An Evaluation of Different Risk Ranking Systems for Contaminated Sites

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dc.contributor.advisorAchari, Gopal
dc.contributor.advisorLangford, Cooper
dc.contributor.authorSha, Huimei
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-27T20:19:54Z
dc.date.available2014-03-15T07:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-01-27
dc.date.submitted2014en
dc.description.abstractRisk ranking systems for contaminated sites have been developed by different jurisdictions with similar purpose, but it is not clear whether they provide results that are comparable. The United States’ Preliminary Assessment (PA) system, Sweden’s Methods for Inventories of Contaminated Sites (MICS) and New Zealand’s Risk Screening System (RSS) methods are assessed in this thesis. These methods were compared with each other and with the Canada’s National Classification System for Contaminated Sites (NCSCS) as well as a preliminary quantitative risk assessment (PQRA) method. The objectives were to determine if all these systems can yield similar recommendations regarding further actions, and to assess if there are acceptable correlations between the different methods. The study concludes that the PA, MICS and NCSCS methods can achieve similar conclusions, although there is a certain degree of inconsistency that is present; the RSS system can distinguish the very high and very low risk sites and; acceptable correlations exists among the these methods except for between PA and PQRA.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSha, H. (2014). An Evaluation of Different Risk Ranking Systems for Contaminated Sites (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24858en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24858
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1292
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Environmental
dc.subject.classificationRisk Ranking Systemen_US
dc.subject.classificationContaminated Sitesen_US
dc.subject.classificationRisk Assessmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationPAen_US
dc.subject.classificationMICSen_US
dc.subject.classificationRSSen_US
dc.subject.classificationNCSCSen_US
dc.subject.classificationPQRAen_US
dc.titleAn Evaluation of Different Risk Ranking Systems for Contaminated Sites
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Engineering (MEng)
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