<s>
GIS	B-Application
in	I-Application
environmental	I-Application
contamination	I-Application
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
GIS	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
mapping	O
out	O
the	O
contaminants	O
in	O
soil	O
and	O
water	O
using	O
the	O
spatial	O
interpolation	O
tools	O
from	O
GIS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GIS	B-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
sites	O
for	O
metal	O
contaminants	O
in	O
the	O
soil	O
,	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
GIS	B-Application
analysis	O
,	O
highest	O
risk	O
sites	O
are	O
identified	O
in	O
which	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
remediation	O
and	O
monitoring	O
takes	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
study	O
area	O
,	O
GIS	B-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
analysis	O
of	O
spatial	O
relationship	O
of	O
the	O
contaminants	O
within	O
the	O
soil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
Hg	O
concentration	O
data	O
was	O
gathered	O
,	O
a	O
schematic	O
model	O
has	O
been	O
prepared	O
for	O
GIS	B-Application
input	O
,	O
which	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
digital	O
elevation	O
model	O
(	O
DEM	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
satellite	O
land	O
use	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
EARS	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
GIS	B-Application
,	O
a	O
map	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
seven	O
counties	O
(	O
Hillsborough	O
,	O
Polk	O
,	O
Manatee	O
,	O
Hardee	O
,	O
Sarasota	O
,	O
DeSoto	O
,	O
and	O
Charlotte	O
)	O
in	O
Florida	O
,	O
which	O
shows	O
the	O
DRASTIC	O
summary	O
index	O
score	O
for	O
the	O
Floridan	O
Aquifer	O
System	O
,	O
Surficial	O
Aquifer	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
Other	O
Rocks	O
aquifer	O
.	O
</s>
