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ICT-Based Remediation with Knowledge Information Management for Contaminated Groundwater

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ICT-based remediation with knowledge information management is presented for the pump-and-treat method of contaminated groundwater. The usefulness of ICT is discussed for monitoring contaminants and groundwater level, transferring data between the remediation well and the remote remediation center, and decision support analysis for controlling the remediation well. A prototype system was developed and applied to field measurement. The prototype system performed reliably for ~600 days. As a decision support analysis, a fuzzy inference model is discussed. The membership functions were determined based on simple reliability theory. The effectiveness of the proposed method was assessed by numerical simulations. The simulation results suggest that the proposed method is likely to reduce the pumped quantity compared to PID control or an engineer’s empirical knowledge. Analysis results are also shown for cancer risks from contaminants and ground settlement risks due to excess pumping up of groundwater.

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Abbreviations

ASTM:

American Society for Testing and Materials

JME:

Japan Ministry of Environment

JMIC:

Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication

JTA:

Japan Tunneling Association

ICT:

Information and communication technologies

LAN:

Local area network

PID (controller):

Proportional integral derivative (controller)

VOC:

Volatile organic compounds

WHO:

World Health Organization

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Defense Academy, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, 239-8686, Japan

    Yoshihisa Miyata

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Nagano National College of Technology, 716 Tokuma, Nagano, 381-8550, Japan

    Toshiro Hata

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Miyata, Y., Hata, T. ICT-Based Remediation with Knowledge Information Management for Contaminated Groundwater. Geotech Geol Eng 31, 911–926 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-012-9554-x

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