
SAMPLING
STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER QUALITY