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Risk of injection using reclaimed water for aquifer recharge using rotavirus as surrogate contaminant
| Title: | Risk of injection using reclaimed water for aquifer recharge using rotavirus as surrogate contaminant. |
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| Name(s): |
Phonpornwithoon, Pollop, author Bloetscher, Frederick, Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2014 | |
| Date Issued: | 2014 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 110 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | Groundwater aquifers are precious resources that has been serving human consumption for many centuries. This resource is pristine in comparison with surface waters such as lakes and canals, however, as population grows exponentially so does the demand for groundwater and the need to study the potential of groundwater replenishment programs. The injection of treated water or wastewater into an aquifer is a method to protect this resource for current and future generations. Health concerns would be expected since migration of water of “impaired quality” can affect the drinking water by contamination. Regulatory barriers resulting from the perceived risks of adverse health effects from pathogens such as viruses have limited the concept of this impaired water resources from being used for groundwater replenishment programs. The objective of this study is to examine the risk assessment using computational modeling with MODFLOW and MT3D groundwater transport simulation. The results from the simulation showed that after two years, the risk of contamination based on concentration contours from the injection well to the production wellfields for the City of Hollywood stabilized below 10- 6. The risk assessment provided important aspect to demonstrate the concept of using injection of treated water as an option for groundwater replenishment. | |
| Identifier: | FA00004317 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
| Subject(s): |
Aquifer storage recovery Artificial grounddwater recharge Drinking water -- Contamination Environmental health -- Mathematical models Groundwater -- Pollution -- Mathematical models Health risk assessment Viral pollution of water |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Links: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004317 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004317 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
