Publications [#58170] of Miguel A. Medina

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1. Medina, Miguel A. Jr. and Butcher, Jonathan B. and Marin, Carlos M., Advisory system for North Carolina groundwater quality modeling and management needs, Report - Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina no. 236 (1988), pp. 225 -
   (last updated on 2007/04/09)

   Abstract:
   Federal policy states that groundwater quality management is a State responsibility. Waste disposal sites that discharge or may leak to a groundwater system must undergo a permitting process. Applications are reviewed by the Division of Environmental Management, Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, State of North Carolina. This research project conditions the permitting process upon: sound mathematical modeling techniques, review of all sources of data on waste, method of disposal and hydrogeologic scenario - all processed by a computerized advisory system capable of assessing degree of uncertainty within a sequential decision analysis framework. The advisory system is a friendly, interactive menu-driven management program which executes a large number of supporting decision algorithms and mathematical models, including 3-dimensional color graphics representation of the predicted contaminant plume. The decision analysis framework provides the foundation for the advisory-system-based permitting process. A user's manual is presented.

   Keywords:
   Water Supply--Water Quality;Water, Underground--Management;Mathematical Models;Water Pollution--North Carolina;Waste Disposal--Legislation;