Comparison between backward probability and particle tracking methods for the delineation of well head protection areas |
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Authors: | Tiziana Tosco Rajandrea Sethi |
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Institution: | 1. DITAG – Dipartimento del Territorio, dell’Ambiente e delle Geotecnologie, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
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Abstract: | In this work, a deterministic and a probabilistic method for the delineation of well head protection areas are applied and compared. The deterministic method was implemented using the automatic backward particle tracking algorithm (APA, Tosco et al., Water Resour Res, 44(7):W07419, 2008). The backward probability model rests upon the backward adjoint-based model developed by Neupauer and Wilson, and allows the inclusion of dispersion in the definition of capture zones. The two methods are evaluated comparing the “advective front” of the probability protection area and the perimeter given by the particle tracking method. Furthermore, a semi-quantitative study was performed over probability protection areas, in order to evaluate the influence of dispersivity on the extent and growth rate of capture zones identified by fixed probability isolines. |
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