Conducting contaminant fate and transport assessments are critical when assessing current and future impacts to the environment. These evaluations are commonly required when completing detailed groundwater investigations, remedial planning, conducting human health and ecological risk assessments, and developing conceptual site models. This work is commonly completed at contaminated properties such as service station and dry cleaner sites, and other commercial/industrial sites.

In this talk, Stephen will cover what a contaminant fate and transport assessment is, why they are important, how they differ from other types of contaminant transport evaluations, and what information is needed to properly complete them. Components of a fate and transport assessment from an upcoming Geoenviropro course: Theory and Application of Conducting Contaminant Fate and Transport Assessments at Contaminated Sites, will be provided to highlight the the process of carrying out these assessments at typical contaminant sites.