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Modelling of lindane transport in groundwater of metropolitan city Vadodara, Gujarat, India

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Migration pattern of organochloro pesticide lindane has been studied in groundwater of metropolitan city Vadodara. Groundwater flow was simulated using the groundwater flow model constructed up to a depth of 60 m considering a three-layer structure with grid size of 40 × 40 × 40 m3. The general groundwater flow direction is from northeast to south and southwest. The river Vishwamitri and river Jambua form natural hydrologic boundary. The constant head in the north and south end of the study area is taken as another boundary condition in the model. The hydraulic head distribution in the multilayer aquifer has been computed from the visual MODFLOW groundwater flow model. TDS has been computed though MT3D mass transport model starting with a background concentration of 500 mg/l and using a porosity value of 0.3. Simulated TDS values from the model matches well with the observed data. Model MT3D was run for lindane pesticide with a background concentration of 0.5 μg/l. The predictions of the mass transport model for next 50 years indicate that advancement of containment of plume size in the aquifer system both spatially and depth wise as a result of increasing level of pesticide in river Vishwamitri. The restoration of the aquifer system may take a very long time as seen from slow improvement in the groundwater quality from the predicted scenarios, thereby, indicating alarming situation of groundwater quality deterioration in different layers. It is recommended that all the industries operating in the region should install efficient effluent treatment plants to abate the pollution problem.

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  1. National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 24766, India

    M. K. Sharma & C. K. Jain

  2. National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, 500 007, India

    G. Tamma Rao & V. V. S. Gurunadha Rao

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Sharma, M.K., Jain, C.K., Rao, G.T. et al. Modelling of lindane transport in groundwater of metropolitan city Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Environ Monit Assess 187, 295 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4522-6

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