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Case Studies

The DQO Process has had many applications at DOE sites across the U.S. over the past 10 years. There are many success stories associated with these applications. Savings in the millions of dollars in sampling and analysis costs have been reported by site operators and their regulators. There have been applications in almost every field associated with environmental cleanup, including:

• soil/groundwater characterization and remediation
• waste characterization and disposal
• integrated environmental monitoring
• integrated risk assessments
• decontamination and decommissioning
• specific treatment or disposal projects

The DQO applications reported here are a very small subset of all the DQO applications that have taken place at federal facilities as well as privately-operated facilities across the U.S. Some of the applications reported here are completed, others are in process.

There was an ongoing program sponsored by DOE (EM-5) to support DQO case studies. DOE was willing to fund and cost share in these DQO application projects because it believed building an experience base across the complex would lead to the wide-spread use of the DQO Process. Several DOE contractors have posted results of their DQO applications on their web sites (Oak Ridge, Bechtel Hanford).

We have catalogued the case studies in three ways: 1) alphabetical, 2) by geographical location, and 3) by subject area. Each case study is listed in all groupings, so you can select the organizational scheme you prefer. We encourage sites that have completed DQO case studies to share their experiences with us. As appropriate, we will add contributed case study write-ups to the list below or link to their website.

Alphabetical | Geographic Location | Subject Area