Table 6 Calibrated parameters of contaminant transport model.

From: Groundwater contamination modelling in Ayad River Basin, Udaipur

Aquifer material

Contamination type

Calibrated parameters reported by Gelhar et al.99

Calibrated parameters of this study

Hydraulic conductivity (m/s)

Effective porosity

Dispersivity

Dispersion (m)

Horizontal dispersivity

Vertical dispersivity

Diffusion coefficient (m2/d)

Unconfined aquifer

TDS

6.97 × 10−5

0.33

30.5/9.11100

0.53

29.31

10.12

0.057

Nitrate

9.55 × 10−5

0.42

01.6/0.76101

0.52

01.42

00.74

0.048

Fluoride

5.10 × 10−5

0.26

10.0/2.02102

0.49

09.95

01.06

0.049