Ranking Groundwater Pollution Potential Using a Standardized Decision Tool: Commercial and Industrial Business in Kootenai County, Idaho

Publication Date

3-1-2002

Type of Culminating Activity

Thesis

Degree Title

Master of Health Science, Environmental Health

Department

Community and Environmental Health

Supervisory Committee Chair

Dr. Gary Shook, Sc.D.

Supervisory Committee Member

Dr. Warren Barrash, Ph.D.

Supervisory Committee Member

Dr. John Freemuth, Ph.D.

Abstract

Regulated industrial facilities were ranked according to their potential to contaminate groundwater using a risk model and decision analysis technique. Health District regulations and inspections focus on the reporting, storing, handling of Critical Materials and the subsurface disposal of wasterwater. Thirteen critical aspects of facility risk in regard to groundwater contamination were identified and weighted for quantitative analysis in the model to determine variability within the sample population. The pollution potential ranking tool intends to improve risk communication and program delivery, standardize inspection protocols and focus programs resources through prioritization and management. This thesis ranks 100 facilities and indicates higher risk values for facilities storing toxic or large quantities of Critical Materials, inadequate containment systems and illegal discharges of wastewater.

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