Quantitative Analysis of Groundwater Effluent and Reservoir-Water Influent in a Small Pond Using 222Rn- and Water-Balance Equations

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
NII recode ID (NCID) AA0068709X
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Percolation of water from a pond may cause a landslide in a hilled rural area. Before measures to prevent such landslides can be planned, it is essential to identify reservoir-water influent from the pond. We describe an analytical method that uses 222Rn- and water-balance equations to quantify groundwater effluent and reservoir-water influent simultaneously, which is impossible using the conventional method that measures only surface-water inflow and outflow. We selected F pond, Nagano Prefecture, as the study site. We estimated the rate of 222Rn dispersion to the atmosphere by assuming a stagnant film between water and air with thickness inversely proportional to the rate of dispersion. By a laboratory experiment, we estimated the film to be about 830 ?m thick and found that the film thickness was not influenced by wind velocities less than 1.5 m s-1. A preliminary investigation suggested that reservoir-water was mixed very well. The groundwater effluent and the reservoir-water influent during the investigation were calculated to be 0.67 × 10-3 m3 s-1 and 0.41 × 10-3 m3 s-1 respectively, by making 222Rn- and water-balance equations and solving them. This analytical method is expected to be useful for not only prevention of a landslide but also for effective use of water and prediction of water quality.

Date of issued
Creator HAMADA Hiromasa KISHI Satoru
Subject

stagnant film

dispersion

Publisher Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Available Online
NII resource type vocabulary Journal Article
Volume 38
Issue 4
spage 253
epage 258
DOI 10.6090/jarq.38.253
Rights Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Language eng

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