Characterizing Groundwater Recharge - Environmental Leadership - Source Waters (90941f)

A survey of natural isotopes indicated mixing of young and older water in wells, increasing age with depth of aquifer layer, and possible dissolution of carbonate minerals. AHF tracer experiments, along with other analysis, suggested that tracers probably percolated preferentially at shallow depths in the pond near the shoreline. Much of the tracer remained in deep pond water over time, increasing residence time in down-gradient wells. The tracer studies provided evidence of preferential pathways and heterogeneity in the AHF aquifer and a fast minimum travel time to the AHF wellfield. The tracer added to BHF ponds was detected in just two monitoring wells, but not at the BHF wellfield over the 10-month period. An AHF tracer from a small pond spanning the fault did, however, appear

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• Authors: M. Halliwell, J Moran, J. Moran
• Publisher: Iwa Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781843398493
• ISBN: 978-1-84339-849-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Awwarf Report S; Awwarf Report S
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries