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Effect of Dewatering System on Groundwater Contaminations Transport

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Deep excavation activities commonly require groundwater dewatering to lower the water table and construct different elements in normal conditions away from the groundwater table. The dewatering process changes the groundwater properties around the dewatering well area. This change includes the water table and water flow rate and subsequently causes contamination transport. This study discusses the relationship between dewatering and contamination spread in groundwater using a numerical model. The numerical modeling was performed by the 3D finite difference technique. The effects of various parameters were explored. These parameters included well depth, contamination depth, horizontal distance between the pollution source and the dewatering well, as well as contamination source discharge and the dewatering well discharge. The effects of the aforementioned parameters on contamination spread and contamination arrival time to the dewatering well area were discussed in the results. The results indicate that increase in both well and contamination depths increased contamination arrival time to dewatering well area and decrease in contamination spread. The effect of the pumping well on the contamination spread diminished when the horizontal distance exceeds twice of the aquifer depth. Also, the increase in pumping rate decreased the arrival time; conversely, the arrival time was extended by the increase in horizontal distance.

DOI

10.21608/erjm.2023.195165.1249

Keywords

Groundwater, Dewatering, contamination transport, Numerical modelling

Authors

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Mohamed Mostafa

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Menofia

Email

eng.marwa.civil@gmail.com

City

Shebin Al kom

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First Name

Essam

Last Name

Helal

MiddleName

Yousry

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Prof. of hydraulics, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt

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esamhelal@sh-eng.menofia.edu.eg

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Shebin al kom

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Sobih

MiddleName

Foaad

Affiliation

Prof. of Hydraulics, Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt

Email

sobeih999@yahoo.com

City

shebin al kom

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First Name

Fahmy

Last Name

Abbd el halim

MiddleName

salah

Affiliation

Associate professor at Civil department, banha university, Egypt

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fahmyhri@gmail.com

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Banha

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0000-0002-3279-9668

Volume

46

Article Issue

3

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42197

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-02-20

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

353

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364

Print ISSN

1110-1180

Online ISSN

3009-6944

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https://erjm.journals.ekb.eg/article_300030.html

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1,118

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ERJ. Engineering Research Journal

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https://erjm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Dewatering System on Groundwater Contaminations Transport

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25 Dec 2024