Hydraulic Capture

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Hydraulic Capture Map View
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• Takes advantage of natural groundwater flow
• Draws contaminant toward the well faster than it
  would have arrived under natural gradient flow.
• Minimizes the volume of water that needs to be
  pumped and treated.
• Does not recover downgradient contamination.
• Prevents downstream migration of contamination as
  long as pumping continues.

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What happens if the plume is too wide?
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What happens if the plume is too wide?
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What happens if the plume is too wide?
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What happens if the plume is too wide?
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What happens if the plume is too wide?
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What happens if the plume is too wide?

• Capture zone width can be increased by
• Pumping at a faster rate
• Installation of more than one well