TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental and numerical study of the relation between flow paths and fate of a pesticide in a riparian wetland
AU - Kidmose, Jacob
AU - Dahl, Mette
AU - Engesgaard, Peter
AU - Nilsson, Bertel
AU - Christensen, Britt S.B.
AU - Andersen, Stine
AU - Hoffmann, Carl Christian
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Danish Research Academy, National Environmental Research Institute, the Danish Environmental Research Programme 1996–1999, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Technical University of Denmark and University of Copenhagen. The authors highly appreciate the review comments from Dr. Andrew Baird and an anonymous reviewer that significantly improved the manuscript.
PY - 2010/5/28
Y1 - 2010/5/28
N2 - A field-scale pulse-injection experiment with the herbicide Isoproturon was conducted in a Danish riparian wetland. A non-reactive tracer (bromide) experiment was also carried out to characterize the physical transport system. Groundwater flow and reactive transport modelling was used to simulate flow paths, residence times, as well as bromide and Isoproturon distributions. The wetland can be characterized by two distinct riparian flow paths; one flow path discharges 2/3 of the incoming groundwater directly to the free water surface of the wetland near the foot of the hillslope with an average residence time of 205 days, and another flow path diffusively discharging the remaining 1/3 of the incoming groundwater to the stream with an average residence time of 425 days. The reactive transport simulations reveal that Isoproturon is retarded by a factor of 2-4, which is explained by the high organic content in the peat layer of the wetland. Isoproturon was found to be aerobically degraded with a half-life in the order of 12-80 days. Based on the quantification of flow paths, residence times and half-lives it is estimated that about 2/3 of the injected Isoproturon is removed in the wetland. Thus, close to 1/3 may find its way to the stream through overland flow. It is also possible that high concentrations of metabolites will reach the stream.
AB - A field-scale pulse-injection experiment with the herbicide Isoproturon was conducted in a Danish riparian wetland. A non-reactive tracer (bromide) experiment was also carried out to characterize the physical transport system. Groundwater flow and reactive transport modelling was used to simulate flow paths, residence times, as well as bromide and Isoproturon distributions. The wetland can be characterized by two distinct riparian flow paths; one flow path discharges 2/3 of the incoming groundwater directly to the free water surface of the wetland near the foot of the hillslope with an average residence time of 205 days, and another flow path diffusively discharging the remaining 1/3 of the incoming groundwater to the stream with an average residence time of 425 days. The reactive transport simulations reveal that Isoproturon is retarded by a factor of 2-4, which is explained by the high organic content in the peat layer of the wetland. Isoproturon was found to be aerobically degraded with a half-life in the order of 12-80 days. Based on the quantification of flow paths, residence times and half-lives it is estimated that about 2/3 of the injected Isoproturon is removed in the wetland. Thus, close to 1/3 may find its way to the stream through overland flow. It is also possible that high concentrations of metabolites will reach the stream.
KW - Flow paths
KW - Isoproturon
KW - Modelling
KW - Pesticide degradation
KW - Tracer experiment
KW - Wetland
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.006
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-1694
VL - 386
SP - 67
EP - 79
JO - Journal of Hydrology
JF - Journal of Hydrology
IS - 1-4
ER -