Document Type
Thesis
Major/Program
Environmental Engineering
First Advisor's Name
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Hector Fuentes
Third Advisor's Name
Georgio Tachiev
Keywords
modelling, MIKE SHE, mercury remediation, Oak Ridge
Date of Defense
10-26-2009
Abstract
An integrated flow and transport model using MIKE SHE/MIKE 11 software was developed to predict the flow and transport of mercury, Hg(II), under varying environmental conditions. The model analyzed the impact of remediation scenarios within the East Fork Poplar Creek watershed of the Oak Ridge Reservation with respect to downstream concentration of mercury. The numerical simulations included the entire hydrological cycle: flow in rivers, overland flow, groundwater flow in the saturated and unsaturated zones, and evapotranspiration and precipitation time series. Stochastic parameters and hydrologic conditions over a five year period of historical hydrological data were used to analyze the hydrological cycle and to determine the prevailing mercury transport mechanism within the watershed. Simulations of remediation scenarios revealed that reduction of the highly contaminated point sources, rather than general remediation of the contaminant plume, has a more direct impact on downstream mercury concentrations.
Identifier
FI09121604
Recommended Citation
Long, Stephanie, "An Integrated Flow and Transport Model to Study the Impact of Mercury Remediation Strategies for East Fork Poplar Creek Watershed, Oak Ridge, Tennessee" (2009). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 141.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/141
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