A Numerical Approach to Simulate the Biogeochemical Involvement in a Coastal Reduced Groundwater Environment

Bacteria-mediated reduction processes play a decisive role in the water quality alterations in the subsurface environment of coastal aquifers. Availability of organic carbon as the electron donor with other electron acceptors such as NO3−, MnO2, Fe(OH)3 and SO42− induces different bacteria to activate under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. A two-dimensional reactive transport model has been developed to simulate the bacteria-mediated reduction …