The hydrochemical composition of most groundwater systems, whether pristine or affected by anthropogenic activities, evolves as a result of complex interactions between flow, solute transport and biogeo-chemical processes. An in-depth analysis of these processes and their interactions is essential for deciphering what controls groundwater quality. Reactive transport modeling has emerged as an invaluable tool for distilling complex systems into their salient components. Based on experimental data, reactive transport models have been successfully used in the rigorous, process-based quantification of coupled processes at bench and field scales. We illustrate how reactive transport modeling can aid in identifying and quantifying controls over groundwater quality.
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April 01, 2019
Using Reactive Transport Models to Quantify and Predict Groundwater Quality
Henning Prommer;
School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Jing Sun;
School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia
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Benjamin D. Kocar
Exponent, Inc., 5401 McConnell Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90066, United States
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School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
School of Earth Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag No. 5, Wembley, WA 6913, Australia
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
First Online:
22 Apr 2019
Online ISSN: 1811-5217
Print ISSN: 1811-5209
Copyright © 2019 by the Mineralogical Society of America
Mineralogical Society of America
Elements (2019) 15 (2): 87–92.
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22 Apr 2019
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Henning Prommer, Jing Sun, Benjamin D. Kocar; Using Reactive Transport Models to Quantify and Predict Groundwater Quality. Elements 2019;; 15 (2): 87–92. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.2.87
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- aquifers
- arsenic
- biochemistry
- chemical reactions
- discharge
- effluents
- Eh
- ferrihydrite
- fluid flow
- fluid injection
- ground water
- human activity
- hydrochemistry
- hydroxides
- iron hydroxides
- metals
- models
- oxidation
- oxides
- oxygen
- pH
- pollutants
- pyrite
- quantitative analysis
- reactive transport
- recharge
- simulation
- solute transport
- sulfides
- temperature
- tracers
- transport
- water management
- water quality
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