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Sustainable Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 8703

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Dr. Nicola Pastore

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Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Construction and Chemistry (DICATECh), Polytechnic University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4 - 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: hydrogeology in coastal aquifers including seawater intrusion and inland contamination; groundwater management; flow; transport and fate of contaminants in porous and fractured aquifers; heat transport in porous and fractured media; shallow geothermal energy exploitation and valorisation
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Dear Colleagues,

The reduction of pressure on the global water resources is one of the greatest challenges facing society today. Climate change and the increasing water demand the sustainable assessment and management of groundwater resources.

Groundwater management requires great effort in order to achieve these specific goals. Several aspects must be taken into account, including climate, hydrology, geology, hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, etc. Groundwater exploitation without a management program leads to the depletion of present-day storages, which are necessary for reliefs in emergency situations.

Although there are many procedures, formulations, algorithms, and numerical tools for sustainable aquifer assessment and management, still there is great need for effective, practical, and applied methodologies.

In order to effectively solve these problems, the development and implementation of innovative and advanced monitoring systems and modeling tools able to fully integrate the hydrogeology aspects with the socio-economic perspective in aquifer management are required in order to improve the sustainable assessment and the management of the groundwater resources. The development, application, and validation of socio-hydrologic models at local different scales is a challenge.

This Special Issue titled “Sustainable Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management” puts the attention on the discussion of new issues and development of innovative monitoring systems and socio-hydrogeological models. Research articles are welcome, including, but not limited to, the following topics: (1) innovative remote sensing and in situ monitoring system of water availability and quality of aquifers; (2) hydrogeology modeling at several scale; (3) human interaction with goundwater cycles; 3) resilience assessment and risk management in socio-hydrogeologic systems; (4) occurrence, fate, and transport of contaminants in aqufers; and (5) modeling of contaminant clean up strategies.

Dr. Nicola Pastore
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable water management
  • monitoring system
  • climate change
  • resilience
  • socio-hydrohgeologic modelling
  • risk assessment
  • groundwater remediation

