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A Numerical Model Study of Ground‐Water Contamination from Price's Landfill, New Jersey — II. Sensitivity Analysis and Contaminant Plume Simulation
Author(s) -
Gray William G.,
Hoffman Jeffrey L.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1983.tb00700.x
Subject(s) - contamination , plume , environmental remediation , environmental science , sensitivity (control systems) , groundwater , permeability (electromagnetism) , environmental engineering , work (physics) , computer simulation , petroleum engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , geology , engineering , meteorology , chemistry , simulation , geography , mechanical engineering , ecology , biochemistry , electronic engineering , membrane , biology
A numerical model of flow and transport in the vicinity of Price's Landfill and the Atlantic City public water‐supply wells is used to estimate the extent of the existing contamination problem. Model parameters such as boundary conditions, pumping rates, permeability, and dispersivity are varied to demonstrate the sensitivity of the model to these quantities. A historical simulation of the past ten years of contamination is obtained and two schemes for remediation of the contamination problem are compared. In the light of this work, additional data requirements are revealed.