Receptors

The objective of many contaminant transport studies is to compute not only contaminant concentrations or flux rates at various locations in the environment, but also the impact of these contaminants on specific receptors (e.g., humans, wildlife, flora).

GoldSim can calculate impacts in terms of health risks, doses; or hazard indexes.

The GoldSim Contaminant Transport module contains a special element referred to as a Receptor A group (usually of people) that could potentially receive impacts from contaminants in the environment. In GoldSim, a Receptor is an element that converts contaminant concentrations in the environment to impacts to a receptor group. to facilitate this. The topics below describes the specification and use of Receptors in GoldSim.