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EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF MULTICOMPONENT GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION PREDICTIONS 1
Author(s) -
Clancy Kathleen M.,
Jennings Aaron A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1988.tb02988.x
Subject(s) - contamination , computation , groundwater , soil water , environmental science , variable (mathematics) , biological system , soil science , computer science , ecology , geology , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , algorithm , mathematical analysis , biology
Recent advances in mass transport modeling have made possible computation of the theoretical consequences of intricate multicomponent species interactions during ground water contamination events. Predictions such as strong chromatographic effects and induced downstream precipitations may have considerable impact on environmental analysis and regulation. Results of laboratory attempts to verify theoretical multicomponent transport predictions are discussed. Evidence presented here indicates that natural variability of soil properties make such verifications difficult. Although species interactions are easily confirmed, dramatic effects often exist only within small mathematical windows in strongly variable coefficient sets. Currently, the ability to generate multicomponent predictions apparently exceeds the ability to quantify the necessary, presumably deterministic, information required for real soils.