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Investigation of Groundwater Contaminant Discharge into Tidally Influenced Surface-Water Bodies: Experimental Results
Authors:Hua Chen  George F. Pinder
Affiliation:(1) Department Geology and Soil Science, Research Unit Groundwater Modelling, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (S8), 9000 Gent, Belgium
Abstract:An investigation of the effect of tidally influenced water elevations on the concentration of groundwater contaminants discharging to a surface-water body is studied using a one-dimensional homogeneous sand column. A constant water level is imposed upstream, and the downstream water level is controlled by a wave generator that controls the hydraulic head to mimic a 12-h tidal fluctuation. The experimental results demonstrate that the tidal fluctuations in the downstream reservoir result in a decrease in average contaminant concentration at the point of discharge to the tidally influenced surface-water body. The further upstream an observation well is located, the smaller the amplitude of the concentration oscillation. Fourier analysis suggests that the dominant frequency of the pressure at different locations along the length of the column is identically two cycles per day and that the concentration data have a dominant frequency of two cycles per day, but also exhibit harmonics.
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