Gareth Barns - Research Student
Telephone: 25784
Room: G21 Kroto Research Institute
email : Cip06glb@sheffield.ac.uk
Research Group
Research Project
Tracer tests in groundwater for assessment of pollutant behaviour
The project furthers the current work on the aquifer assessment tool (AAT) project. It will involve laboratory, sandbox and field tests to determine the applicability of reactive tracers and tracer cocktails to the dipole flow test.
Field tests will be carried out at the SIReN site at Carrington, involving a full scale prototype of the AAT, for a sandstone aquifer. The sandbox, at (2m)3, provides a scaled down version of the AAT in a controlled unconsolidated sand aquifer environment. Column and 2-D tests will be carried out in the laboratory.
Tracers currently approved for use are NaBr, NaF, MgSO4, EDTA, methanol, K acetate and Na fluorescein. The aim of the tests is to successfully determine the cation exchange capacity and selectivity coefficients, adsorption capacity for metals and organics and kinetic parameters for biodegradation.