Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations

Features fresh methodologies for characterizing radioactive environments, statistical approaches for designing environmental investigations, and chemical characterization techniques. This text covers general media sampling, building material sampling, remote surveying, data verification and validation, and data quality assessment.

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Originally published in 1994, the first edition of Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations soon became a premier resource in the field. The “Princeton Groundwater” course designated it as one of the top books on the market that address strategies for groundwater well installation, well completion, and groundwater sampling. This long-awaited second edition continues the tradition of providing guidance on how to develop cost-effective and defensible environmental sampling programs to support site characterization, site remediation, and building decontamination and decommissioning in both chemical and radioactive environments.

The book provides guidance on how to:






Implement the US EPA’s latest Data Quality Objective’s procedure



Prepare and maintain defensible field documentation



Use quality control sampling, data verification, data validation, and data quality assessment to assure the data collected is of adequate quality and quantity for its intended use



Properly decontaminate drilling and field sampling equipment



Determine appropriate health and safety requirements



Manage investigation-derived waste



Properly prepare sample bottles for shipment