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Building And Characterizing A Lab-Scaled Aquifer Storage And Recovery System, Murat Can Kayabas

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

To use Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) as a water treatment and storage method, we must understand the fate and behavior of potential contaminants in the system. Knowing more about the aquifer properties such as dispersivity will enable us to assess how the target chemicals behave in the system. Characterizing the aquifer by using a tracer is a good way to estimate dispersivity since the tracer is not adsorbed or degraded. This study aims to build a lab-scale physical model of a confined aquifer to simulate an ASR system, verify its hydraulic functionality, and characterize the hydraulics of the aquifer …