URI | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/1DDF20B6-2C65-4AF8-8EFE-64E4D288F076 | - |
Αναγνωριστικό | https://doi.org/10.1029/2006WR005643 | - |
Γλώσσα | en | - |
Μέγεθος | 8 pages | en |
Τίτλος | Fate and transport of pathogens in a fractured aquifer in the Salento area, Italy | en |
Δημιουργός | Chrysikopoulos Constantinos | en |
Δημιουργός | Χρυσικοπουλος Κωνσταντινος | el |
Δημιουργός | Costantino Masciopinto | en |
Δημιουργός | Rosanna La Mantia | en |
Περιγραφή | All the necessary parameters
required for accurate description of the aquifer were determined
by two tracer tests and 34 pumping tests. The spatial
variability of the mean fracture aperture was evaluated with
well-established geostatistical procedures. A numerical flow
model was developed to determine the distribution of the
piezometric heads throughout the aquifer for each realization
of the fracture aperture field. Furthermore, a finite
difference transport model was developed for the simulation
of pathogen migration in the fractures based on the piezometric
head distributions provided by the flow model. The
pathogen concentration data, collected at sampling locations
Well #1 and Well #2 during the winter of 2002 were
adequately fitted by the transport model. The fitted model
parameters include the longitudinal and transverse coefficients,
the initial inactivation rate, and the pathogen resistivity
coefficient. | en |
Περίληψη | This study investigates the fate and transport of pathogens introduced by artificial
groundwater recharge at the Nardo` fractured aquifer in the Salento area, Italy. Wastewater
effluents from a municipal treatment plant with known pathogen concentrations were
injected into a sinkhole and the migration of pathogens in the fractured aquifer was
monitored at six sampling wells. The fate of pathogens was quantified by a mathematical
model describing colloid transport in a set of three-dimensional, parallel fractures with
spatially variable aperture. The number of parallel fractures and their average fracture
aperture were determined from appropriate field pumping and tracer tests. The aperture
spatial distribution was described by an experimental semivariogram developed from
available field data obtained from two tracer tests and 34 pumping tests. The experimental
results suggest that for the municipal wastewater injected into the Nardo` aquifer the
required most conservative set back distance for drinking wells should be over 8000 m. | en |
Τύπος | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | en |
Τύπος | Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές | el |
Άδεια Χρήσης | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
Ημερομηνία | 2015-09-20 | - |
Ημερομηνία Δημοσίευσης | 2008 | - |
Βιβλιογραφική Αναφορά | Masciopinto, C., R. La Mantia, C. V. Chrysikopoulos, "Fate and transport of pathogens in a fractured aquifer in the Salento area, Italy ", Water Resources Research (Impact Factor: 3.71). 01/2008; 440(1). | en |