Groundwater modeling applied to production well management in a contaminated aquifer

A study was conducted to evaluate production strategies for a well field system near a source of groundwater contamination. Numerical modeling of groundwater flow was employed to generate hydraulic head configurations for different production scenarios. For a given scenario, an evaluation of contamination susceptibility was made by comparing head distributions in two aquifer units to the positions of the contaminant source and discharging water supply wells. The results of this study suggest that groundwater flow modeling can be a useful technique for planning the production of water supply wells in aquifers at risk of contamination from anthropogenic pollution sources.     

数值模拟法在地下水水源地保护区划分中的应用

地下水资源是北京供水系统的支柱,设立地下水水源地保护区,是保护水源地最大可能免受人类活动影响、保证水质安全的重要措施。论文以北京市某典型水源地为例,在收集相关水文地质勘查、长期动态观测、水源地开采现状、规划及周边污染源调查等成果资料的基础上,建立了地下水系统水文地质概念模型,模拟出地下水流场。通过质点追踪技术,计算水源地水力捕获带范围。综合考虑水源地周边地形、地物和潜在风险污染源等因素,确定了水源地保护区的范围。结果表明,数值模拟法能客观详细地刻画实际地下水含水层的结构与水文地质条件,划分结果可靠、准确,能为地下水管理部门提供有效合理的保护依据。     

污染场地地下水调查布点及样品采集技术研究

地下水监测井布点和采样,是地下水污染调查的重要部分。由于污染场地的规模较小和其特殊性,很多区域地下水污染普查的方法并不完全适用于污染场地。本文结合地下水的分布及运动特征,从全面性、系统性、代表性、可行性、经济性五方面,阐述污染场地地下水调查布点应遵循的基本原则。同时,通过探讨国内外地下水采样的规范和要求,总结出适用于我国污染场地的地下水采样技术。     

Groundwater pollution due to discharge of industrial effluents in Venkatapuram area, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

 Hindustan Polymers Limited was established in the Venkatapuram area in the northwestern part of Visakhapatnam urban agglomeration. Untreated industrial effluent from the plant is discharged with total dissolved solids concentrations reaching up to 6500 mg/l. The groundwater pollution was identified as early as 1981 and a hydrogeologic and water-quality database is available from 1981. The groundwater quality in the plant environs is found to be in the range of 3500–4500 mg/l. Major chemical constituents of industrial-waste waters consist of Na, Cl, and SO₄. Some characteristic parameters of the aquifer were estimated. The available hydrogeologic and hydrologic data was analyzed to conceptualize the groundwater regime. A mathematical groundwater flow model was constructed to compute the hydraulic head at the center of finite-difference grid. The computed head distribution and effective porosity of the formations were used to calculate the groundwater flow velocity. The computed velocity field was ultimately used to prognose the pollutant migration in groundwater accounting for the advection and dispersion processes in the mass transport model and for determining the time-dependent pathlines of pollutant. Areal migration of pollutants from the source was predicted up to year 2002. Received: 23 December 1996 · Accepted: 9 September 1997     

渭干河流域三维地下水流数值模拟

在新疆首次采用六层含水系统的三维地下水流数值模拟，对渭干河流域地下水资源进行评价．同时．在处理混合井流和混合观测孔时，采用“渗流一管流耦合模型”；在处理河流入渗和降雨入渗方面采用了“入渗滞后补给法”；处理潜水蒸发方面，采用了非线性关系来刻画潜水蒸发强度和潜水位埋深的关系．用“参数迭代法”来确定水头未知的含水层的初始水头，提高了模型的仿真性及对地下水资源评价的精度．     

