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Seasonal and spatial distribution of redox zones during lake bank filtration in Berlin, Germany

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Redox processes during bank filtration were evaluated in Berlin, where bank filtered water is abstracted for drinking water production. The investigations included the mapping of the infiltration zone, a column study and hydrochemical analyses of the groundwater sampled between lake and production well. The organic carbon content increased and the permeability of the lake sediments decreased with distance from the shoreline. The most important changes with regard to the redox state of the infiltrate occurred within the first metre of flow. Infiltration was mostly anoxic, as oxygen was rapidly consumed within the organic rich sediments. The infiltration zone revealed a vertical redox stratification with hydrochemical conditions becoming more reducing with depth rather than with distance from the lake. The redox zones were found to be very narrow below the lake and wider towards the production wells, suggesting that other than differing flow paths, reaeration after infiltration may also occur and possible mechanisms are presented. Redox conditions were influenced by strong annual temperature variations of the surface water affecting the microbial activity. Aerobic infiltration only took place close to the shore in winter.

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Acknowledgments

The study was conducted within the NASRI (Natural and Artificial Systems for Recharge and Infiltration) project of the Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB gGmbH). The authors would like to thank Veolia Water and the Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) for financing the study. We would also like to thank Dr. Birgit Fritz from the KWB in Berlin, Dr. Uwe Dünnbier from BWB as well as Bettina Ohm, Oliver Menzel and Anne Beck from the Freie Universität Berlin for their support. We acknowledge the contributions of Elke Weiß and Silke Meier at the Freie Universität Berlin and colleagues in the laboratories of the Berliner Wasserbetriebe.

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    Gudrun Massmann, Alexander Nogeitzig, Thomas Taute & Asaf Pekdeger

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Massmann, G., Nogeitzig, A., Taute, T. et al. Seasonal and spatial distribution of redox zones during lake bank filtration in Berlin, Germany. Environ Geol 54, 53–65 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-007-0792-9

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