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The impact of urban groundwater upon surface water - eTheses ...

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Abstraction<br />

For<br />

drinking<br />

<strong>water</strong><br />

supply<br />

Seepage<br />

face<br />

Hyporheic<br />

zone<br />

Contaminated<br />

tributaries<br />

Surface<br />

<strong>water</strong><br />

exchange<br />

Sediment<br />

grains<br />

Eh.<br />

PH<br />

Temperature<br />

Concentration<br />

Gradients<br />

Diffuse <strong>urban</strong><br />

and agricultural<br />

pollution<br />

Pipe end discharge<br />

Capillary<br />

fringe<br />

Dilution and<br />

dispersion<br />

Leaking<br />

sewers<br />

Converging<br />

<strong>ground<strong>water</strong></strong> flows<br />

Point source<br />

Contaminant plume<br />

Leachate<br />

from<br />

contaminated<br />

land<br />

Natural<br />

mineral<br />

dissolution<br />

Dissolved phase<br />

PROCESSES IN THE RIVERBED<br />

Ground<strong>water</strong> / <strong>surface</strong> <strong>water</strong> mixing<br />

Interstitial transport <strong>of</strong> particulates / colloids<br />

Precipitation / dissolution reaction<br />

Sorption and ion exchange<br />

Line source<br />

LNAPL<br />

Bacterial activity may;<br />

consume nutrients and oxygen, mediate redox<br />

reactions biodegrade organic contaminants<br />

Benthic fauna may be affected by contaminants<br />

Figure 2.3 Conceptual model <strong>of</strong> contaminant inputs to a river.<br />

Recharge<br />

+<br />

aerial<br />

contaminant<br />

deposition<br />

Industrial<br />

spills<br />

DNAPL

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