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Suitability of temperature, hydraulic heads, and acesulfame to quantify wastewater-related fluxes in the hyporheic and riparian zone

Engelhardt, Irina ; Prommer, Henning ; Moore, Catherine ; Schulz, Manoj ; Schüth, Christoph ; Ternes, Thomas A. (2013)
Suitability of temperature, hydraulic heads, and acesulfame to quantify wastewater-related fluxes in the hyporheic and riparian zone.
In: Water Resources Research, 49 (1)
doi: 10.1029/2012WR012604
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Groundwater and surface water are in many cases closely linked components of the water cycle with respect to both quantity and quality. Bank filtrates may eventually be impacted by the infiltration of wastewater-derived micropollutants from surface waters. Artificial sweeteners such as acesulfame have recently been reported as a novel class of potentially valuable tracers to study the fate of wastewater-derived substances in groundwater and, in particular, to determine the (bio)degradability of micropollutants. In this paper, a model-based analysis of a field experiment within the hyporheic and riparian zone of a highly polluted German stream was performed to assess the physical and chemical behavior of the artificial sweetener acesulfame. In the first part of this study, a reliable flow and transport model was established by jointly using hydraulic heads, temperatures, and acesulfame concentrations as inverse model calibration constraints. The analysis confirmed the conservative behavior of acesulfame and, therefore, its usability as an indicator of sewage flux provenance. However, a comparison of the appropriateness of hydraulic head, temperature, and acesulfame concentrations revealed that the characterization of the surface water-groundwater flux data indicated diurnal temperature fluctuations are the best indicator in terms of characterizing the flow and transport behavior in the groundwater system.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2013
Autor(en): Engelhardt, Irina ; Prommer, Henning ; Moore, Catherine ; Schulz, Manoj ; Schüth, Christoph ; Ternes, Thomas A.
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Suitability of temperature, hydraulic heads, and acesulfame to quantify wastewater-related fluxes in the hyporheic and riparian zone
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: Januar 2013
Verlag: Wiley
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Water Resources Research
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 49
(Heft-)Nummer: 1
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012604
URL / URN: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2012WR012604
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Groundwater and surface water are in many cases closely linked components of the water cycle with respect to both quantity and quality. Bank filtrates may eventually be impacted by the infiltration of wastewater-derived micropollutants from surface waters. Artificial sweeteners such as acesulfame have recently been reported as a novel class of potentially valuable tracers to study the fate of wastewater-derived substances in groundwater and, in particular, to determine the (bio)degradability of micropollutants. In this paper, a model-based analysis of a field experiment within the hyporheic and riparian zone of a highly polluted German stream was performed to assess the physical and chemical behavior of the artificial sweetener acesulfame. In the first part of this study, a reliable flow and transport model was established by jointly using hydraulic heads, temperatures, and acesulfame concentrations as inverse model calibration constraints. The analysis confirmed the conservative behavior of acesulfame and, therefore, its usability as an indicator of sewage flux provenance. However, a comparison of the appropriateness of hydraulic head, temperature, and acesulfame concentrations revealed that the characterization of the surface water-groundwater flux data indicated diurnal temperature fluctuations are the best indicator in terms of characterizing the flow and transport behavior in the groundwater system.

Freie Schlagworte: artificial sweeteners,groundwater,heat transport,numerical modeling,riparian zone
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Geowissenschaften > Fachgebiet Hydrogeologie
11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften
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