Methodologies for assessing groundwater vulnerability and potential contaminant pathways

James M. Rine, John M. Shafer, Elzbieta Covington, Michael Waddell, William Domorocki, Sahadeb De, Richard C. Berg

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Abstract

Methodologies developed to assess the vulnerability of groundwater resources for the whole of the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, SC, were discussed. The data were utilized to create a basewide groundwater flow model with the results stored within a GIS database in the form of groundwater flowpaths. It was found that accurate mapping of aquifer vulnerability is dependent upon both the proper mapping of geologic sensitivity and the formulation of a realistic groundwater model. The groundwater flow model is the basis for groundwater pathline analysis that predict the major advected trajectory of a dissolved phase contaminant plume.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSustainable Range Management - 2004
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the First Conference on Sustainable Range Management
Pages591-610
Number of pages20
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventFirst Conference on Sustainable Range Management - 2004 - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: Jan 5 2004Jan 8 2004

Publication series

NameProceedings of the First Conference on Sustainable Range Management - 2004

Other

OtherFirst Conference on Sustainable Range Management - 2004
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period1/5/041/8/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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