An Approach for Selecting a Model for the Assessment of Potentially Contaminated Sites.

Assessment of potentially contaminated sites (PCS) can be expensive; hence, simple and less demanding methods and models are required. This work attempts to provide an approach that can aid in selecting the most appropriate model for the PCS. The developed method uses over 100 field site data to evaluate four test models (analytical/empirical) that provide the maximum plume length (L ), which is used as a principal model ranking quantity in this work.