Contaminant Transport Modeling Software

Precision Where It Matters. Speed Where You Need It

Accurately predicting contaminant migration through soil and groundwater systems is critical for modern environmental engineering. Whether you are designing landfill containment systems, assessing groundwater impacts, or evaluating long-term performance, the quality of your modeling directly influences your decisions—and your confidence in them.

POLLUTEv10 and MIGRATEv10 provide a powerful, complementary modeling suite designed specifically for real-world engineering applications. Built on efficient analytical solutions and engineered for usability, these tools allow you to model complex contaminant transport processes with speed, clarity, and confidence.

Two Complementary Approaches to Contaminant Modeling

Not all modeling problems require the same level of complexity. Some demand speed and efficiency for engineered systems, while others require deeper spatial representation of real-world conditions.

• POLLUTEv10 → Advanced 1.5-dimensional modeling with extensive special features
• MIGRATEv10 → Full 2-dimensional modeling for complex, multi-source systems

Together, they give you the flexibility to choose the right level of sophistication for your project—without unnecessary overhead.

POLLUTEv10: Advanced 1.5D Modeling with Powerful Special Features

POLLUTEv10 is built around a one-and-a-half dimensional (1.5D) analytical solution to the advection–dispersion equation. This approach captures vertical transport processes with high accuracy while maintaining exceptional computational efficiency.

Unlike traditional numerical models, POLLUTEv10 does not require time-marching, avoids numerical instability, and produces fast, stable, and defensible results. This makes it ideal for iterative design and regulatory applications.

Extensive Special Features

POLLUTEv10 includes a wide range of advanced capabilities to model realistic environmental systems:

• → Finite mass and time-dependent source loading
• → Sorption and retardation processes
• → First-order decay and degradation
• → Layered hydrogeological systems
• → Multi-barrier liner configurations
• → Multiple aquifers and aquitards

These features allow engineers to simulate real-world conditions without complex numerical setups.

Designed for Engineered Systems

• → Landfills and containment systems
• → Composite liners (geomembrane + clay)
• → Multi-layer barrier designs

Time-Varying Properties and System Degradation

POLLUTEv10 can model time-varying properties, enabling simulation of real-world system changes such as:

• → Changing hydraulic conductivity
• → Variable source strength over time
• → Degradation of liner performance

This includes the ability to simulate geomembrane and leachate collection system (LCS) failure, allowing evaluation of long-term contaminant release and system performance.

Best Applications

• → Landfill design and assessment
• → Regulatory submissions
• → Barrier performance evaluation
• → Sensitivity and scenario analysis

MIGRATEv10: 2D Modeling for Complex Systems and Multiple Sources

MIGRATEv10 extends analytical modeling into two dimensions (2D), enabling realistic spatial representation of contaminant transport across a site.

This allows modeling of lateral variability and interactions that cannot be captured in 1.5D approaches.

Multiple Landfill Cells with Different Source Histories

MIGRATEv10 is particularly effective for modeling multiple landfill cells, each with unique operational timelines and source conditions.

• → Cells constructed and filled at different times
• → Different source concentrations across the site
• → Evolving conditions over time

This enables accurate simulation of cumulative and interacting impacts from multiple sources.

Focused Capability

While MIGRATEv10 includes fewer special features than POLLUTEv10, it prioritizes:

• → 2D spatial realism
• → Multi-source interaction
• → Clear plume development visualization

Time-Varying Properties in 2D

MIGRATEv10 also supports time-varying system properties, including:

• → Changing source conditions
• → Variable hydrogeological properties
• → System degradation over time

This includes simulation of geomembrane and LCS failure within a 2D spatial framework.

Best Applications

• → Multiple landfill cell modeling
• → Spatial plume analysis
• → Complex site assessments
• → Long-term impact evaluation

POLLUTEv10 vs MIGRATEv10

Feature	POLLUTEv10	MIGRATEv10
Dimensionality	1.5D	2D
Speed	Extremely fast	Fast
Special Features	Extensive	Focused
Spatial Representation	Limited lateral	Full 2D
Multi-Cell Modeling	Limited	Excellent
Time-Varying Properties	Yes	Yes
LCS / Geomembrane Failure	Yes	Yes

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Built for Real Engineering Decisions

Both POLLUTEv10 and MIGRATEv10 are designed for practicing engineers and hydrogeologists. They enable rapid scenario testing, design optimization, and defensible reporting.

• → Run multiple scenarios quickly
• → Evaluate design alternatives
• → Understand long-term performance
• → Support regulatory submissions

Start Modeling with Confidence

Whether you are analyzing a single engineered barrier or a complex multi-cell landfill system, POLLUTEv10 and MIGRATEv10 provide the tools you need to model accurately and efficiently.

Get the demo today and experience a better approach to contaminant modeling.

Learn More About Our Contaminant Modeling Solutions

Want to learn more about how contaminant modeling can enable engineers to perform complex environmental simulations efficiently while maintaining the accuracy required for regulatory approval and environmental protection.?

• 👉 Contaminant Transport Modelling and Landfill Design: A Complete Guide for Environmental Engineers
• 👉 How Contaminant Transport Models Predict Groundwater Pollution
• 👉 Regulatory Requirements for Landfill Design and Groundwater Protection
• 👉 Hydrogeological Data Required for Contaminant Transport Models
• 👉 Designing Landfill Liner Systems to Prevent Groundwater Contamination

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