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 | |||||
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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 |