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The Use of Sodium to Calibrate the Transport Modeling of Water Pollution in Sandy Formations Around an Uninsulated Sewage Disposal Site

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In the present paper we suggest a novel calibration method of the model for hydrodynamic and contaminant transport using the example of a sewage disposal site set up uninsulated in a sandy environment. With the hydrodynamic model we applied time-dependent model calculations in order to fit the individual hydrodynamic parameters. For the calibration of the transport model, sodium was chosen, which has a negligible retardation factor. We demonstrated that this approach is suitable for creating a model that provides calculated results comparable to the actually measured, experimental ones. The created model proved to be appropriate for use in the estimation of the maximal spatial extension of the contamination, which—in the case of the investigated sewage disposal site—was found to be 0.1 km2 in the near-surface (1–3 m deep) layers, whereas it was three times higher at a depth of 40–60 m.

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Acknowledgments

This research was realized in the framework of TÁMOP 4.2.4. A/2-11-1-2012-0001 “National Excellence Program—Designing and Operating a Personal Support System Convergence Program for Hungarian Students and Researchers,” and it was supported by TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0024 as well. The project was cofinanced by the European Union and European Social Fund.

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  1. Department of Landscape Protection and Environmental Geography, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1, Debrecen, 4010, Hungary

    György Szabó, Éva Bessenyei, József Posta & Tamás Mester

  2. Department of Mineralogy and Geology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1, Debrecen, 4010, Hungary

    Andor Hajnal

  3. Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bem tér 18/c, Debrecen, 4026, Hungary

    István Csige

  4. Department of Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1, Debrecen, 4010, Hungary

    Gergely Szabó & Csaba Tóth

  5. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem Square 1, Debrecen, 4010, Hungary

    József Posta

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Szabó, G., Bessenyei, É., Hajnal, A. et al. The Use of Sodium to Calibrate the Transport Modeling of Water Pollution in Sandy Formations Around an Uninsulated Sewage Disposal Site. Water Air Soil Pollut 227, 45 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2742-6

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