Simulations of dry well recharge in the Tucson Basin, Arizona
dc.contributor.advisor | Evans, Daniel D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bandeen, Reid Francis, 1957- | |
dc.creator | Bandeen, Reid Francis, 1957- | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-28T10:12:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-28T10:12:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276654 | |
dc.description.abstract | The variably saturated flow model Unsat 2 was used for three case study simulations of dry well recharge in the Tucson Basin, Arizona. Dry well design, and rainfall/runoff and vadose zone conditions representative of the locality were assumed in the simulations to address travel time to the regional aquifer, rates and extent of radial flow, and relative degree of solute attenuation by sorption and dilution with regional groundwater. Soil specific surface was used to estimate relative degree of sorption among the three cases. One case of uniform soil composition and two cases of layered soil composition were simulated. Clay content had the greatest influence on specific surface. Hydraulic conductivity had the greatest influence on soil water velocities and degree of radial flow. The presence of layered subsurface conditions that included strata of low hydraulic conductivity enhanced the degree of subsurface solute attenuation by sorption and dilution. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
dc.subject | Artificial groundwater recharge -- Arizona -- Tucson Region. | en_US |
dc.subject | Urban runoff -- Arizona -- Tucson Region -- Mathematical models. | en_US |
dc.title | Simulations of dry well recharge in the Tucson Basin, Arizona | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
dc.identifier.oclc | 20286148 | en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
dc.identifier.proquest | 1333223 | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline | Hydrology and Water Resources | en_US |
thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en_US |
dc.identifier.bibrecord | .b1696410x | en_US |
dc.identifier.bibrecord | .b16964081 | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-15T08:50:06Z | |
html.description.abstract | The variably saturated flow model Unsat 2 was used for three case study simulations of dry well recharge in the Tucson Basin, Arizona. Dry well design, and rainfall/runoff and vadose zone conditions representative of the locality were assumed in the simulations to address travel time to the regional aquifer, rates and extent of radial flow, and relative degree of solute attenuation by sorption and dilution with regional groundwater. Soil specific surface was used to estimate relative degree of sorption among the three cases. One case of uniform soil composition and two cases of layered soil composition were simulated. Clay content had the greatest influence on specific surface. Hydraulic conductivity had the greatest influence on soil water velocities and degree of radial flow. The presence of layered subsurface conditions that included strata of low hydraulic conductivity enhanced the degree of subsurface solute attenuation by sorption and dilution. |