Efficiency-based groundwater monitoring design using the monitoring efficiency model (MEMO)

An analytical Monitoring Efficiency Model (MEMO) has been developed to assist in the design of monitoring well networks at hazardous waste sites. The method simulates the migration of hypothetical contaminant plumes from a site and quantifies the efficiency of alternative well network designs in detecting the plumes. The computed efficiency provides a quantified basis for optimizing the design. Maps of the site showing areas where releases would or would not be detected by a given well network are produced, providing insight into the benefits of adding, deleting, or moving specific wells. MEMO is applied using a menu-driven computer program