The ERGIS project-use of GIS as a decision support tool for the remediation of a superfund site in Ohio

Many industrial sites in the United States formerly engaged in weapons component manufacturing are now in the process of remediation as a result of shifting post-cold war defense requirements. Although some of these sites represent serious long-term remediation and hazardous site management problems, several less polluted sites can be successfully restored and returned to non-hazardous public or private uses within a few years if limited remediation resources are allocated properly and efficiently. GIS is a tool which can be used to support operable unit and environmental restoration activities by providing the mapping and modeling analysis applications that decision makers need in order to plan a more accurate remediation strategy. This paper will examine the ERGIS system, a remediation GIS successfully implemented at the Mound Facility, in Miamisburg, Ohio, and how this system supports a variety of critical remediation activities