Mining-Related Stream Transport Simulation Reader

Applications of OTEQ, OTIS, and Transient Storage for Metals, Cations, and Acidic Streams

Compilation by Ken Bencala <kbencala@usgs.gov>
9/14/2007

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General
OTEQ is formed by coupling the solute transport model OTIS with a chemical equilibrium submodel. The submodel is based on MINTEQ, a model that calculates the distribution of inorganic species under the assumption of chemical equilibrium. The coupled model considers a variety of processes including advection, dispersion, transient storage, transport and deposition of water-borne solid phases, acid/base reactions, complexation, precipitation/dissolution, and sorption. Precipitated and sorbed species may reside within the water column or on the streambed; precipitated and sorbed species residing in the water column are subject to transport and settling. Total component concentrations are partitioned between dissolved, precipitated and sorbed phases based on equilibrium calculations for each computational stream segment.
Software
More information about OTEQ is available at http://co.water.usgs.gov/oteq/. The OTIS software is available from http://co.water.usgs.gov/otis/. More information and a current version of MINTEQ is available from http://www.epa.gov/ceampubl/mmedia/minteq/.
OTEQ: Applications
	A simulation-based approach for estimating premining water quality: Red Mountain Creek, Colorado Runkel R.L., Kimball B.A., Walton-Day, K., Verplanck, P.L. (2007) Applied Geochemistry, 22 (9), pp. 1899-1918.
	Use of field-scale experiments and reactive transport modeling to evaluate remediation alternatives in streams affected by acid mine drainage Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., and Walton-Day, K. (2003) in Jambor, J.L., Blowes, D.W., Ritchie, A.I.M., eds., Environmental Aspects of Mine Wastes: Mineralogical Association of Canada, Short Course Series, v. 31, p. 261-282.
	Evaluating remedial alternatives for an acid mine drainage stream: Application of a reactive transport model Runkel R.L., Kimball B.A. (2002) Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (5), pp. 1093-1101.
	pH dependence of iron photoreduction in a rocky mountain stream affected by acid mine drainage McKnight D.M., Kimball B.A., Runkel R.L. (2001) Hydrological Processes, 15 (10), pp. 1979-1992.
Development of OTEQ
	Reactive solute transport in streams: A surface complexation approach for trace metal sorption Runkel, R.L., Kimball, B.A., McKnight, D.M., Bencala, K.E. (1999) Water Resources Research, 35 (12), pp. 3829-3840.
	Reactive solute transport in streams. 2. Simulation of a pH modification experiment Runkel, R.L., McKnight, D.M., Bencala, K.E., Chapra, S.C. (1996) Water Resources Research, 32 (2), pp. 419-430
	Reactive solute transport in streams. 1. Development of an equilibrium-based model Runkel, R.L., Bencala, K.E., Broshears, R.E., Chapra, S.C. (1996) Water Resources Research, 32 (2), pp. 409-418.
	Reactive solute transport in an acidic stream: Experimental pH increase and simulation of controls on pH, aluminum, and iron Broshears, R.E., Runkel, R.L., Kimball, B.A., McKnight, D.M., Bencala, K.E. (1996) Environmental Science and Technology, 30 (10), pp. 3016-3024.
OTIS: Mine Drainage Streams
	Walton-Day, Katherine, Paschke, S.S., Runkel, R.L and Kimball, B.A, in press, expected 2007, Using the OTIS solute-transport model to evaluate remediation scenarios in Cement Creek and the upper Animas River, Chapter E25, in Church, S.E., von Guerard, Paul, and Finger, S.E., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651.
	Flooding and arsenic pollution: influences on stream ecosystem structure and function Lottig, N.R.,Valett, H.M., Schreiber , M.E., Webster, J.R. (2007) Limnology and Oceanography, 52:1991-2001.
	Predicting changes in hydrologic retention in an evolving semi-arid alluvial stream Harvey, J.W., Conklin, M.H., Koelsch, R.S. (2003) Advances in Water Resources, 26, 939.
