An evaluation of horizontal recirculation using single-well tests, pumping tests, tracer tests, and the colloidal borescope
Journal Article
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· Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation
Extensive hydrodynamic testing was performed as part of a program to evaluate horizontal recirculation as a means of removing contaminants from thin, interbedded aquifers. Two test sites, each containing a pair of horizontal recirculation wells, were evaluated using various hydraulic tests. Results of these evaluations showed that ground water was intercepted more than 100 feet beyond the wells, and that the hydraulic gradient increased by more than two orders of magnitude. Aquifer heterogeneity, however, controlled the efficiency and uniformity of ground water flow. Heterogeneity was assessed with a variety of techniques. Bromide tracer tests and the colloidal borescope provided the most useful data. For example, at an uncontaminated site, the leading edge of the bromide tracer traversed the 100 feet between the injection and extraction wells in 21 hours, and the peak bromide concentration was observed in 2.6 days, compared with the four days predicted by a pumping test. The resulting maximum velocity calculation was consistent with measurements made with the borescope in preferential flow zones. Data obtained from a highly contaminated location indicated that assessments of aquifer heterogeneity are further complicated by the presence of DNAPL. Very low flow occurred in a highly contaminated zone, despite the fact that lithologic descriptions indicated that this region contained permeable sand and gravel.
- Research Organization:
- Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Pike County, OH (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 20080496
- Journal Information:
- Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, Journal Name: Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 20; ISSN 1069-3629; ISSN GWMREV
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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