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Design and Construction of an Urban Runoff Research Facility
Published on: August 8, 2014
Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling applications in urban area: scopes and limitations
Alfa-Sika Mande Seyf-Laye1, Liu Mingzhu, Gbandi Djanéyé-Bouindjou
1Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China. seyf009@yahoo.ca
Background:
A three-dimensional groundwater flow model was used to evaluate the groundwater potential and assess the effects of groundwater withdrawal on the regional water level and flow direction in the central Beijing area. A program of groundwater modeling aimed at estimating current contaminant fluxes to the central area and site streams via groundwater was developed.
Results And Discussion:
The conceptual model developed for the site attempted to incorporate a complex stratigraphic profile in which groundwater flow and contaminant transport is strongly controlled by a shallow aquifer. Here, a conceptual model for groundwater flow and contaminant transport in central Beijing is presented.
Conclusion:
Model simulations indicated that a sharp drop in the hydraulic head occurs at the center of the model area, which generates a cone of depression and a continuous decline of head with respect to time as a result of heavy groundwater abstraction.
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