	Effect of enhanced manganese oxidation in the hyporheic zone on basin-scale geochemical mass balance Harvey, J.W., Fuller, C.C. (1998) Water Resources Research, 34 (4), pp. 623-636.
	Modeling CO degassing and pH in a stream-aquifer system Choi, J., Hulseapple, S.M., Conklin, M.H., Harvey, J.W. (1998) Journal of Hydrology, 209 (1-4), pp. 297-310.
OTIS: Acidic Streams
	Transport and cycling of iron and hydrogen peroxide in a freshwater stream: Influence of organic acids Scott, D.T., Runkel, R.L., McKnight, D.M., Voelker, B.M., Kimball, B.A., Carraway, E.R. (2003) Water Resources Research, 39 (11), pp. HWC11-HWC114.
	In-stream sorption of fulvic acid in an acidic stream: A stream-scale transport experiment McKnight, D.M., Hornberger, G.M., Bencala, K.E., Boyer, E.W. (2002) Water Resources Research, 38 (1), pp. 61-612.
OTIS: Cation Transport
	Sensitivity analysis of conservative and reactive stream transient storage models applied to field data from multiple-reach experiments Gooseff, M.N., Bencala, K.E., Scott, D.T., Runkel, R.L., McKnight, D.M. (2005) Advances in Water Resources, 28 (5), pp. 479-492.
	Reach-scale cation exchange controls on major ion chemistry of an Antarctic glacial meltwater stream Gooseff M.N., McKnight D.M., Runkel R.L. (2004) Aquatic Geochemistry, 10 (3-4), pp. 221-238.
	Weathering reactions and hyporheic exchange controls on stream water chemistry in a glacial meltwater stream in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Gooseff M.N., McKnight D.M., Lyons W.B., Blum A.E. (2002) Water Resources Research, 38 (12), pp. 151-1517.
	Redox processes controlling manganese fate and transport in a mountain stream Scott, D.T., McKnight, D.M., Voelker, B.M., Hrncir, D.C. (2002) Environmental Science and Technology, 36 (3), pp. 453-459
Documentation of OTIS
	One-dimensional transport with inflow and storage (OTIS): a solute transport model for streams and rivers. RL Runkel, USGS WRIR 98-4018, 1998. LINK: [http://co.water.usgs.gov/otis/].
	Using OTIS to model solute transport in streams and rivers. RL Runkel, USGS Fact Sheet 138-99, 4p., 2000. LINK: [http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/fac138-99/].
Related Applications Leading to the Development of OTIS
	Evaluating the reliability of the stream tracer approach to characterize surface-subsurface water exchange Harvey, J.W., Wagner, B.J., Bencala, K.E. (1996) Water Resources Research, 32 (8), 2441.
	Coupling of hydrologic transport and chemical reactions in a stream affected by acid mine drainage Kimball, B.A., Broshears, R.E., Bencala, K.E., McKnight, D.M. (1994) Environmental Science and Technology, 28 (12), pp. 2065-2073.
	Tracer-dilution experiments and solute-transport simulations for a mountain stream, Saint Kevin Gulch, Colorado Broshears, R.E., Bencala, K.E., Kimball, B.A., McKnight, D.M. (1993) U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4081, pp. 1-18. U.S. Geological Survey: Denver, CO. LINK: [http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri924081]
	Characterization of transport in an acidic and metal-rich mountain stream based on a lithium tracer injection and simulations of transient storage Bencala, K.E., McKnight, D.M., Zellweger, G.W. (1990) Water Resources Research, 26 (5), pp. 989-1000.
	Reactive iron transport in an acidic mountain stream in Summit County, Colorado: a hydrologic perspective McKnight, D.M., Bencala, K.E. (1989) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 53 (9), pp. 2225-2234.
	Interactions of solutes and streambed sediment. 2. A dynamic analysis of coupled hydrologic and chemical processes that determine solute transport. Bencala K.E. (1984) Water Resources Research, 20 (12), pp. 1804-1814.
	Copper transport along a Sierra Nevada stream Kuwabara, J.S., Leland, H.V., Bencala, K.E. (1984) Journal of Environmental Engineering, 110 (3), pp. 646-655.
	Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool-and-riffle stream with a kinetic mass transfer model for sorption. Bencala K.E. (1983) Water Resources Research, 19 (3), pp. 732-738.