Modeling water table mounding and contaminant transport beneath storm-water infiltration basins

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 963-973

  Nimmer, Mike ^a,b   Thompson, Anita ^c   Misra, Debasmita ^d  

^a Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practice; Groundwater recharge; Infiltration; Numerical models; Pollution; Storm water management

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; COMBINED WATER; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; INFILTRATION BASINS; INFILTRATION RATE; MODFLOW; NATURAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODELS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; SATURATED FLOW; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATERS; TRACER STUDY; TRACER TRANSPORT; WATER TABLES; WISCONSIN;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLLUTION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; RECHARGE; SEEPAGE; STORMWATER; TRACER; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 78449250095     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000256     Document Type: Article

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