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Title: How to control groundwater quality degradation in coastal zones using MAR optimized by GALDIT Vulnerability Assessment to Saltwater Intrusion and GABA-IFI models
Authors: Lobo Ferreira, J. P. C.
Keywords: Salt water intrusion , GABA-IFI;mathematical models;GALDIT;GABA-IFI
Issue Date: 18-May-2020
Publisher: IAH – International Association of Hydrogeologists (iah.org) e pela IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics (geoethics.org).
Series/Report no.: Congresso Internacional "GEOETHICS & GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" – GEOETH&GWM’20;
Abstract: To counteract harmful, eventually with catastrophic consequences, today and future groundwater quality degradation due to saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, Managed Artificial Recharge (MAR) is considered the best solution, a sound, safe and sustainable solution. MAR, in coastal areas, depends on the availability of water including waste water appropriately treated. How to control saltwater intrusion in coastal zones implementing a MAR facility? The parameters required to answer that question, include the selection of the most appropriate technology and the best location for MAR. The appropriate location must have good infiltration rates; enough space to store underground the recharged water; guarantee that the travel time of the recharged water in the aquifer is long enough, compatible with the expected frequency of drought periods; economic efficiency maximization; availability of areas for MAR; and, positive impacts on the society. GABA-IFI model addresses those parameters allowing the selection of the most appropriate area for the location of MAR. Complementary, mathematical models are available to quantify MAR water injection rates required to recover groundwater depleted levels. Where should the injection be located? GALDIT is probably, today, the most used model worldwide to assess the vulnerability of saltwater intrusion in costal aquifers by a numerical calculation.
URI: https://repositorio.lnec.pt/jspui/handle/123456789/1012683
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