Case studies
The links below give examples of how GWSDAT has been used by different organisations.
GWSDAT is referenced in “Integrated spatiotemporal modeling and human health risk assessment of petroleum contamination at an urban fuel station: a case study”
The case study is published in the journal ‘Environmental Monitoring and Assessment’ (August, 2026), and available at the link below.
GWSDAT is referenced in “Groundwater Characterization at the Umusadege Facility: A Baseline for Compliance – Osten Laboratory”
The case study uses GWSDAT as one of the tools to provide ‘actionable environmental intelligence’ for temporal trend and plume-stability analysis (June, 2026).
GWSDAT is referenced in UK Environment Agency advice on Land Contaminated Risk Management
Access to this document (updated 12th June 2025) is available at the link below. See the section on ‘Tier 2: Generic quantitative risk assessment > Assess the risks’
GWSDAT used in “TAME –Comparative Plume Lengths and Risk Management” study presented to the Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa (NICOLA).
Access to the presentation (October, 2024) is available at the link below.
Remediation of a high profile retail site in Denmark
Gabriele Giorgio Ceriani, Ejlskov A/S, Aarhus, Denmark
GWSDAT is discussed in the blog “The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Groundwater Monitoring Costs”
The blog (on the LiORA website) discusses the use of GWSDAT and other tools that can provide evidence to inform reducing monitoring costs (posted in 2026). The blog can be accessed at the link below.
GWSDAT is recommended and referenced in “Advancing Standards Transforming Markets”
ASTM E3488-25 – “Standard Guide for Moving Sites to Closure (MStC) for Petroleum Underground Storage Tank (UST) Releases” (May, 2025)
GWSDAT is referenced in “Guidance on the Assessment and Monitoring of Natural Attenuation of Contaminants in Groundwater, 2024”
Access to this document is available at the link below.
GWSDAT: Case Studies, New Features and Future Developments
Wayne R. Jones, Luc Rock, Alexandra Wesch, Emanuel Marzusch, Marnie Low (2022). Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
Controlling Pollution at Edwards Air Force Base, California
Herb Levine, Hydrogeologist, US Environmental Protection Agency
GWSDAT Training Material in the Indonesian Language
Anggita Agustin, Hydrogeologist, Indonesia
A former US military base
Paul Dombrowski, Senior Remediation Engineer, ISOTEC Remediation Technologies, Boston Operations, USA
GWSDAT is recommended in the “Michigan Risk-Based Corrective Action (MIRBCA) Technical Guidance”
Access to the MIRBCA Technical document (July, 2025) is available at the link below.
Use of Dissolved-Phase Plume Stability to Evaluate LNAPL Body Stability with GWSDAT
Lisa Reyenga, P.E., GEI Consultants, Inc. (added Feb 2025)
GWSDAT as a Resource for Site Closure: Plume Delineation, Trend, and Data Gap Analysis
Tom Daigle, P.G. Senior Project Manager, GEI Consultants, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, USA (added Dec 2022)
Retrospective analysis of a pollution event at a refinery site
Evers, Molinari, Bowman, Jones, Spence (2015). Environmetrics.
A review of GWSDAT in a best-practice document
US Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council.
Assessing remediation and natural attenuation
Lars van Passel, Technical Director, RSK Benelux
A service station in New York State
Sarken Dressler, Professional Geologist, Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State, USA