| Abstract: | Wells placed next to surface-water bodies to induce infiltration have come under scrutiny because of the presence of the potential pathogens in surface water. Removal of pathogens and other contaminants by bank filtration is assumed, but regulatory agencies question the effectiveness of this process. To investigate transport processes of biological constituents, advective groundwater traveltimes to production wells under the influence of surface water need to be established first to determine appropriate water-quality sampling schedules. This paper presents the results of a study of bank filtration at a well field in southwestern Ohio. Field parameters such as water level, specific conductance, and water temperature were measured at least hourly at a streamflow gaging station and at five monitoring wells each at two separate sites, corresponding to two nearby production wells. Water-quality samples also were collected in all wells and the streamflow gaging station. Specific conductance is directly related to concentration of chloride, a chemically conservative constituent. Cross-correlation methods were used to determine the average traveltime from the river to the monitoring wells. Traveltimes based on specific conductance ranged from approximately 20 h to 10 days at one site and 5 days to 3 months at the other site. Calculated groundwater flow velocities ranged from 2.1 ?? 10-3 to 6.0 ?? 10-3 cm/s and 3.5 ?? 10-4 to 7.1 ?? 10-4 cm/s at the two sites. Data collected when a production well is continuously pumping reveal shorter and more consistent traveltimes than when the same well is pumped intermittently. ?? 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| Citation Author: | Sheets, R. A; Darner, R. A; Whitteberry, B. L |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Lag times of bank filtration at a well field, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; 2002; Article; Journal; Journal of Hydrology; Sheets, R. A; Darner, R. A; Whitteberry, B. L |
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| Text: | Lag times of bank filtration at a well field, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; 2002; Article; Journal; Journal of Hydrology; Sheets, R. A; Darner, R. A; Whitteberry, B. L |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00164-6 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00 -0600 |
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