Contaminants removal stoked inside low permeability zones of aquifers is one of the most important challenge of groundwater remediation process today. Low permeability layers can be considered persistent secondary sources of contamination because they release pollutants by molecular diffusion after primary source of contamination is reduced, causing long plum tails (Back-Diffusion). In this study, the Groundwater Circulation Well (GCW) system was investigated as an alternative remediation technology to the low efficient traditional pumping technologies to restore contaminated low permeability layers of aquifers. The GCW system creates vertical groundwater circulation cells by drawing groundwater through a screen of a multi-screen well and discharging it through another screen. The suitability of this technology to remediate contaminated low permeability zones was investigated by laboratory test and numerical simulations. The collected data were used to calibrate a model created to simulate the Back-Diffusion process and to evaluate the effect of different pumping technologies on the depletion time of that process. Results show that the efficiency of the GCW is dependent on the position and on the geometry of the low permeability zones, however the GCW system appears more suitable to restore contaminated low permeability layers of aquifers than the traditional pumping technology.

Experimental and numerical evaluation of Groundwater Circulation Wells as a remediation technology for persistent, low permeability contaminant source zones / Tatti, Fabio; Petrangeli Papini, Marco; Torretta, Vincenzo; Mancini, Giuseppe; Boni, Maria Rosaria; Viotti, Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY. - ISSN 0169-7722. - 222:(2019), pp. 89-100. [10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.03.001]

Experimental and numerical evaluation of Groundwater Circulation Wells as a remediation technology for persistent, low permeability contaminant source zones

Tatti, Fabio;Petrangeli Papini, Marco;Torretta, Vincenzo;Boni, Maria Rosaria;Viotti, Paolo
2019

Abstract

Contaminants removal stoked inside low permeability zones of aquifers is one of the most important challenge of groundwater remediation process today. Low permeability layers can be considered persistent secondary sources of contamination because they release pollutants by molecular diffusion after primary source of contamination is reduced, causing long plum tails (Back-Diffusion). In this study, the Groundwater Circulation Well (GCW) system was investigated as an alternative remediation technology to the low efficient traditional pumping technologies to restore contaminated low permeability layers of aquifers. The GCW system creates vertical groundwater circulation cells by drawing groundwater through a screen of a multi-screen well and discharging it through another screen. The suitability of this technology to remediate contaminated low permeability zones was investigated by laboratory test and numerical simulations. The collected data were used to calibrate a model created to simulate the Back-Diffusion process and to evaluate the effect of different pumping technologies on the depletion time of that process. Results show that the efficiency of the GCW is dependent on the position and on the geometry of the low permeability zones, however the GCW system appears more suitable to restore contaminated low permeability layers of aquifers than the traditional pumping technology.
2019
aquifer restoration; back-diffusion; contaminated low-permeability layers; groundwater pumping wells; numerical model; environmental chemistry; water science and technology
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Experimental and numerical evaluation of Groundwater Circulation Wells as a remediation technology for persistent, low permeability contaminant source zones / Tatti, Fabio; Petrangeli Papini, Marco; Torretta, Vincenzo; Mancini, Giuseppe; Boni, Maria Rosaria; Viotti, Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY. - ISSN 0169-7722. - 222:(2019), pp. 89-100. [10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.03.001]
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