Riverbed Clogging Associated with a California Riverbank Filtration System: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Monitoring Approaches
Abstract
An experimental field study was performed to investigate riverbed clogging processes and associated monitoring approaches near a dam-controlled riverbank filtration facility in Northern California. Motivated by previous studies at the site that indicated riverbed clogging plays an important role in the performance of the riverbank filtration system, we investigated the spatiotemporal variability and nature of the clogging. In particular, we investigated whether the clogging was due to abiotic or biotic mechanisms. A secondary aspect of the study was the testing of different methods to monitor riverbed clogging and related processes, such as seepage. Monitoring was conducted using both point-based approaches and spatially extensive geophysical approaches, including: grain-size analysis, temperature sensing, electrical resistivity tomography, seepage meters, microbial analysis, and cryocoring, along two transects. The point monitoring measurements suggested a substantial increase in riverbed biomass (2 orders of magnitude) after the dam was raised compared to the small increase (~2%) in fine-grained sediment. These changes were concomitant with decreased seepage. The decreased seepage eventually led to the development of an unsaturated zone beneath the riverbed, which further decreased infiltration capacity. Comparison of our time-lapse grain-size and biomass datasets suggested that biotic processes played a greater role in clogging than did abiotic processes.more »
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
- U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States)
- Sonoma County Water Agency, Sonoma, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1501369
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Hydrology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 529; Journal Issue: P3; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-1694
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES
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Ulrich, Craig, Hubbard, Susan S., Florsheim, Joan, Rosenberry, Donald, Borglin, Sharon, Trotta, Marcus, and Seymour, Donald. Riverbed Clogging Associated with a California Riverbank Filtration System: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Monitoring Approaches. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.012.
Ulrich, Craig, Hubbard, Susan S., Florsheim, Joan, Rosenberry, Donald, Borglin, Sharon, Trotta, Marcus, & Seymour, Donald. Riverbed Clogging Associated with a California Riverbank Filtration System: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Monitoring Approaches. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.012
Ulrich, Craig, Hubbard, Susan S., Florsheim, Joan, Rosenberry, Donald, Borglin, Sharon, Trotta, Marcus, and Seymour, Donald. Thu .
"Riverbed Clogging Associated with a California Riverbank Filtration System: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Monitoring Approaches". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.012. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1501369.
@article{osti_1501369,
title = {Riverbed Clogging Associated with a California Riverbank Filtration System: An Assessment of Mechanisms and Monitoring Approaches},
author = {Ulrich, Craig and Hubbard, Susan S. and Florsheim, Joan and Rosenberry, Donald and Borglin, Sharon and Trotta, Marcus and Seymour, Donald},
abstractNote = {An experimental field study was performed to investigate riverbed clogging processes and associated monitoring approaches near a dam-controlled riverbank filtration facility in Northern California. Motivated by previous studies at the site that indicated riverbed clogging plays an important role in the performance of the riverbank filtration system, we investigated the spatiotemporal variability and nature of the clogging. In particular, we investigated whether the clogging was due to abiotic or biotic mechanisms. A secondary aspect of the study was the testing of different methods to monitor riverbed clogging and related processes, such as seepage. Monitoring was conducted using both point-based approaches and spatially extensive geophysical approaches, including: grain-size analysis, temperature sensing, electrical resistivity tomography, seepage meters, microbial analysis, and cryocoring, along two transects. The point monitoring measurements suggested a substantial increase in riverbed biomass (2 orders of magnitude) after the dam was raised compared to the small increase (~2%) in fine-grained sediment. These changes were concomitant with decreased seepage. The decreased seepage eventually led to the development of an unsaturated zone beneath the riverbed, which further decreased infiltration capacity. Comparison of our time-lapse grain-size and biomass datasets suggested that biotic processes played a greater role in clogging than did abiotic processes. Cryocoring and autonomous temperature loggers were most useful for locally monitoring clogging agents, while electrical resistivity data were useful for interpreting the spatial extent of a pumping-induced unsaturated zone that developed beneath the riverbed after riverbed clogging was initiated. The improved understanding of spatiotemporally variable riverbed clogging and monitoring approaches is expected to be useful for optimizing the riverbank filtration system operations.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.012},
journal = {Journal of Hydrology},
number = P3,
volume = 529,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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