RCRA groundwater data analysis protocol for the Hanford Site, Washington
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) groundwater monitoring program currently involves site-specific monitoring of 20 facilities on the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. The RCRA groundwater monitoring program has collected abundant data on groundwater quality. These data are used to assess the impact of a facility on groundwater quality or whether remediation efforts under RCRA corrective action programs are effective. Both evaluations rely on statistical analysis of groundwater monitoring data. The need for information on groundwater quality by regulators and environmental managers makes statistical analysis of monitoring data an important part of RCRA groundwater monitoring programs. The complexity of groundwater monitoring programs and variabilities (spatial, temporal, and analytical) exhibited in groundwater quality variables indicate the need for a data analysis protocol to guide statistical analysis. A data analysis protocol was developed from the perspective of addressing regulatory requirements, data quality, and management information needs. This data analysis protocol contains four elements: data handling methods; graphical evaluation techniques; statistical tests for trend, central tendency, and excursion analysis; and reporting procedures for presenting results to users.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 7067326
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SA-1451; CONF-920851--33; ON: DE92015896
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Annual report for RCRA groundwater monitoring projects at Hanford Site facilities for 1990
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540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990301 -- Information Handling-- Data Handling-- (1992-)
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
GROUND WATER
HANFORD RESERVATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROBABILITY
STATISTICAL DATA
STATISTICS
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
WATER QUALITY