Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system

Urbanization, industrial wastes, non-point sources from agricultural activities, and various types of wastes within a landfill system have posed major threats to groundwater quality in Malaysia. One of the common contaminated groundwater remediation techniques is pump and treat system. This work was...

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Main Authors: Farzana Izzati Che Daud, Yusyalia Abdul Halim, Kuan, Woei Keong
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25122/
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author Farzana Izzati Che Daud,
Yusyalia Abdul Halim,
Kuan, Woei Keong
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Yusyalia Abdul Halim,
Kuan, Woei Keong
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description Urbanization, industrial wastes, non-point sources from agricultural activities, and various types of wastes within a landfill system have posed major threats to groundwater quality in Malaysia. One of the common contaminated groundwater remediation techniques is pump and treat system. This work was conducted to investigate the influence of extraction wells in pump and treat system to remove the contaminant by evaluating the capture zone under different arrangements and configurations of well in an unconfined aquifer system. A conceptual model was developed using PMWIN software at pre-determined soil characteristics and boundary conditions. In the numerical simulation, 17 models were simulated to examine the influence of pumping rate of wells, distance between two wells, wells orientation and the number of wells to the width of capture zone under four study cases. The results show that the width of the capture zone corresponded linearly to the increment of pumping rate. In the two and four wells system, the width of the capture zone was reduced when the extraction wells were aligned parallelly to the flow direction and the distance between wells were increased. However, the capture zone was extended when the well orientation was aligned perpendicular to the flow direction. The simulation results show that the drawdown in the wells was reduced when the number of wells has increased due to the distribution of total pumping rate into two or four wells system. The finding indicated that the arrangement of extraction wells in pump and treat system has a major impact on the capture zone induced by the wells. The simulation results can help to improve the effectiveness of extraction well in pump and treat system by optimizing the extraction process and thus minimize the cost of groundwater remediation.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:251222025-05-26T06:42:30Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25122/ Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system Farzana Izzati Che Daud, Yusyalia Abdul Halim, Kuan, Woei Keong Urbanization, industrial wastes, non-point sources from agricultural activities, and various types of wastes within a landfill system have posed major threats to groundwater quality in Malaysia. One of the common contaminated groundwater remediation techniques is pump and treat system. This work was conducted to investigate the influence of extraction wells in pump and treat system to remove the contaminant by evaluating the capture zone under different arrangements and configurations of well in an unconfined aquifer system. A conceptual model was developed using PMWIN software at pre-determined soil characteristics and boundary conditions. In the numerical simulation, 17 models were simulated to examine the influence of pumping rate of wells, distance between two wells, wells orientation and the number of wells to the width of capture zone under four study cases. The results show that the width of the capture zone corresponded linearly to the increment of pumping rate. In the two and four wells system, the width of the capture zone was reduced when the extraction wells were aligned parallelly to the flow direction and the distance between wells were increased. However, the capture zone was extended when the well orientation was aligned perpendicular to the flow direction. The simulation results show that the drawdown in the wells was reduced when the number of wells has increased due to the distribution of total pumping rate into two or four wells system. The finding indicated that the arrangement of extraction wells in pump and treat system has a major impact on the capture zone induced by the wells. The simulation results can help to improve the effectiveness of extraction well in pump and treat system by optimizing the extraction process and thus minimize the cost of groundwater remediation. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25122/1/05.pdf Farzana Izzati Che Daud, and Yusyalia Abdul Halim, and Kuan, Woei Keong (2024) Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 36 (1). pp. 37-47. ISSN 0128-0198 https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-3601-2024
spellingShingle Farzana Izzati Che Daud,
Yusyalia Abdul Halim,
Kuan, Woei Keong
Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
title Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
title_full Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
title_fullStr Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
title_full_unstemmed Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
title_short Influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
title_sort influence of arrangement and configuration of extraction wells to the capture zone in pump and treat system
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25122/
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