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Groundwater Geology: State of the Practice in the Environmental Industry and in Groundwater Production ProjectsRick Cramer10/17/2024•More than 126,000 sites across the U.S. require remediation•More than 12,000 of these sites are considered "complex" •“…due to inherent geologic complexities, restoration within the next 50-100 years is likely not achievable.”Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites National Academy of Sciences Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort, 2013The Problem of Aquifer HeterogeneityUS Air Force Critical Process Analysis (CPA) Project ReviewPrimary Finding was Improved CSM = Remediation OptimizationAddress the greatest uncertainty, the subsurface•Start with using existing data…investment has already been made by the client!•Defines subsurface “plumbing”: Identify groundwater flow paths and preferential contaminant migration pathways•Optimize data gap programs, groundwater monitor