地下水水质监测与评价

地下水由于分布广、水质好且开发费用低而成为全世界重要的供水水源。中国北方生活供水的一半来自地下水,地下水也是干旱期重要的农业灌溉水源。然而,地下水水质日益面临来自农业、工业和城市污染源的威胁。地下水水质监测是评价水质状况最可靠的方法,并可作为供水水源保护的早期预警系统。它为水管理部门和水用户提供可靠的科学数据以便更好地管理和保护地下水资源。世界上正在执行两个巨大的地下水质监测和评价项目:一个是欧盟的水框架计划;另一个是美国的国家水质评价计划。文章评述了地下水水质监测的现状,介绍了地下水易污性评价、地下水污染源分级和地下水污染风险评价的方法。地下水易污性分区图是土地利用规划和供水水源保护的基础。地下水污染源分级结果为污染源治理提供了优先顺序。地下水污染风险分区图圈划出地下水污染的高风险区,为地下水资源保护和地下水污染监测提供重要的依据。     

Prediction criteria for groundwater potential zones in Kemuning District,Indonesia using the integration of geoelectrical and physical parameters

The presence of groundwater is strongly related to its geological and geohydrological conditions.It is,however,important to study the groundwater potential in an area before it is utilized to provide clean water.Werner-Schlumberger’s method was used to analyze the groundwater potential while hydraulic properties such as soil porosity and hydraulic conductivity were used to determine the quality and ability of the soil to allow water’s movement in the aquifer.The results show that the aquifer in the Sekara and Kemuning Muda is at a depth of more than 6 meters below the ground level with moderate groundwater potential.It is also found that the aquifer at depths of over 60 m have high groundwater potential.Moreover,soil porosity in Kemuning is found to be average while the ability to conduct water was moderate.This makes it possible for some surface water to seep into the soil while the remaining flows to the rivers and ditches.     

1:5万冲洪积扇含水层水质调查方法探讨

以豫北山前冲洪积扇含水层为研究对象,探讨1:5万冲洪积扇含水层水质调查方法。该方法由工作量预部署、野外调查和取样点布设3个阶段组成。工作量预部署阶段,以前期调查资料为基础,编制工作区地形地貌、潜在污染源、地下水流场和水化学类型演变图,并赋值叠加形成不同调查点密度分区的野外工作图,宏观控制调查工作量; 野外调查阶段,重视pH值、溶解氧、电导率和氧化还原电位的测定与质量控制,根据调查区块环境状况调整调查点密度,布点兼顾地下水点与非地下水点及不同深度水点间的比例; 取样点布设阶段,以地质环境对含水层进行分区,以不同深度水井地下水功能对含水层进行分层。利用调查点现场水化学参数,识别并圈定水质变异区,分别采用判断法和均布法布设水质变异区和水质正常演化区取样点。该方法可为类似地区开展高精度地下水水质或污染调查提供参考。     

Determination of the distance of the fresh water–salt water interface extending into coastal confined aquifers

In a coastal zone an understanding of the distance of the fresh water–salt water interface and its extension inland is important for prevention of sea water intrusion. In this article estimating methods are described for calculating the distance of a fresh water–salt water interface in a coastal confined aquifer based on the submarine fresh groundwater discharge. This groundwater discharge is controlled not only by the aquifer properties and hydraulic head difference, but also by the position of the fresh water–salt water interface in the coastal zone. A homogeneous and isotropic coastal confined aquifer is considered and fresh groundwater flow in the confined aquifer is thought to be at a steady state. Two observation wells at different distances in a profile perpendicular to the coastline are required in calculation of the distance of the interface toe in the coastal zone. Four coastal confined aquifers with horizontal and sloping confining beds and with varying thickness are also considered. Reasonable results are obtained when examples are used to illustrate the application of the methods. The methods require hydraulic head data at the two wells and thickness of the confined aquifers, but the hydraulic conductivity and fresh groundwater flow rate of the confined aquifers are not needed.     

环境科学钻探取样技术研究

为了给环境科学研究提供地下的真实原状样品,研究了具有国际先进水平的射流式取样技术、液压快速压入取样技术以及环保型钻井液。在新疆罗布泊、吐鲁番和北京周口店等地进行钻探实验,实验结果表明：射流式取心技术在采心过程中能有效地减少钻具的振动,防止岩心自磨,提高卡取岩心的可靠性,从而显著地提高岩心的采取率;液压快速压入取样技术适用于松散地层,能快速压入地层,土心采取率高,并且土心样品的原始结构完整、代表性强;环保型钻井液具有优良的综合性能,低滤失性、强抑制性和优良的润滑性,能有效保护孔壁的稳定性和松散岩心的完整性,起到既护壁又护心的作用,同时对环境无污染。     

