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Excess air during aquifer storage and recovery in an arid basin (Las Vegas Valley, USA) |
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| Authors: | D Kip Solomon Erin Cole Joseph F Leising |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA 2. Las Vegas Valley Water District, 1001 South Valley View Blvd., #1220, Las Vegas, NV, 89153, USA 3. Southern Nevada Water Authority, Molasky Corporate Center, 100 City Parkway, Suite 700 MS 110, Las Vegas, NV, 89106, USA |
| Abstract: | The Las Vegas Valley Water District in Nevada, USA, has operated an artificial recharge (AR) program since 1989. In summer 2001, observations of gas exsolving from tap water prompted a study that revealed total dissolved gas (TDG) pressures approaching 2?atm with a gas composition that it is predominantly air. Measurements of TDG pressure at well heads and in the distribution system indicated two potential mechanisms for elevated TDG pressures: (1) air entrainment during AR operations, and (2) temperature changes between the winter recharge season and the summer withdrawal season. Air entrainment during pumping was investigated by intentionally allowing the forebay (upstream reservoir) of a large pumping station to drawdown to the point of vortex formation. This resulted in up to a 0.7?atm increase in TDG pressure. In general, the solubility of gases in water decreases as the temperature increases. In the Las Vegas Valley, water that acquired a modest amount of dissolved gas during winter artificial recharge operations experienced an increase in dissolved gas pressure (0.04?atm/°C) as the water warmed in the subsurface. A combination of air entrainment during AR operations and its amplification by temperature increase after recharge can account for most of the observed amounts of excess gas at this site. |
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