Summary
    TRAC is an application designed to interpret and represent hydrogeological tracer test results (graph plots).

    TRAC is a freeware application to aid interpretation of hydrogeological tracer tests, developed by the BRGM for scientists and engineering consultancies, in particular for the prevention of accidental pollution. 

    Interpreting hydrogeological tracer tests for pollution prevention 

    Hydrogeological tracing is frequently used to track groundwater movements. The reappearance of a substance (usually a tracer dye) at one or more outlets of an underground water system, after injection at a given point upstream, is usually interpreted in terms of flow direction and speed of transfer. 

    However, it is possible to obtain further information in addition to direct tracer results. The tracer signal at the outlet  can be interpreted to provide information on the behaviour of the tracer underground, its exchanges with the environment and its dispersal. These parameters help to assess the properties of the underground environment when it is affected by accidental or diffuse pollution. 

    Assistance to groundwater protection agencies 

    TRAC is designed primarily to help prepare a tracing operation by simulating the underground propagation of a tracer based on existing data and any previous tracing results. 

    It is intended as a means of assisting water protection agencies, especially in defining the protection perimeter of drinking water abstraction points. 

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    La lettre de TRAC

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    Practical information 

    • Operating system: Windows (XP, 7) 
    • Programming language:VB.NET 
    • Languages: French, English (translations may be provided in other languages) 
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