Revealing Potential Flow Pathways within the Pow Catchment Using Geophysics - Initial Results and Conceptualisation

In order to help protect groundwater resources we need to understand the pathways of potential contaminants. Whilst the threats from localised sources may be more damaging (locally), the impact of contaminants from diffuse sources is often more difficult to determine because of the spatial extent and complexity of subsurface transport pathways. The first stage in any assessment of threat to groundwater is the establishment of a conceptual model of the groundwater system. Here we present initial results from a study of a sub-catchment of the River Eden in Cumbria, UK. Our focus is on improving the hydrological conceptual model of the catchment, through the use of geophysical measurements.