Solute Transport Modelling of Organic Compounds in Groundwater West of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
Abstract
The principal objective of this study is to determine optimal remedial action for the volatile organic plume contaminating groundwater in the complex heterogeneous alluvial sediments under the west boundary of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) site and vicinity. Simulation management modelling, a combination of solute transport simulation with linear optimization of well locations and pumpage rates, will be done to determine appropriate remedial action. The study will be unique in its application and verification of simulation management modelling of groundwater contaminant transport in an extremely complex geologic regime with poorly understood contaminant sources. Presented here are results from the initial phase of the study, the solute transport modelling of the organic compounds. The finite element groundwater flow and contaminant transport code SUTRA was used in areal steady-state simulations.
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Contaminant Transport Remedial Action Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Environmental Science Technology Solute Transport ModellingPreview
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