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ArticleHydrological processes2017

The Impact of Well-Field Configuration on Contaminant Mass Removal and Plume Persistence for Homogeneous versus Layered Systems.

Zhilin Guo, Mark L Brusseau

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Article in Hydrological processes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Zhilin GuoSoil, Water and Environmental Science Department, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, 429 Shantz Bldg. Tucson, AZ 85721.
Mark L BrusseauHydrology and Water Resources Department, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, 429 Shantz Bldg. Tucson, AZ 85721.

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TRANSPORT OF TRACE METALS IN A POLLUTED AQUIFERP42ES004940 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Jon D Chorover · 1990 to 2026
$68.1M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES004940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A three-dimensional numerical model was used to simulate the impact of different well-field configurations on pump-and-treat mass removal efficiency for large groundwater contaminant plumes residing in homogeneous and layered domains. Four well-field configurations were tested, Longitudinal, Distributed, Downgradient, and natural gradient (with no extraction wells). The reductions in contaminant mass discharge (CMDR) as a function of mass removal (MR) were characterized to assess remediation efficiency. Systems whose CDMR-MR profiles are below the 1:1 relationship curve are associated with more efficient well-field configurations. For simulations conducted with the homogeneous domain, the CMDR-MR curves shift leftward, from convex-downward profiles for natural gradient and Longitudinal to first-order behaviour for Distributed, and further leftward to a sigmoidal profile for the Downgradient well-field configuration. These results reveal the maximum potential impacts of well-field configuration on mass-removal behaviour, which is attributed to mass-transfer constraints associated with regions of low flow. In contrast, for the simulations conducted with the layered domain, the CMDR-MR relationships for the different well-field configurations exhibit convex-upward profiles. The nonideal mass-removal behaviour in this case is influenced by both well-field configuration and back diffusion associated with low-permeability units.

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back diffusionGroundwater contaminant plumemass fluxplume persistencepump and treat

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PMID29755199
PMCPMC5944865

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