Pumping saline groundwater: An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers

Mohsen Sherif; Akbar Javadi

doi:10.1061/9780784479162.055

Pumping saline groundwater: An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers

Mohsen Sherif
, Akbar Javadi

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

This paper investigates the effectiveness of saline water pumping from coastal regions as a technique for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers while allowing the freshwater pumping to continue as usual. SUTRA, a variable-density ground-water flow with solute or energy transport, was used to simulate the flow and solute transport processes under various excitations of an idealized confined coastal aquifer. The simulations were conducted in a two-dimensional vertical view to account for the density variation. The equipotential and equiconcentration were presented to demonstrate correlation between groundwater flow and solute transport. Saline water pumping from coastal zones can be designed to semi-isolate the saline water flow field from the freshwater flow field. Therefore, the seawater intrusion will not be allowed to migrate far inland beyond the saline water pumping zone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
Editors	Veronica L. Webster, Karen Karvazy
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages	606-612
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780784479162
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.055
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Austin, United States Duration: May 17 2015 → May 21 2015

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Name	World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress

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Other	World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	5/17/15 → 5/21/15

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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

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Water Science and Technology

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Sherif, M., & Javadi, A. (2015). Pumping saline groundwater: An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. In V. L. Webster, & K. Karvazy (Eds.), World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (pp. 606-612). (World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.055

Pumping saline groundwater: An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. / Sherif, Mohsen; Javadi, Akbar.
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. ed. / Veronica L. Webster; Karen Karvazy. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2015. p. 606-612 (World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress).

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Sherif, M & Javadi, A 2015, Pumping saline groundwater: An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. in VL Webster & K Karvazy (eds), World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), pp. 606-612, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems, Austin, United States, 5/17/15. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784479162.055

Sherif M, Javadi A. Pumping saline groundwater: An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. In Webster VL, Karvazy K, editors, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2015. p. 606-612. (World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress). doi: 10.1061/9780784479162.055

Sherif, Mohsen ; Javadi, Akbar. / Pumping saline groundwater : An effective tool for controlling seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress. editor / Veronica L. Webster ; Karen Karvazy. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2015. pp. 606-612 (World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015: Floods, Droughts, and Ecosystems - Proceedings of the 2015 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress).

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