AdvectAs challenge: Multidisciplinary research on groundwater arsenic dissolution, transport, and retardation under advective flow conditions

E. Stopelli, A. Lightfoot, R. Kipfer, Michael Berg, L. H.E. Winkel, M. Glodowska, M. Patzner, B. Rathi, O. Cirpka, A. Kappler, M. Schneider, E. Eiche, A. Kontny, T. Neumann, H. Prommer, I. Wallis, D. Vu, M. Tran, N. Viet, V. M. LanP. K. Trang, P. H. Viet

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    Abstract

    Constant exposure to groundwater contaminated by arsenic (As) constitutes a major health risk for millions of people worldwide. Therefore, the biogeochemical and physical processes responsible for the release, transport and retardation of As in groundwater need to be identified to optimize groundwater management strategies, both in rural and urban areas. River delta regions in Asia constitute a relevant spot to study the presence of As in drinking water, due to the interplay among the natural release of As from sediments, the onset of redox fronts in aquifers, which can sharply change the mobility of As, and the anthropogenic increased groundwater extraction for the supply of growing urban areas. The AdvectAs project involves several teams to promote transdisciplinary research on the environmental behaviour and spatial heterogeneity of As in groundwater under advective conditions associated with extensive pumping of pristine groundwater from the city of Hanoi, Red River delta region in Vietnam. In autumn 2017 a sampling campaign in the vicinity of Hanoi was carried out, integrating sediment analyses, geochemical, mineralogical and microbiological studies, hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater, groundwater dating and transport modelling. The first outcomes of the hydrogeochemical analyses will be presented in this contribution.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEnvironmental Arsenic in a Changing World
    Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 7th International Congress and Exhibition on Arsenic in the Environment
    EditorsYong-Guan Zhu, Huaming Guo, Prosun Bhattacharya, Jochen Bundschuh, Arslan Ahmad, Ravi Naidu
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
    Pages29-31
    Number of pages3
    ISBN (Electronic)9781351046633
    ISBN (Print)9781138486096
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Event7th International Congress and Exhibition Arsenic in the Environment, 2018 - Beijing, China
    Duration: 1 Jul 20186 Jul 2018

    Publication series

    NameArsenic in the Environment – Proceedings
    PublisherRoutledge
    ISSN (Print)2154-6568

    Conference

    Conference7th International Congress and Exhibition Arsenic in the Environment, 2018
    Country/TerritoryChina
    CityBeijing
    Period1/07/186/07/18

    Bibliographical note

    The Open Access version of this book, available at www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

    Keywords

    • Groundwater arsenic contamination
    • groundwater retardation
    • urban environments
    • environmental behaviour
    • spatial heterogeneity
    • hydrogeochemical analyses

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