Aquifer vulnerability assessment using the DRASTIC model at Russeifa landfill,northeast Jordan

Groundwater is inherently susceptible to contamination from anthropogenic activities and remediation is very difficult and expensive. Prevention of contamination is hence critical in effective groundwater management. In this paper an attempt has been made to assess aquifer vulnerability at the Russeifa solid waste landfill. This disposal site is placed at the most important aquifer in Jordan, which is known as Amman-Wadi Sir (B2/A7). The daily-generated leachate within the landfill is about 160 m³/day and there is no system for collecting and treating this leachate. Therefore, the leachate infiltrates to groundwater and degrades the quality of the groundwater. The area is strongly vulnerable to pollution due to the presence of intensive agricultural activity, the solid waste disposal site and industries. Increasing groundwater demand makes the protection of the aquifer from pollution crucial. Physical and hydrogeological characteristics make the aquifer susceptible to pollution. The vulnerability of groundwater to contamination in the study area was quantified using the DRASTIC model. The DRASTIC model uses the following seven parameters: depth to water, recharge, aquifer media, soil media, topography, impact on vadose zone and hydraulic conductivity. The water level data were measured in the observation wells within the disposal site. The recharge is derived based on precipitation, land use and soil characteristics. The aquifer media was obtained from a geological map of the area. The topography is obtained from the Natural Resources Authority of Jordan, 1:50,000 scale topographic map. The impact on the vadose zone is defined by the soil permeability and depth to water. The hydraulic conductivity was obtained from the field pumping tests. The calculated DRASTIC index number indicates a moderate pollution potential for the study area.     

北京西南城近郊浅层地下水盐污染特征及机理分析

北京市西南城近郊是本市高硬度水主要分布区，也是北京平原区地下水主要补给区，浅层地下水水质恶化已成为影响本区经济发展的主要因素。本文通过对区内14个长期观测孔11a来水质资料的统计分析，从统计学和水化学角度分析了本区浅层地下水盐污染特征和机理。结果说明，盐污染主要是硬度升高和硝酸盐污染，而在时间和空间分布上的不均匀性，显示出污染源、污染途径及污染机理的复杂性。最主要的污染原因有：独特的水文地质条件，污灌，砂石坑垃圾回填，及区域地下水位下降。     

页岩气开发的地下水环境背景值、监测指标及污染示踪方法研究——以焦石坝区块为例

页岩气开采过程中水力压裂及废水回注可能带来的环境问题受到越来越多关注。由于水力压裂开采技术涉及的污染物种类众多,因此建立敏感性监测指标对于识别潜在的地下水污染具有重要意义。本文以中国涪陵页岩气田焦石坝区块为例,首先确定了地下水环境背景值（包括水化学、同位素及溶解气）;通过页岩水与浅层地下水的端元对比,确定了地下水环境敏感性监测指标与污染示踪方法。结果显示浅层地下水TDS在146~402 mg·L-1之间,属于HCO₃-Ca·Mg型,地下水属于年轻地下水（含3 H、14C接近100 pmC）,地下水甲烷含量均小于0.01 mg·L-1,水中溶解气的甲烷（CH₄）体积比低于0.006 4%,δ13C-CH₄总体小于-50‰,为生物成因甲烷（显著区别于热成因页岩气）。涪陵页岩气田焦石坝区块页岩水TDS约为海水两倍,为大气降水成因,显著区别于北美的（蒸发）海水起源。根据页岩水和浅层地下水水文地球化学特征的差异,建立了确定地下水敏感性监测指标的框架,识别出焦石坝区块地下水敏感性指标（7项）。页岩气开发对地下水潜在的污染主要包括气体污染和溶解固体组分污染。对于气体,建立了甲烷含量及同位素组成的端元,并且应用惰性气体进行了两个端元识别;对于溶解固体组分污染,基于浅层地下水背景值数据,可利用本文给出的敏感性指标进行判别。本项研究对于中国页岩气开发的地下水环境保护具有重要的意义,有助于完善页岩气开发过程中地下水环境监测和潜在污染示踪。     

蔗渣浆厂废水对地下水影响的研究

我国造纸业废水中的污染因子危及地下水水质安全,通过对野外实地勘察和地下水取样的过程及结果进行分析研究,各地下水取样点的水质均符合国家饮用水卫生标准.用B·M舍斯塔科夫公式计算浸没过程,洪水时期地下水水位升高,研究区废水不会造成地下水的污染.     