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Groundwater Potentiality Assessment of Ain Sefra Region in Upper Wadi Namous Basin, Algeria Using Integrated Geospatial Approaches
by Abdessamed Derdour, Abderrazak Bouanani, Noureddine Kaid, Kanit Mukdasai, A. M. Algelany, Hijaz Ahmad, Younes Menni and Houari Ameur
Sustainability 2022, 14(8), 4450; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14084450 - 08 Apr 2022
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Water demand has been increasing considerably around the world, mostly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has caused many problems for water supply, especially in arid areas. Consequently, there is a need to assimilate lessons learned to ensure water security. In [...] Read more.
Water demand has been increasing considerably around the world, mostly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has caused many problems for water supply, especially in arid areas. Consequently, there is a need to assimilate lessons learned to ensure water security. In arid climates, evaluating the groundwater potential is critical, particularly because the only source of drinking water and irrigation for the community is groundwater. The objective of this report is to locate and identify probable groundwater basins in the upper Wadi Namous basin’s Ain Sefra area. GIS and RS were used to evaluate the parameters of morphometry and to demarcate groundwater potential zones by using eight different influencing factors, viz., geology, rainfall, height, slope, land cover, land use, and lineaments density are all factors to consider. The analytical hierarchical process (AHP) was used to give weightages to the factors, and definitions within each attribute were sorted in order of priority for groundwater potentiality. The major findings of the research were the creation of groundwater-potential zones in the watershed. The hydrogeological zone of the basin was assessed as follows: very poor (0.56%), poor (26.41%), moderate (44.72%), good (25.22%), and very good (3.1%). The groundwater recharge potential zones are concentrated in low cretaceous locations, according to analytical data. The groundwater potential regions were checked to field inventory data from 45 water locations to corroborate the findings. The qualitative findings and the groundwater inventory data agreed 77.78%, according to the cross-validation study. The produced groundwater potential map might substantially assist in the development of long-term management plans by enabling water planners and decision-makers to identify zones appropriate for the placement of productive wells and reducing investment losses caused by well drilling failures. The results of the study will also serve as a benchmark for further research and studies, such as hydrogeological modeling. Full article
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Groundwater Drought Analysis under Data Scarcity: The Case of the Salento Aquifer (Italy)
by Gabriella Balacco, Maria Rosaria Alfio and Maria Dolores Fidelibus
Sustainability 2022, 14(2), 707; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14020707 - 09 Jan 2022
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Salento is a regional coastal karst aquifer located in Southern Italy with a highly complex geological, geomorphological, and hydrogeological structure. High and unruly exploitation of groundwater from licensed and unlicensed wells for irrigation and drinking purposes affects groundwater, with consequent degradation of its [...] Read more.
Salento is a regional coastal karst aquifer located in Southern Italy with a highly complex geological, geomorphological, and hydrogeological structure. High and unruly exploitation of groundwater from licensed and unlicensed wells for irrigation and drinking purposes affects groundwater, with consequent degradation of its qualitative and quantitative status. The increased frequency of meteorological droughts and rising temperatures may only worsen the already compromised situation. The absence of complete and enduring monitoring of groundwater levels prevents the application of some methodologies, which require long time series. The analysis of climate indexes to describe the groundwater level variation is a possible approach under data scarcity. However, this approach may not be obvious for complex aquifers (in terms of scale, intrinsic properties, and boundary conditions) where the response of the groundwater to precipitation is not necessarily linear. Thus, the proposed research deals with the assessment of the response of the Salento aquifer to precipitation variability based on correlations between the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and groundwater levels for nine monitoring wells from July 2007 to December 2011. The study aims at evaluating the ability of the above indicators to explain the behavior of groundwater on complex aquifers. Moreover, it has the general aim to verify their more general reliable application. Results of three different correlation factors outline direct and statistically significant correlations between the time series. They describe the Salento aquifer as a slow filter, with a notable inertial behavior in response to meteorological events. The SPI 18-months demonstrates to be a viable candidate to predict the groundwater response to precipitation variability for the Salento aquifer. Full article
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Application of Satellite-Based and Observed Precipitation Datasets for Hydrological Simulation in the Upper Mahi River Basin of Rajasthan, India
by Dinesh Singh Bhati, Swatantra Kumar Dubey and Devesh Sharma
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7560; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13147560 - 06 Jul 2021
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Hydrological modeling is an important tool used for basin management and studying the impacts of extreme events in a river basin. In streamflow simulations, precipitation plays an essential role in hydrological models. Meteorological satellite precipitation measurement techniques provide highly accurate rainfall information with [...] Read more.
Hydrological modeling is an important tool used for basin management and studying the impacts of extreme events in a river basin. In streamflow simulations, precipitation plays an essential role in hydrological models. Meteorological satellite precipitation measurement techniques provide highly accurate rainfall information with high spatial and temporal resolution. In this analysis, the tropical rainfall monitoring mission (TRMM) 3B42 V7 precipitation products were employed for simulating streamflow by using the soil water assessment tool (SWAT) model. With India Metrological Department and TRMM data, the SWAT model can be used to predict streamflow discharge and identify sensitive parameters for the Mahi basin. The SWAT model was calibrated for 2 years and then independently validated for 2 years by comparing observed and simulated streamflow. A strong correlation was observed between the calibration and validation results for the Paderdibadi station, with a Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency of >0.34 and coefficient of determination (R2) of >0.77. The SWAT model was used to adequately simulate the streamflow for the Upper Mahi basin with a satisfactory R2 value. The analysis indicated that TRMM 3B42 V7 is useful in SWAT applications for predicting streamflow and performance and for sensitivity analysis. In addition, satellite data may require correction before its utilization in hydrological modeling. This study is helpful for stakeholders in monitoring and managing agricultural, climatic, and environmental changes. Full article
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