Abstract: The QuickSite™ method provides a framework for conducting accurate, timely and economical site investigations and characterizations of potentially contaminated regions. QuickSite™ organizes the investigative steps into three phases, each of which has different objectives but which share a similar iterative nature. The first phase, using any existing data if available, determines the geologic and hydrogeologic features of a site which affect contaminant distribution. The second phase, based on the framework of the first phase, determines the extent of contamination within the site under investigation and the third phase predicts the future contaminant distribution within the site and can provide analysis of different remedial or corrective scenarios if appropriate. Throughout the data collecting, analysis and interpretation steps of each phase rigorous quality control and assurance practices are implemented.

Abstract: A method for performing exploration of the vadose soil zone first obtains samples of the surface vegetation from a region, next the samples are analyzed to determine if a contaminant is present in any of the analyzed samples, and, finally, a determination is made if a vadose soil zone at that region is contaminated based on the analyzed samples. As a result of the contamination determination, further, more-detailed site characterization can be performed at only those regions that are contaminated.