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Hydrology, Geochemistry and Water Resource Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 4335

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School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067, India
Interests: water resources management and GIS; hydrogeochemistry; pollution of water resources by geogenic and anthropogenic activities; groundwater-seawater interaction; aquifer vulnerability; water quality and health
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Interests: renewable energy; public policies; water resources management; GIS

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Department of Civil Engineering, Vignan’s Institute of Information Technology, Duvvada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530049, India
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Water resources are crucial for the survival of all living beings on earth and play an essential role in any country's economic development. At present, natural, climatic and several anthropogenic activities (i.e., mining, rapid urbanization, industrial and domestic waste disposal, agriculture practice, sewage and effluent discharge, overexploitation of groundwater, etc.) are responsible for water depletion and contamination across the globe. Therefore, awareness, regular water monitoring, geochemical assessment, contamination identification and appropriate treatment, vulnerability mapping, artificial recharging, coastal aquifer protection, and new technologies are required for water resources management in the present scenario. Thus, the current Special Issue is going to cover different important areas of the water crisis and management, such as:

  • Renewable energies to manage water scarcity;
  • Appropriate and cost-effective treatment methods;
  • Planning of public infrastructure to water issues;
  • Hydrogeochemistry and source of contamination identification;
  • Climate change, water shortage and economy;
  • Aquifer vulnerability and contaminant transport modelling;
  • Role of remote sensing and GIS.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar Tiwari
Dr. Carlos Silva
Dr. Subhash Chandra
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Keywords

  • renewable energy
  • hydrology
  • geogenic and anthropogenic activities
  • climate change
  • pollution risk mapping
  • water quality and treatment
  • sustainable water resources management

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The Groundwater Flow Behavior and the Recharge in the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System during the Wet and Arid Periods
by Ahmed Mohamed, Ezzat Ahmed, Fahad Alshehri and Ahmed Abdelrady
Sustainability 2022, 14(11), 6823; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14116823 - 02 Jun 2022
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Abstract
The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) is made up of three major sub-basins: Kufra, Dakhla, and the N. Sudan Platform. It is one of the world’s largest groundwater systems. The aquifer’s hydrologic setting, connectivity of its sub-basins, and groundwater flow across these sub-basins [...] Read more.
The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) is made up of three major sub-basins: Kufra, Dakhla, and the N. Sudan Platform. It is one of the world’s largest groundwater systems. The aquifer’s hydrologic setting, connectivity of its sub-basins, and groundwater flow across these sub-basins are currently unclear. To address these issues, we used a combined approach that included: (1) a regionally calibrated groundwater flow model that mimics early (>10,000 years) steady-state conditions under wet climatic periods and later (<10,000 years BP–1960; 1960–2010) transient conditions under arid climatic periods; and (2) groundwater ages (36Cl, 81Kr) and isotopic (18O, 2H) data. The NSAS was recharged on a regional scale in previous wet climatic periods; however, in dry periods, its outcrops are still receiving local modest recharge. A progressive increase in 36Cl groundwater ages was found along groundwater flow directions and along structures that are sub-parallel to the flow direction. The NE–SW Pelusium mega shear zone is a preferential groundwater flow conduit from the Kufra to the Dakhla sub-basin. The south-to-north groundwater flow is hampered by the Uweinat–Aswan basement uplift. The findings provide useful information about the best ways to use the NSAS. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydrology, Geochemistry and Water Resource Management)
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