Remote Sensing Monitoring Methods and Applications of Atmospheric Constituents

Accurate and timely monitoring of atmospheric constituents is the prerequisite for mastering the distribution characteristics of atmospheric constituents, studying the genetic mechanism of the forming of atmospheric pollution, and effectively preventing and controlling air pollution. Among various observation methods of atmospheric constituents, remote sensing monitoring technology can provide the long-distance and real-time observation, have the ability of rapid analysis of diverse atmospheric mixtures, and obtain stereoscopic spatiotemporal distribution of target constituents without sampling. There are various methods and instruments for remote sensing monitoring of atmospheric constituents, and each of them has its unique advantage, covering a multiple gases and aerosol. According to the difference of the height of the remote sensing platform, it can be divided into ground platform, aviation platform and space platform. Remote sensing technology is widely applied in the field of atmospheric constituents monitoring, and meets the observational requirements for a variety of purposes. This paper introduced the remote sensing monitoring methods and platforms of atmospheric constituents and summarized their application examples for different purposes. It also outlined the future development direction of remote sensing methods in atmospheric constituents’ observation.     

The influence of a heavily polluted urban river on the adjacent aquifer systems

 Ankara Creek is often subjected to overflowing of sewage caused by rainfall or direct discharge of raw sewage. Alluvial aquifers adjacent to Ankara Creek and its tributaries have considerable groundwater potential. The present status of groundwater quality is far from drinking water standards. Groundwater contamination in Ankara is suspected to be caused by Ankara Creek which is heavily polluted by raw sewage discharge, surface runoff and other common sources. In order to investigate the influence of heavily polluted Ankara Creek on the groundwater contamination in the adjacent alluvial aquifers, five sampling stations on Ankara Creek and 25 water wells were monitored during 1996. At five different sampling periods, water samples were collected from both surface water and groundwater. Chemical analyses of basic ions, pollution parameters and heavy metals in natural waters were carried out. The organic pollution prevails in Ankara Creek whereas total dissolved solids (TDS) and heavy metal concentrations are considerably low. Starting from the idea that Ankara Creek somewhat influences the groundwater quality and the contaminants in groundwater should attenuate with respect to distance, a series of water wells in a certain area, each having different distance from the creek, were examined using four pollution parameters. It is concluded that Ankara Creek barely influences the aquifer systems in connection. This is attributed to two reasons: rapid attenuation of contaminants due to dilution in groundwater and a blanket of very fine sized materials covering the bottom of Ankara Creek. Received: 28. April 1997 · Accepted: 23. February 1998     

基于级别特征值的岩溶含水层水质模糊综合评价修正

为改进传统水质模糊综合评价中存在评价指标不能全面反映水质状况、评价结果不清晰,评价等级区分度不明显等缺陷,文章以位于六枝特区威宁-郎岱褶皱群的第一层岩溶含水层水质为例,根据岩溶区水质评价特点和研究区含水层超标因子特征,建立涵盖物理、化学和微生物等因子的评价指标体系,利用级别特征值对传统模糊综合评价结果进行了适当修正,并与综合污染指数法、传统模糊评价综合法的评价精度进行定量化比较。研究结果表明:六枝特区的研究区探采点水质综合评价等级都达到Ⅲ类生活饮用水卫生标准,但仍有71%的探采点存在氨氮（NH4+）、氟化物(F-)、高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)、溶解性总固体（TDS）和大肠杆菌等指标超标,且超标因子浓度呈点状扩散分布于三叠系中下统地层;另外,传统模糊综合评价中有57.1%的水质达到Ⅰ类标准,与多个探采点存在因子超标的情况不符,而通过级别特征值修正的模糊综合评价结果中分别有57.1%和28.6%的探采点水质为Ⅱ类或Ⅲ类标准,与着重突出最大超标因子权重的综合指数法类别标准差低0.011。因此,基于级别特征值的模糊综合评价能有效的反映水质整体水平,探采点水样超标因子浓度和同类水质的区分度,评价结果合理、可信。      

