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Environmental Modeling Community of Practice

Multimedia Models to Assess Exposures

The EPA Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling (CEAM) distributes simulation models and database software. These models were designed to quantify the movement and concentration of contaminants traveling through groundwater, surface water, and food chain media.

Available Products

The following multimedia models were developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in conjunction with other government, academic, and commercial institutions. To find out more about a particular model, click on a hyper-linked model name in the table below. The models listed are available for download and are subject to the CEAM distribution and support policy.

Product Name Operating System Key Words Maintained By
3MRA Win 98, NT, 2000, XP multimedia, pathway, receptor, exposure, hazardous, waste, risk, assessment, HWIR CEAM
MINTEQA2 Win 98, NT, 2000, XP aquatic biology, assessment, compliance, metals, NPDES, permits, test/analysis CEAM
MMSOILS Win 9x, NT multimedia, contaminant, fate, transport, exposure, model, risk, hazardous, waste CEAM
MULTIMED 1.01 Win 9x, NT assessment, chemistry, discharge, environmental effects, facilities, waste generation, groundwater, hydrology, lakes, risk, rivers, streams, surface water, test/analysis CEAM
MULTIMED 2.0 Beta Win 9x, NT assessment, chemistry, discharge, environmental effects, facilities, waste generation, groundwater, hydrology, lakes, risk, rivers, streams, surface water, test/analysis CEAM
MULTIMED (Daughter Process) Win 9x, NT assessment, chemistry, discharge, environmental effects, facilities, waste generation, ground water, hydrology, lakes, risk, rivers, streams, surface water, test/analysis CEAM
WHATIF Win XP(SP2) watershed, health, fish, habitat, macro-invertebrate, biodiversity, BASS, biomass, biota, aquatic ecosystem, MAHA, CVI, hydraulic, bankfull, flow, restoration, food web, mercury, PCB, dioxin CEAM