Effective porosity of a carbonate aquifer with bacterial contamination: Walkerton, Ontario, Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 464-465, Issue , 2012, Pages 517-527

  Worthington, Stephen R H ^a   Smart, C Christopher ^b   Ruland, Wilf ^c  

^a Worthington Groundwater   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Citizens Environmental Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbonate aquifer; Conceptual model; Effective porosity; Tracer test; Water supply

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; CAPTURE ZONES; CARBONATE AQUIFER; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER MODELS; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; MODEL PREDICTION; MUNICIPAL GROUNDWATER; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; PALEOZOIC; PARAMETERIZED; PARAMETERIZING; POROUS MATRIXS; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM MODEL; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SOURCE AREA; STORAGE CAPACITY; TRACER TESTS;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CARBONATION; FORECASTING; FRACTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TRAVEL TIME; WATER SUPPLY; WELL LOGGING;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; BOREHOLE; CARBONATE; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOZOIC; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TRACER; TRAVEL TIME; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WALKERTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84866160532     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.046     Document Type: Article

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