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Ground-water flow and solute transport at a municipal landfill site on Long Island, New York. Part 3, simulation of solute transport

Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4207
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri864207

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Abstract

A solute transport model representing a 2.3-sq mi area surrounding and downgradient from a municipal landfill site in the Town of Brookhaven, N.Y. was used to simulate migration of a conservative solute (chloride) in the upper glacial aquifer. Aquifer values used in the model were: hydraulic conductivity, 200 ft/day; effective porosity, 0.30; longitudinal dispersivity, 100 ft; transverse dispersivity, 20 ft. Average concentration of chloride was set at 875.0 mg/L in leachate and 10 mg/L in recharge and in ambient groundwater. Entry of leachate into the aquifer was assumed to have begun in 1977. Chloride concentrations in the simulated plume after 6 years of travel matched reasonably well the chloride data collected in October-December 1982. After 12 years of travel, the simulated plume extended 6,200 ft and was 2,600 ft wide. Maximum predicted concentration at the site boundary was 160 mg/L. Additional simulations were made to test the model 's ability to predict the effect of several remedial strategies on the movement of solutes. These included capping the landfill with an impermeable surface, removal of contaminated groundwater through four recovery wells, and a combination of the first two actions.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Ground-water flow and solute transport at a municipal landfill site on Long Island, New York. Part 3, simulation of solute transport
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 86-4207
DOI 10.3133/wri864207
Year Published 1988
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description vi, 46 p.
Country United States
State New York
Other Geospatial Long Island
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