Transport of contaminants in groundwater

Nirmala P. Ratchagar and Senthamilselvi. S,*

Transport of contaminants in groundwater

Authors :

Nirmala P. Ratchagar and Senthamilselvi. ^S,*

Author Address :

Department of Mathematics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608002, India.

Abstract :

Microbiological contaminants such as bacteria, protozoa and viruses pose one of the greatest risks in water resources. Transport of bacteria and viruses in groundwater has been a subject of great interest in recent years because of its importance in many areas. In this paper we developed a mathematical model to study the movement of contaminants by landfill leachate. Velocity and skin friction is obtained by Laplace transformation technique making use of the residual method. Results are obtained analytically for various particle mass parameter and the numerical values are computed graphically.