INFLUENCE OF EXTREME EVENTS AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES ON THE RELEASE CAPACITY OF STORE-AND-RELEASE COVERS IN A SEMIARID CLIMATE
Bruno Bossé, Bruno Bussière, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Rachid Hakkou, Mostafa Benzaazoua
In the proceedings of: GeoQuébec 2015: 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 7th Canadian Permafrost ConferenceSession: Contamined Sites and Remediation / Sités contaminés et réhabilitation
ABSTRACT: The transient unsaturated hydrogeological behaviour of four store-and-release (SR) cover systems made with different fine-grained materials was simulated using the HYDRUS-1D code under extreme rainfall conditions typical of a semiarid climate. Numerical predictions indicated higher release rates for coarser SR materials (0.3 mm/d), whereas finer SR materials (0.03 mm/d) accumulated water above the interface of the cover systems and did not prevent water percolation with the reactive mine wastes under consecutive extreme rainfall events. Coarser SR materials (i.e., silty sands), which recover their full storage capacity more rapidly, proved more suitable to ensure the long-term performance of these systems under natural and extreme climatic conditions. The surface evaporative fluxes, the thickness of the SR layer and the hydrogeological properties of the fine-grained material are the main parameters that affect the release capacity of such cover systems.
RÉSUMÉ: Le comportement hydrogéologique transitoire de quatre systèmes de recouvrement alternatifs constitués de différents matériaux fins a été simulé, en utilisant le code numérique HYDRUS-1D, sous des conditions de précipitations extrêmes typiques d™un climat semi-aride. Les prédictions numériques ont montré que les matériaux plus grossiers ont des taux de libération plus élevés (0.3 mm/j) alors que les matériaux plus fins (0.03 mm/j) ont eu tendance à accumuler l™eau au-dessus de l™interface des systèmes de recouvrement et n™ont pas empêché la percolation avec les résidus miniers réactifs lors d™événements de précipitations extrêmes successifs. Les matériaux plus grossiers (i.e., sables silteux), qui récupèrent plus rapidement leur pleine capacité de stockage, ont montré une meilleure capacité à garantir la performance à long terme de ces systèmes, pour des conditions climatiques naturelles et extrêmes. Le flux évaporatoire en surface, l™épaisseur de la couche et les propriétés hydrogéologiques du matériau à granulométrie fine sont les principaux paramètres qui affectent la capacité de libération de ces systèmes de recouvrement.
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Bruno Bossé; Bruno Bussière; Abdelkabir Maqsoud; Rachid Hakkou; Mostafa Benzaazoua (2015) INFLUENCE OF EXTREME EVENTS AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES ON THE RELEASE CAPACITY OF STORE-AND-RELEASE COVERS IN A SEMIARID CLIMATE in GEO2015. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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