دورية أكاديمية
Reactive transport modeling for supporting climate resilience at groundwater contamination sites
العنوان: | Reactive transport modeling for supporting climate resilience at groundwater contamination sites |
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المؤلفون: | Z. Xu, R. Serata, H. Wainwright, M. Denham, S. Molins, H. Gonzalez-Raymat, K. Lipnikov, J. D. Moulton, C. Eddy-Dilek |
المصدر: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol 26, Pp 755-773 (2022) |
بيانات النشر: | Copernicus Publications, 2022. |
سنة النشر: | 2022 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Technology LCC:Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering LCC:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation LCC:Environmental sciences |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Technology, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Environmental sciences, GE1-350 |
الوصف: | Climate resilience is an emerging issue at contaminated sites and hazardous waste sites, since projected climate shifts (e.g., increased/decreased precipitation) and extreme events (e.g., flooding, drought) could affect ongoing remediation or closure strategies. In this study, we develop a reactive transport model (Amanzi) for radionuclides (uranium, tritium, and others) and evaluate how different scenarios under climate change will influence the contaminant plume conditions and groundwater well concentrations. We demonstrate our approach using a two-dimensional (2D) reactive transport model for the Savannah River Site F-Area, including mineral reaction and sorption processes. Different recharge scenarios are considered by perturbing the infiltration rate from the base case as well as considering cap-failure and climate projection scenarios. We also evaluate the uranium and nitrate concentration ratios between scenarios and the base case to isolate the sorption effects with changing recharge rates. The modeling results indicate that the competing effects of dilution and remobilization significantly influence pH, thus changing the sorption of uranium. At the maximum concentration on the breakthrough curve, higher aqueous uranium concentration implies that sorption is reduced with lower pH due to remobilization. To better evaluate the climate change impacts in the future, we develop the workflow to include the downscaled CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project) climate projection data in the reactive transport model and evaluate how residual contamination evolves through 2100 under four climate Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios. The integration of climate modeling data and hydrogeochemistry models enables us to quantify the climate change impacts, assess which impacts need to be planned for, and therefore assist climate resiliency efforts and help guide site management. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1027-5606 1607-7938 |
Relation: | https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/755/2022/hess-26-755-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/1027-5606; https://doaj.org/toc/1607-7938 |
DOI: | 10.5194/hess-26-755-2022 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/aa4c3410ec314ef693650e946df9754b |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.4c3410ec314ef693650e946df9754b |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 10275606 16077938 |
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DOI: | 10.5194/hess-26-755-2022 |