Environmental Science · Vol. 9, Issue 4 · pp. 165–177

Seasonal Variation in Groundwater Contaminant Transport Across 264 Sampling Sites

Coby Ortiz · Blanka Hejna · Demond Lubowitz

Bronx High School of Science · Phillips Exeter Academy · Caltech

Abstract

groundwater contaminant transport is a central problem in environmental science, yet standard techniques scale poorly with commodity hardware. Using equipment available in most teaching laboratories, we replicate and extend prior findings across 2637 experimental runs. Results show a 20% gain in accuracy alongside a marked reduction in variance between replicates. We release our data and code to support replication by other student researchers.