Editor’s Note

All manuscripts submitted to the Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management should be accompanied by a list of four potential reviewers who the authors suggest. This list should include each reviewer’s complete name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address and a list of at least five keywords that identify the reviewer’s area of expertise. The periodical is not obligated to use all or any of the recommended reviewers; however, we believe that this policy will lead to an improved review process. The new manuscripts should be submitted to Journals Department, ASCE, 1801 Alexander Bell Dr., Reston, VA 20191-4400.

We have in the past dedicated several issues of the journal to special topics, and we plan to follow this practice in the future. The following topics are planned for future dedicated or special issues in the order listed:

Authors who are interested in submitting an article for consideration for inclusion in one of the specialty issues should contact the Editor by phone at (913) 551-7453 or by e-mail at [email protected] to submit a paper and to confirm deadlines and schedules for special or dedicated issues. Each of the specialty issues may also contain a few articles that are not related to the specialty issue.

This issue includes the following technical articles: “Relative Impact on GAC Usage Rates of Operating Strategies for Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater,” “Case Studies from the United Kingdom and the United States of Stakeholder Decision Making on Radioactive Waste Management,” “Effect of Bromide and Ammonia on the Formation of Ozonation and Chlorination By-Products,” “Determination of Optimal Water Resource Management through a Fuzzy Multiobjective Programming and Genetic Algorithm,” “Removal of Metals in Constructed Wetlands,” “Environmental Perspectives of Microwave Applications as Remedial Alternatives,” “Chemical Oxidation of Chlorinated Solvents in Contaminated Groundwater,” and “Heavy Metal Fractionation and Leachability Studies on Fresh and Partially Decomposed Municipal Solid Waste.”