Groundwater modelling to help diagnose contamination problems

ZHANG Chuan-mian; GUO Xiao-niu; Richard Henry; James Dendy

Volume 3 Issue 4

Dec. 2015

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ZHANG Chuan-mian, GUO Xiao-niu, Richard Henry, et al. 2015: Groundwater modelling to help diagnose contamination problems. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 3(4): 285-294.

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ZHANG Chuan-mian, GUO Xiao-niu, Richard Henry, et al. 2015: Groundwater modelling to help diagnose contamination problems. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 3(4): 285-294.

ZHANG Chuan-mian, GUO Xiao-niu, Richard Henry, et al. 2015: Groundwater modelling to help diagnose contamination problems. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 3(4): 285-294.

Citation:

ZHANG Chuan-mian, GUO Xiao-niu, Richard Henry, et al. 2015: Groundwater modelling to help diagnose contamination problems. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 3(4): 285-294.

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Groundwater modelling to help diagnose contamination problems

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Publish Date: 2015-12-28

Abstract

Abstract

Aquifer remediation for a contaminated site is complex, expensive, and long-term. Groundwater modelling is often used as a tool to evaluate remedial alternatives and to design a groundwater remediation system. Groundwater modelling can also be used as a useful process to identify aquifer characteristics and contaminant behaviour that are not realized prior to modelling, to help diagnose what happened and why it happened at contaminant sites. Three real-world modelling cases are presented to demonstrate how groundwater modelling is applied to help understand contamination problems and how valuable the improved understanding is to decision-making and/or to remedial design.
- Groundwater modelling,
- Groundwater contamination,
- Aquifer remediation,
- Groundwater remediation

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