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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 148, Issue 3, Pages 808-816Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.042
Keywords
stream-aquifer interactions; integral pumping tests (IPT); streambed temperatures; mass flux; contaminants
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The spatial pattern and magnitude of mass fluxes at the stream-aquifer interface have important implications for the fate and transport of contaminants in river basins. Integral pumping tests were performed to quantify average concentrations of chlorinated benzenes in an unconfined aquifer partially penetrated by a stream. Four pumping wells were operated simultaneously for a time period of 5 days and sampled for contaminant concentrations. Streambed temperatures were mapped at multiple depths along a 60 m long stream reach to identify the spatial patterns of groundwater discharge and to quantify water fluxes at the stream-aquifer interface. The combined interpretation of the results showed average potential contaminant mass fluxes from the aquifer to the stream of 272 mu g m(-2) d(-1) MCB and 71 mu g m(-2) d(-1) DCB, respectively. This methodology combines a large-scale assessment of aquifer contamination with a high-resolution survey of groundwater discharge zones to estimate contaminant mass fluxes between aquifer and stream. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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