Estimation of Loading via Fingered Flow

by John S. Selker, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, United States,
Tammo S. Steenhuis, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, United States,
J. -Yves Parlange, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Structures for Enhanced Safety and Physical Security

Abstract:

Results of experimental investigations of fingered preferential flow are combined into a concise, conservative engineering methodology for predicting pollutant transport through fingered flow paths. An example comparing predicted groundwater loading of naphthalene using an EPA screening model and the proposed finger flow model illustrates the dramatic impact of fingered preferential flow on the loading of pollutants to groundwater aquifers.

Subject Headings: Water pollution | Groundwater pollution | Water resources | Soil water | Contaminant transport | Transportation engineering | Impact loads

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