Fast and accurate identification of unknown pollution sources is a crucial and challenging
task in water resources management, in which the characteristics of unknown pollution …

Forty years and 157 papers later, research on contaminant source identification has grown
exponentially in number but seems to be stalled concerning advancement towards the …

The accurate identification of groundwater pollution sources is the key to site remediation
and management, which directly relates to the cost and effect of remediation during later …

The simulation–optimization (Ssingle bondO) method is the most widely used method for
groundwater contaminant source identification. However, the heuristic optimization …

Understanding a contaminant source may help in a better management and risk assessment
of a polluted aquifer. However, contaminant source information may not be available when a …

The source location and the time history of a pollutant released in an aquifer are very
relevant information for the design of effective remediation strategies. Usually, their …

Time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements provide
indirectobservations of hydrological processes in the Earth's shallow subsurface at high …

Identifying a contaminant time-varying release history is an ill-posed problem but crucial for
groundwater contamination issues. A precise inversed release history offers a promising …

Proper identification of groundwater contaminant sources is vital to assess groundwater
contamination. However, the majority of previous studies focuses on point source …

Abstract Ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) and optimization methods are two mainstream
methods in groundwater contamination source identification, but most researchers usually …