ISSN: 2319-8753 International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (An ISO 3297: 2007 Certified Organization) Vol. 2, Issue 10, October 2013 Copyright to IJIRSET www.ijirset.com 5731 NON BIODEGRADABLE CONTAMINANTS TRANSPORT MODELING WITH VARYING TRANSMISSIVITY FOR AQUIFER AT WEST CAMPUS HBTI KANPUR Ravi Kumar Singh 1 , Dr. Deepesh Singh 2 M.Tech. Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, H.B. T.I, Kanpur (India) 1 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, H.B. T.I, Kanpur (India) 2 Abstract: Groundwater is the major source of water for drinking, irrigation and industrial use because of its availability, quality and low cost. Groundwater modelling is an effective way to predict the flow of groundwater within an aquifer. Groundwater modelling aims at studying the temporal and spatial distribution of such contaminants in the aquifer and formulates sustainable groundwater management strategies. This paper aims at studying the problem of groundwater contamination of HBTI west campus area, Kanpur (U.P.) and also analyzes the effect of varying aquifer transmissivity on the transport of contaminants in groundwater and the comparison of contaminants concentration when hydrological parameter (ie, transmissivity) of aquifer material is variable and constant. In this respect, groundwater flow and contaminant transport process was simulated over the study area using a computer based model, MOC v3.1 [2]. This work also utilizes the breakthrough curves to explore various monitoring wells which cross threshold limit in simulation period. Keywords: Groundwater, Transmissivity, Log Normal Distribution, Monitoring Network, Monitoring Well, MOC. I. INTRODUCTION Groundwater is the major source of water available at low cost and good quality. Groundwater can become contaminated in many ways. Ground water can become contaminated from natural sources or numerous types of human activities. Residential, municipal, commercial, industrial, and agricultural activities can all affect ground water quality. Contaminants may reach ground water from activities on the land surface, such as releases or spills from stored industrial wastes; from sources below the land surface but above the water table, such as septic systems or leaking underground petroleum storage systems; from structures beneath the water table, such as wells; or from contaminated recharge water [1]. Due to continuously increasing load of population on this invaluable natural resource it becomes imperative upon us to study the pattern in which groundwater is contaminated. Groundwater modelling is an effective way to predict the flow of groundwater within an aquifer. Groundwater modelling aims at studying the temporal and spatial distribution of such contaminants in the aquifer and formulates sustainable groundwater management strategies. During the last three decades, research activities in this area have accelerated to a revolutionary level. Different investigators have studied the solute transport from different perspectives. Groundwater models can be divided into groundwater flow models and solute transport models. Groundwater flow models solve for the distribution of heads, whereas solute transport models solve for concentration of solute as affected by advection, dispersion and chemical reactions [3]. Groundwater models can be both analytical and numerical. While the analytical models are wholly based on subjective human judgments, numerical models simulate groundwater flow