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Continuous monitoring of a soil aquifer treatment system's physico-chemical conditions to optimize operational performance
Tuvia Turkeltaub
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg
Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert
Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet
Ben-Gurion 84990, Israel
Alex Furman
Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Ron Mannheim
Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Noam Weisbrod
Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Zuckerberg
Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert
Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet
Ben-Gurion 84990, Israel
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Short summary
The quality control and optimization of soil aquifer treatment (SAT) performance is challenging due to the multiple factors and costs involved. We installed in situ subsurface monitoring sensors that provided continuous high-resolution monitoring of the biochemical and physical conditions of an active SAT system. Data analysis facilitated the determination of the optimal drying and wetting stages, which are critical for suitable SAT management.
The quality control and optimization of soil aquifer treatment (SAT) performance is challenging...
