Groundwater and Human Development: IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 6 (International Association of Hydrogeologists Selected Papers)

Groundwater and Human Development......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Mar del Plata Statement on Groundwater and Human Development......Page 16
Section 1: Plenary conferences......Page 18
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
A BRIEF CONSIDERATION ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT......Page 21
IMPORTANCE OF GROUNDWATER AS A MEANS TO ERADICATE POVERTY......Page 22
Scientific and technological deficit......Page 23
Vested interests......Page 24
REFERENCES......Page 25
WATER NATURAL SUPPLY......Page 26
GROUNDWATER AVAILABILITY......Page 27
CURRENT USE OF GROUNDWATER AND ITS CONFLICTS......Page 28
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES......Page 30
REFERENCES......Page 31
INTRODUCTION......Page 32
COASTAL AQUIFER CHARACTERISTICS......Page 34
COASTAL AQUIFER MANAGEMENT......Page 43
COASTAL AQUIFERS AS COASTAL HYDRAULIC INFRASTRUCTURES......Page 49
REMEDIAL ACTION FOR IMPAIRED COASTAL AQUIFERS......Page 51
CONCLUSIONS......Page 52
REFERENCES......Page 53
Section 2: Workshops......Page 56
GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY......Page 58
ISOTOPES IN HYDROGEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS......Page 60
ROLE OF THE IAEA......Page 62
TECHNICAL COOPERATION — THE LATIN AMERICAN CASE......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 64
INTRODUCTION......Page 66
THE CONCEPT OF AQUIFER VULNERABILITY......Page 67
HOW ISOTOPIC TECHNIQUES ASSIST IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF AQUIFER VULNERABILITY......Page 69
REFERENCES......Page 74
Section 3: Papers from technical sessions......Page 76
INTRODUCTION......Page 78
DISEASES CAUSED BY ARSENIC......Page 79
OCCURRENCE OF ARSENIC IN ARGENTINA......Page 81
Mendoza Province: a study case......Page 82
FINAL COMMENTS......Page 84
REFERENCES......Page 85
INTRODUCTION......Page 87
Location and climate......Page 88
Hydrogeology......Page 89
Land use......Page 91
Methodology......Page 92
Results and discussion......Page 93
DRASTIC methodology......Page 98
Results and discussion......Page 99
CONCLUSIONS......Page 101
REFERENCES......Page 102
INTRODUCTION......Page 104
STUDY AREA......Page 105
Sample collection......Page 106
LOCAL HYDROGEOLOGY......Page 107
Temporal variation of hydraulic parameters in the aquifer......Page 108
Chemical composition of groundwater and nitrogenated series evolution in the aquifer......Page 110
Temporal and spatial variations of monitoring well physical-chemical parameters......Page 112
CONCLUSIONS......Page 115
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 117
CHAPTER 9: Natural and anthropogenic origin of chromium, nickel and manganese in groundwater in the Moa region (eastern Cuba)......Page 118
INTRODUCTION......Page 119
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 120
REGIONAL GEOLOGY......Page 121
HYDROGEOLOGICAL MODEL......Page 122
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUNDWATER......Page 124
METALS IN GROUNDWATER......Page 126
ORIGIN OF METALS PRESENT IN GROUNDWATER......Page 129
Natural sources of Cr, Ni, Mn and Fe......Page 130
Anthropogenic source of Cr, Ni, Mn and Fe......Page 131
REFERENCES......Page 132
CHAPTER 10: Integrated international groundwater management: The Euro-region Praded example......Page 136
QUANTITATIVE PROBLEMS......Page 137
QUALITATIVE PROBLEMS......Page 138
HOW TO SOLVE THE EXISTING PROBLEM?......Page 139
Czech-Polish cooperation......Page 140
What is a Euro-region?......Page 141
What is a trans-boundary aquifer?......Page 142
Solution for the trans-boundary problems: integrated land and water management......Page 144
End users’ background......Page 146
REFERENCES......Page 148
LOCATION......Page 150
FLOW IN THE UNSATURATED ZONE......Page 152
Evapotranspiration......Page 153
Soil......Page 154
Model results......Page 155
DISCUSSION......Page 157
REFERENCES......Page 159
INTRODUCTION......Page 162
MATERIAL AND METHODS......Page 163
GEOMORPHOLOGY......Page 164
SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY......Page 165
HYDROMETEOROLOGY AND WATER BALANCE......Page 166
HYDROGEOLOGY......Page 167
AQUIFER HYDRAULICS......Page 168
HYDROCHEMISTRY......Page 169
CONCEPTUAL MODEL DEFINED......Page 172
REFERENCES......Page 175
INTRODUCTION......Page 176
METHODOLOGY......Page 177
Estimation of ETo......Page 178
Calculation of Ts......Page 179
Determination of parameters a and b......Page 180
RESULTS......Page 181
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 186
REFERENCES......Page 187
INTRODUCTION......Page 188
METHODOLOGY OF INVESTIGATION......Page 189
GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY......Page 190
GENERAL HYDROGEOLOGY......Page 191
Aquifer delineation......Page 192
Hydrodynamic characteristics......Page 194
Aquifer discharge......Page 196
Physical properties and chemical composition of the groundwater......Page 197
Groundwater vulnerability......Page 198
Low enthalpy geothermal energy use from groundwater......Page 199
CONCLUSION......Page 200
REFERENCES......Page 201
INTRODUCTION......Page 202
DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROUNDWATER MODEL......Page 204
MODEL CALIBRATION......Page 206
STEADY STATE MODEL RESULTS......Page 207
TRANSIENT SIMULATION RESULTS......Page 208
MODEL PREDICTIONS......Page 211
CONCLUSIONS......Page 212
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 213
REFERENCES......Page 214
INTRODUCTION......Page 216
Location of the experimental plot......Page 217
Soil hydrodynamics characteristics......Page 218
Experimental procedure......Page 219
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 220
REFERENCES......Page 222
INTRODUCTION......Page 224
MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 225
RESULTS......Page 228
DISCUSSION......Page 230
CONCLUSIONS......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 232
INTRODUCTION......Page 234
HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONTEXT......Page 236
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 237
Major elements......Page 238
Stable isotopes 18O and 2H......Page 243
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 246
REFERENCES......Page 247
INTRODUCTION......Page 250
DEVELOPMENT OF ALLUVIAL AQUIFER FILL AT A GEOLOGICAL BOUNDARY......Page 251
RIVER UMIZINGWANE ALLUVIAL AQUIFER......Page 253
GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS......Page 254
EFFECT OF GEOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES ON ALLUVIAL FILL DIMENSIONS......Page 257
GROUNDWATER MODEL......Page 258
MODEL RESULTS......Page 259
IRRIGATION POTENTIAL OF ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS......Page 261
REFERENCES......Page 262
NEED FOR URBAN AQUIFERS TO BE MANAGED FOR CONSERVATION......Page 264
Why urban aquifer protection plans are uncommon......Page 265
Need for pragmatic design criteria......Page 266
Precursor stages to the stakeholder consultation process......Page 267
Bishkek, Kyrghyzstan......Page 268
Understanding development settings......Page 270
City stakeholder features......Page 271
THE STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS......Page 272
OBSERVATIONS ON THE STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS......Page 277
REFERENCES......Page 278