Solute transport modeling of organic compounds in ground water west of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

Conference · Mon Aug 31 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5857930

Rogers, L L

This study determined optimal remedial action for the volatile organic plume contaminating ground water in the complex heterogeneous alluvial sediments under the west boundary of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) site and vicinity. Simulation-management modeling, a combination of solute transport simulation with linear optimization of well locations and pumpage rates, was done to determine appropriate remedial action. The study uses simulation-management modeling of ground water contaminant transport in an extremely complex geologic regime with poorly understood contaminant sources. Presented here are results from the initial phase of the study, the solute transport modeling of the organic compounds. The finite element ground water flow and contaminant transport code SUTRA was used in areal steady-state simulations. 15 refs., 7 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5857930
• Report Number(s): UCRL-97356; CONF-8710141-3; ON: DE88001631
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR CLEANING
CALIFORNIA
CLEANING
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FEDERAL REGION IX
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC WASTES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLUMES
PUMPING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SIMULATION
SOLUTES
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WASTES
WATER