Predicting long term contaminant leaching from secondary road construction materials: Incorporation of unsaturated hydrology and probability

Defne Apul; Taylor Eighmy; Kevin Gardner; Ernst Linder; Tara Frizzell; Ruth Roberson

Predicting long term contaminant leaching from secondary road construction materials: Incorporation of unsaturated hydrology and probability

Defne Apul
, Taylor Eighmy
, Kevin Gardner
, Ernst Linder
, Tara Frizzell
, Ruth Roberson

Office for Research and Innovation

University of New Hampshire

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Abstract

The long term contaminant leaching from secondary road construction materials was predicted using HYDRUS2D, a 2 dimensional, finite element water flow and solute transport model for variable saturated media, and probabilistic methods. The objective was to model water movement and predict leaching rates. Cadmium was taken as an example of unsaturated contaminant leaching. The results show that the model can be used as a guidance on source term strength based on leaching characteristics, hydraulic regimes, and pavement design. The joint modeling and probabilistic scenario analysis can be used as a decision tool to analyze the impact of contaminants on groundwater.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2003 RCRA National Meeting
Subtitle of host publication	Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA
Pages	245-278
Number of pages	34
State	Published - 2003
Event	2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA - Washington, DC, United States Duration: Aug 12 2003 → Aug 15 2003

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Name	2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA

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Conference	2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington, DC
Period	08/12/03 → 08/15/03

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Apul, D., Eighmy, T., Gardner, K., Linder, E., Frizzell, T., & Roberson, R. (2003). Predicting long term contaminant leaching from secondary road construction materials: Incorporation of unsaturated hydrology and probability. In 2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA (pp. 245-278). (2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA).

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Apul, D, Eighmy, T, Gardner, K, Linder, E, Frizzell, T & Roberson, R 2003, Predicting long term contaminant leaching from secondary road construction materials: Incorporation of unsaturated hydrology and probability. in 2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA. 2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA, pp. 245-278, 2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA, Washington, DC, United States, 08/12/03.

Predicting long term contaminant leaching from secondary road construction materials: Incorporation of unsaturated hydrology and probability. / Apul, Defne; Eighmy, Taylor; Gardner, Kevin et al.
2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA. 2003. p. 245-278 (2003 RCRA National Meeting: Putting Resource Conservation into RCRA).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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