Remediation of Heterogeneous Aquifers Subject to Uncertainty

• Published in: Ground water Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 675 - 685
• Main Author: Ricciardi, K.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Ground Water Publishing Company
• Subjects: Aquifers; Contamination; Design; Design engineering; Flow pattern; Geology; Groundwater; Groundwater flow; hydraulic conductivity; hydrologic models; Mathematical models; Models, Statistical; Models, Theoretical; Preprocessing; Remediation; Statistical analysis; system optimization; Uncertainty; uncertainty analysis; Water flow; Water Supply

Optimal cost pump-and-treat ground water remediation designs for containment of a contaminated aquifer are often developed using deterministic ground water models to predict ground water flow. Uncertainty in hydraulic conductivity fields used in these models results in remediation designs that are u...