Model‐Based Analysis of the Effects of Dam‐Induced River Water and Groundwater Interactions on Hydro‐Biogeochemical Transformation of Redox Sensitive Contaminants in a Hyporheic Zone

Yang, Chen; Zhang, You‐Kuan; Liu, Yuanyuan; Yang, Xiaofan; Liu, Chongxuan

doi:10.1029/2018WR023286

Model‐Based Analysis of the Effects of Dam‐Induced River Water and Groundwater Interactions on Hydro‐Biogeochemical Transformation of Redox Sensitive Contaminants in a Hyporheic Zone

Journal Article · Mon Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Water Resources Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023286· OSTI ID:1468368

^[1]; Zhang, You‐Kuan ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[2]

School of Environmental Studies China University of Geosciences Wuhan China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen China
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen China
School of Earth Sciences and Engineering Nanjing University Nanjing China
Faculty of Geographical Science Beijing Normal University Beijing China

Abstract

Biogeochemical processes in the hyporheic zone (HZ) may retard the contaminants migration from groundwater to the river and vice versa. Anthropogenic activities may further complicate such processes. This study investigated the effects of dam‐induced hydrodynamics on biogeochemical transformation of contaminants using Cr as an example in the HZ of the Columbia River at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site. The flow velocities in the HZ were first simulated using the measured or averaged groundwater level and river stage at hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly time scales. The flow velocities were then incorporated into a reactive transport model with independently characterized biogeochemical reactions and kinetics. Simulation results indicated that hydrodynamics can significantly influence the rate and extent of Cr (VI) biogeochemical transformation, which was mainly controlled by the kinetic reduction of Cr (VI) to sparely soluble Cr (III) by sediment‐associated Fe (II) that can be regenerated by microorganisms with organic carbon as electron donor. The frequent flow direction reversals in the HZ induced by dam operations enhanced the rate of microbial consumption of bioavailable OC, which, if there was no organic carbon supply, can eventually terminate the Fe (II) regeneration mechanism and exhaust the HZ's redox capacity in reducing Cr (VI) to Cr (III). This study demonstrated the importance of hydrodynamics on biogeochemical transformation of contaminants in the HZ and of the time scales used in assessing the reactive transport of chemicals and contaminants in the HZ as the net supply of redox sensitive chemicals such as dissolved oxygen into the HZ is a function of the frequency of flow direction reversal.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 1468368

Journal Information:: Water Resources Research, Journal Name: Water Resources Research Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 54; ISSN 0043-1397

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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