CPEO Plants a Technology Tree on the Web

[Center for Public Environmental Oversight <cpeo@cpeo.org>]

"CPEO Plants a Technology Tree on the Web"

Are you looking for free information about characterization and remediation
technology? Start with the Center for Public Environmental Oversight's (CPEO)
"Technology Tree!"
http://www.cpeo.org/techtree

The goal of this web site is to help public stakeholders participate
knowledgeably in the selection of cleanup remedies or other relevant
technologies. You can define a problem and get a short list of
technologies, innovative and conventional, designed to solve it. Or you
can look up a technology, learn about it, and then check to see what
other technologies might do the job.

The Technology Tree or "Tech Tree" doesn't use the typical "Search
Engine" to find its information. The web site's content is governed by
the philosophy that 'Quality is better than quantity'. CPEO hired an
actual person to go through other cleanup technology web sites and weed
out the good, the bad, and the ugly. Eleven months work and 97
remediation technology descriptions later, the web site is a
user-friendly, "front-end", decision-making tool for learning about the
available types of technologies. The "Tech Tree" doesn't duplicate
existing information on other professional web sites. Instead it
provides basic info about a technology and additional links for users who
want more comprehensive descriptions. The Tech Tree does not endorse or
oppose specific technologies, but the descriptions mention limitations
and concerns about each technology.

The site has 200 glossary terms, which are linked throughout the 97
technology descriptions. Our Resource Page contains web site links,
points of contact for different federal agencies, and a directory of
independent technical consultants. This is a new approach, with a great
deal of original material. We're looking for criticisms, suggestions, and
corrections. And if you use the Technology Tree to influence a cleanup
decision, we'd like to hear about it. Please feel free to e-mail
cpeo@cpeo.org or call (415) 904-7751 for more information and questions.

This project is sponsored by the Bay Area Defense Conversion Action Team
(BADCAT) through the Bay Area Economic Forum in California.