A PERSONAL COMPUTER WINDOW-BASED SYSTEMATIC HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT ENALUATOR (SHOWME) FOR WASTE SITE DATA PROCESSING

AT A COST OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NATIONWIDE FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED TO CHARACTERIZE AND CLEAN THE CONTAMINATED DOE AND DOD FACILITIES AND SEVERAL SUPERFUND SITES. A DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE SYSTEMATIC HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT EVALUATOR (SHOWME) IS PLANNES IN PHASE I TO (1) SYSTEMATICALLY SUMMARIZE AND DISPLAY GEOLOGIC, HYDROLOGIC, AND CHEMICAL DATA, (2) EXECUTE STATISTICAL TOOLS TO FACILITATE IN-FIELD, STEP-WISE, DYNAMIC PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF SITE CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES, AND (3) QUANTITATIVELY EVALUATE TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS. THE DATA PROCESSING MODULE OF THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE WILL GENERATE SELF EXPLANATORY DATA SUMMARIES, CONCISE DISPLAY OF EACHMONITORING STATION INFORMATION, AND THREE DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF THE GIVEN SITE GEO-HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM AND CONTAMINATIONS. INTERFACE WITH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TOOLS WILL FACILITATE CONSIDERATION OF GEOLOGIC LAYERS, ANISOTROPY, TRENDS, CORRELATION GEOSTATISTICS, AND SITE SPECIFIC MODELS. SHOWME PRE-AND POST-PROCESSORS FOR INTERFACE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT FLOW AND TRANSPORT CODE WILL (1) SIMULATE COMPLEX GEOMETRY OF WASTE SITE GEOLOGIC SYSTEMS, (2) PROVIDE TOOLS TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE REMEDIAL MEASURES, AND (3) PERFORM SENSITIVITY ANALYSES FOR LIKELY BENEFITS OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL SITE CHARACTERIZATION. THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE WILL BE BASED ON A MODERN WINDOW TYPE GRAPHICAL INTERFACE TO MAXIMIZE USER FRIENDLINESS. EACH KEY DIALOGUE BOX, PULL-DOWN MENU, AND INTERACTIVE OPTION WILL INCLUDE INSTANT DISPLAY OF INSTRUCTIONAL WINDOW AND HELP KEYS. IN SUMMARY, SHOWME WILL PROVIDE THE MEANS TO SYSTEMATICALLY PROCESS THE DATA COLLECTED, MAXIMIZE THE USE OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION, MINIMIZE THE INVESTIGATION COST BY TIMELY VISUAL DISPLAY OF INFORMATION, AND EXPEDITE SITE CHARACTERIZATION.