ABSTRACT
There are at least three different types of monitoring programs commonly applied to site assessment and remediation projects. These may begin with area reconnaissance monitoring of wide areas and then focus down to detection monitoring of a specific facility. Assessment monitoring includes program elements from RCRA subtitles C and D, and many aspects of ground-water monitoring under the Superfund program. Chapter 2 described the regulatory requirements of these programs, and this chapter builds on the design elements important to locating monitoring points optimum for the purpose of the program. The discussion will begin with detection monitoring programs, and addresses design aspects of assessment monitoring programs. The area-wide reconnaissance programs may have very different design goals as compared to the more regulatory driven detection/assessment programs.
