Links

AFCEE Environmental Restoration - Search “diffusion samplers” for user experience at Air Force sites

AFCEE Pro-Act Home Page - The monthly newsletter Cross-Talk , features new tools and technologies; search for diffusion samplers.

AFBCA (Air Force Base Conversion Agency) - Air Force Real Property Agency website provides information on all Air Force-controlled real property worldwide dealing with environmental cleanup programs for Air Force bases being closed or realigned under BRAC.

Columbia Analytical Services (CAS) - Vendor / distributor of diffusion bag samplers; pricing, device specifications, and literature references

EON Products - Vendor / distributor of diffusion bag samplers; installation instructions, and links to papers describing applications at McClellan AFB and other sites.

EPA/TIO Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information - EPA sponsored Web site that provides information about innovative treatment and site characterization technologies while acting as a forum for all waste remediation stakeholders.

EPA REACH IT - A system that lets environmental professionals use the power of the Internet to search, view, download and print information about innovative remediation and characterization technologies. EPA REACH IT will give you information about more than 650 service providers that offer almost 1,300 remediation technologies and more than 150 characterization technologies.

FRTR Diffusion Samplers Workgroup - A website for exchange of information among federal agency users of diffusion sampler technology; also links to information on site-specific applications. You can search the website by typing in "Passive Diffusion Bags" or "PDBs".

McClellan AFB Environmental Management - Administrative record and contact information for cleanup efforts at McClellan AFB (click here). AFCEE Cost Comparison Study report for the use of Diffusion Samplers to sample groundwater at McClellan AFB (click here).

NJDEP’s Field Sampling Procedures Manual - The August 2005 edition of NJDEP’s Field Sampling Procedures Manual replaces the 1992 edition as the most current technical guidance associated with procedures and equipment utilized for the collection of environmental samples. It also represents the first edition published on the World Wide Web, which brings the benefit of improved access to information for the public and regulated community.

First State issued guidance for use of a PASSIVE SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY for groundwater and surface water sediments. This guidance is issued for use of Polyethylene Diffusion Bags (PDBs) for sampling groundwater and surface water sediments are described in Chapters 5 and 6.

US Navy Environmental Restoration and BRAC - Search for “diffusion samplers” to access several links to papers and guidance on passive diffusion sampling.

United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Provides national geographical and hydrogeological data including current research worldwide

US Geological Survey Fact Sheet - Use of passive diffusion samplers for monitoring volatile organic compounds in ground water.

USGS Water Resources of South Carolina - Links to User’s guides, vendors of passive diffusion samplers, and to a paper available on line at USGS South Carolina District Publications On-Line