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Volume: 66 (1982)

Issue: 5. (May)

First Page: 624

Last Page: 624

Title: Solute Transport Model for Pollutant Flux in Vicinity of a Landfill, Dayton, Ohio: ABSTRACT

Author(s): Salvador A. Riggi, Jr.

Article Type: Meeting abstract

Abstract:

Toxic waste disposal and ground-water contamination is a problem which the entire nation faces. The Dayton area in Ohio is presently facing the threat of having its underground water supply contaminated by toxic wastes disposed of in various sites. It is now realized that these toxic substances are leaching out from both existing and abandoned dumpsites and posing a serious problem for an already endangered resource. The study area is located in Moraine, Ohio, which lies south of Dayton. The goal of this thesis was to develop a two-dimensional model showing the transport and dispersion of solutes through the Dayton aquifer, using the USGS program for a computer model of two-dimensional solute transport and dispersion in ground water. The model will show the results for va ying water-table conditions, concentration of solutes relative to some distance from landfill, plume direction, time of plume migration, and potential hazards. This model shows results for a two-dimensional, vertical and horizontal model.

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