For our groundwater tank we chose to use red dye as the

contamination indicator. We injected the diluted red dye into the wells
A, C, 1, and D. Additionally we added the dye into the column where
the water was filling into the tank. As seen in the diagram, the
contamination quickly polluted the lake and leaky landfill; both these
bodies of water were the first factors of the tank that were visibly
contaminated. Nevertheless, the well C subsequently began to
contaminate the sand; this was where most concentration of the dye
appeared in this entire experiment. Well A also polluted the artesian
aquifer. Both wells 1 and D seemed to be the cause of the Artesian
Wells contamination. Although we did not inject any dye into this well
it eventually was polluted. The water, which was pumped into the left
side, was released through small openings to allow the flow of water
through the tank. This was the reason that the contamination seemed
to move in a rightward direction because the pressure on the left side
pushed the water to the left. The waters rightward motion was also
the reason the subsequent wells towards the right became polluted. I
think the reason the bodies of water became polluted quickly is
because the water had no aquifer to penetrate before it reached the
water, thus making the path to pollution easy and fast. Also the reason
the concentration of the pollution was closest to the pipe was because
the water took time to penetrate the aquifer and the permeability
made the pollutions process slower. I realize that pollution can harm
open bodies of water at a quicker rate than the soil below the land
because of permeability and water flow. Also the groundwater
contamination is not as easy as one may expect, because the process
of adding water to rid the pollution is long and it does not always wash
out all the pollution (as seen in the clean up diagram.