ERDC has designed technologies that led to the development of the Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System (SCAPS) Research and Development Program. The SCAPS R&D program has assembled, under one umbrella, a mobile 20-ton platform (hydraulic cone penetrometer truck) and a suite of cost-effective sensing and sampling technologies that rapidly detect, discriminate, and quantify a wide variety of contaminants. SCAPS technologies detect contaminants in both soil and groundwater in situ while simultaneously determining subsurface geophysical characteristics. ERDC has transitioned SCAPS units to three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts (Kansas City, Savannah, and Tulsa Districts) that conduct operational site characterization at government installations. The three Corps Districts operating SCAPS units have been assigned Areas of Responsibility (AOR) by geographic regions and coordinate SCAPS work within their respective AOR. Information pertaining to AOR assignments, points of contact, and scheduling SCAPS work may be obtained at: http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep1110-1-32/toc.htm
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