Great tritium ages explain the occurrence of good-quality groundwater in a phreatic aquifer of an urban area, Lublin, Poland

The phreatic aquifer of the Lublin chalk in the watershed of the Bystrzyca River, eastern Poland, is characterized by waters of good quality. Its hydraulic conductivity is related to a fissure network of low porosity, as much as 0.006 at the outcrops. The good quality of water in this urban setting is surprising because, according to estimates based on Darcy's law, a high seepage velocity would be expected, resulting in rapid transport of pollutants in the aquifer. However, tritium sampling reveals that the mean ages range from about 55 to 92 years in four cases, and about 250 to 350 years in 11 cases. One sampling site is free of tritium, which indicates an even greater age. Such great ages can be explained only by a retardation of solute transport due to matrix diffusion, that is, an exchange between mobile water in the fissures of low porosity and stagnant water in the matrix of high porosity. The delay factor is given as the ratio of total porosity to fissure porosity. In consequence, all types of dissolved constituents and, to some degree, fine suspended matter are delayed in their transport to springs and wells. In addition, non-conservative constituents have longer times to sorb, react, and decay than in the case of transport without a dominant influence of matrix diffusion. Though pollutants are greatly delayed, their accumulation in the matrix and slow diffusion into the fissures contribute to their persistence in groundwater. Regional values of hydraulic conductivity, estimated from tritium ages and known matrix porosity, agree reasonably well with the values known from pumping tests, which supports the interpretation of a dominant influence of matrix diffusion on solute transport. Electronic Publication     

内蒙古鄂伦春自治旗地下水水质特征及适用性分析

在调查、取样、钻井基础上,充分利用前人成果资料,应用SPSS分析软件、地下水污染分析软件,得到鄂伦春地区区域地质条件、地下水质量、生活饮用水质量、农田灌溉用水质量特征.认为鄂伦春自治旗地下水铁、锰含量受东北地区铁、锰土壤高背景值控制,含量普遍较高,引起地下水色度和浑浊度升高.地下水中As、SO₄^2-、NH₄⁺、NO₂^-在不同区域质量浓度值相差较大,受人类活动的影响较大.以农业和工业用水质量要求以及一定水平的人体健康风险为依据,铁、锰、色度、浑浊度、pH值、硫酸根、氟离子含量高,造成部分井位地下水达到Ⅳ类水标准,基本适用于农业和部分工业用水,适当处理后可作生活饮用水使用.在充分认识这一区域地下水质变化规律的基础上,应尽量减少人为因素对地下水造成的污染.     

Groundwater contaminant source identification based on QS-ILUES

When groundwater pollution occurs,to come up with an efficient remediation plan,it is particularly important to collect information of contaminant source(location and source strength)and hydraulic conductivity field of the site accurately and quickly.However,the information can not be obtained by direct observation,and can only be derived from limited measurement data.Data assimilation of observations such as head and concentration is often used to estimate parameters of contaminant source.As for hydraulic conductivity field,especially for complex non-Gaussian field,it can be directly estimated by geostatistics method based on limited hard data,while the accuracy is often not high.Better estimation of hydraulic conductivity can be achieved by solving inverse groundwater problem.Therefore,in this study,the multi-point geostatistics method Quick Sampling(QS)is proposed and introduced for the first time and combined with the iterative local updating ensemble smoother(ILUES)to develop a new data assimilation framework QS-ILUES.It helps to solve the contaminant source parameters and non-Gaussian hydraulic conductivity field simultaneously by assimilating hydraulic head and pollutant concentration data.While the pilot points are utilized to reduce the dimension of hydraulic conductivity field,the influence of pilot points’layout and the ensemble size of ILUES algorithm on the inverse simulation results are further explored.