Tracing the influx of sewage from a leaky sewer into a very thin and fast-flowing aquifer

S. Rettinger; D. Ronen; A. J. Amiel; M. Magaritz; W. Bischofsberger

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Tracing the influx of sewage from a leaky sewer into a very thin and fast-flowing aquifer

S. Rettinger, D. Ronen, A. J. Amiel, M. Magaritz, W. Bischofsberger

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Water parcels of different chemical composition were detected in a 1 m thick and up to 17 m/d fast-flowing groundwater system using a multi-layer sampler based on the dialysis cell technique. The parcels result from the infiltration of sewage effluents and also probably due to the leaching of sewage sludge from the agricultural land surface. Samples obtained at depth intervals as small as 3 cm in a natural gradient flow field revealed relative high concentrations and variable vertical profiles of Na⁺, NO₃^-, HCO₃^-, SO₄^2- and DOC 9 m downstream of the infiltration pipe. A pump used to obtain water samples during a 2 year period, in the same research field, proved to be an inadequate sampling technique to trace the movement of sewage effluent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-82
Number of pages	8
Journal	Water Research
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0043-1354(91)90101-U
State	Published - 1 Jan 1991
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

groundwater
groundwater monitoring
groundwater sampling
pollution
purification capacity
sewage disposal

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Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Ecological Modeling
Water Science and Technology
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution

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