Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering, Volume I and II

436 GREENHOUSE GASES EFFECTS 1900 1950 2000 2050 –1 0 1 2 3 4 ∆T °K (a) (c) (b) FIGURE 7 Changes in the globally-averaged mean s ...

GREENHOUSE GASES EFFECTS 437 When the coupled model runs were carried forward from 1990 to 2050, increasing the CO 2 by 1% p.a. ...

438 GREENHOUSE GASES EFFECTS development will require higher spatial resolution, especially in the oceans, better model physics, ...

439 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES Water plays a vital role in sustaining the existence of all living things. The importance of managing ...

440 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES bear their names. In the United States, significant works in field, laboratory, and analytical studies ...

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 441 system, among others. Second, a number of solute-transport models have become available, such as the U ...

442 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES area through which flow occurs, ft^2. From the basic mass balance equation, the resulting expression o ...

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 443 their coordinate axes parallel as shown in Figure 4, the values of W ( u ), u, s, and r^2 / t may be o ...

444 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES S Tt r
^03 O 2 . (8) In order to account for some of the different situations encountered in the fiel ...

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 445 the destruction of the ecological system and natural resources but also present a danger to public hea ...

446 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES containing 5,000 mg/l dissolved solids but low concentrations of sodium, magnesium, and sulfate are de ...

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 447 The groundwater remediation can never be complete so long as mobile contaminants remain in the vadose ...

448 GROUNDWATER RESOURCES Thermal Treatment Thermal treatment involves introducing extra energy into the contaminated zone to in ...

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES 449 Polubarinova-Kochina, P.Ya. 1962. Theory of groundwater movement. Eng- lish translation by R. deWiest. ...

450 H HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT HISTORICAL OVERVIEW The development of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 dates ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 451 the EPA to inspect government and privately owned facilities which handle hazardous waste. Today ...

452 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT vapor extraction (SVE) and thermal desorption. It is impor- tant to note that there are many deri ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 453 ton or greater fee, may make processing for recycling and/or reuse the best practice. In the pres ...

454 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT base or acid. This is probably the simplest chemical treat- ment of those discussed and is widely ...

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 455 Wet Air Oxidation Although not strictly incineration, wet air oxidation is a related oxidation pr ...