Groundwater: The Processes and Global Significance of Aquifers
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 1180
Special Issue Editor
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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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquifer exploitation has played an important role in the urban, agricultural and industrial water supply, especially in the last half century. However, few economic resources have been invested into aquifer management, giving rise to aquifer degradation that has been affected qualitatively and quantitatively. Groundwater management is one of the greatest challenges facing society today. Aquifer exploitation without management programs leads to the depletion of present-day storages, which are necessary for providing relief in emergency situations.
Several aspects must be taken into account, including climate, hydrology, geology, hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, etc., to achieve the specific goals of groundwater management. Although there are many procedures, formulations, algorithms and numerical tools for sustainable aquifer assessment and management, there still remains a great need for effective, practical and applied methodologies.
In order to effectively solve these problems, the development and implementation of advanced monitoring systems and innovative modelling tools that are able to fully integrate hydrogeology aspects with a socio-economic perspective for aquifer management are required to improve the sustainable assessment and the management of these groundwater resources. The development, application and validation of socio-hydrologic models at different local scales are current challenges.
This Special Issue on “Groundwater: The Processes and Global Significance of Aquifers” brings attention to the discussion of new issues and the development of innovative monitoring systems and socio-hydrogeological models. Research articles are welcome that include, but are not limited to, the following topics: (1) innovative remote sensing and in situ monitoring systems to determine water availability and quality of aquifers; (2) hydrogeology modelling at several scales; (3) human interactions with the groundwater cycle; (4) resilience assessment and risk management in socio-hydrogeologic systems; (5) occurrence, fate and transport of contaminants in the aquifers; and (6) modelling of contaminant clean-up strategies.
Dr. Nicola Pastore
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable groundwater management
- monitoring system
- climate change
- resilience
- hydrogeologic modelling
- aquifer degradation
- resource depletion
- groundwater pollution
- resource protection
