Quaternary Aquifer of the North China Plain?assessing and achieving groundwater resource sustainability

Foster, Stephen; Garduño, Héctor; Evans, Richard; Olson, D. A.; Tian, Yong; Zhang, Weizhen; Han, Zhiwei

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“…Van Loon et al (2016) showed that humans are an important factor in the causes of droughts and the depletion of reservoirs. The depletion of reservoirs is mainly a result of groundwater pumping for drinking-water supply (Willis and Garrod 1998), irrigation (Amelung et al 1999;Foster et al 2004;Konikow and Kendy 2005;Hoque et al 2007;Qureshi et al 2010;Wada et al 2012) and industrial use (Hayashi et al 2009). Globally, groundwater withdrawal amounts to 750-800 km 3 year −1 and exceeds annual recharge in many places of the world (Shah et al 2000).…”

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Identifying groundwater recharge connections in the Moscow (USA) sub-basin using isotopic tracers and a soil moisture routing model

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Globally, aquifers are suffering from large abstractions resulting in groundwater level declines. These declines can be caused by excessive abstraction for drinking water, irrigation purposes or industrial use. Basaltic aquifers also face these conflicts. A large flood basalt area (1.1 × 10 5 km 2 ) can be found in the Northwest of the USA. This Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) consists of a thick series of basalt flows of Miocene age. The two major hydrogeological units (Wanapum and Grand Ronde formations) are widely used for water abstraction. The mean decline over recent decades has been 0.6 m year −1. At present day, abstraction wells are drying up, and base flow of rivers is reduced. At the eastern part of CRBG, the Moscow sub-basin on the Idaho/ Washington State border can be found. Although a thick poorly permeable clay layer exists on top of the basalt aquifer, groundwater level dynamics suggest that groundwater recharge occurs at certain locations. A set of wells and springs has been monitored bi-weekly for 9 months for δ 18 O and δ 2 H. Large isotopic fluctuations and d-excess values close to the meteoric water line in some wells are indicating that recharge occurs at the granite/basalt interface through lateral flow paths in and below the clay. A soil moisture routing (SMR) model showed that most recharge occurs on the granitic mountains. The basaltic aquifer receives recharge from these sedimentary zones around the granite/basalt interface. The identification of these types of areas is of major importance for future managed-aquifer recharge solutions to solve problems of groundwater depletion.

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Identifying groundwater recharge connections in the Moscow (USA) sub-basin using isotopic tracers and a soil moisture routing model

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“…The NCP comprises three distinct hydrogeological settings within the Quaternary sediments ( Fig. 1): the piedmont plain and associated major alluvial fans, the alluvial plains with many abandoned river channels, and the coastal plain strip around the margin of the Bohai Sea (Foster et al, 2004). The main stratigraphy of this region consists of unconsolidated Quaternary sediments with thickness ranging from 200 m to more than 600 m, comprising unconsolidated pebble, gravel, sand, silt, and clay.…”

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Groundwater-abstraction induced land subsidence and groundwater regulation in the North China Plain

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Abstract. Land subsidence can be induced when various factors such as geological, and hydrogeological conditions and intensive groundwater abstraction combine. The development and utilization of groundwater in the North China Plain (NCP) bring great benefits, and at the same time have led to a series of environmental and geological problems accompanying groundwater-level declines and land subsidence. Subsidence occurs commonly in the NCP and analyses show that multi-layer aquifer systems with deep confined aquifers and thick compressible clay layers are the key geological and hydrogeological conditions responsible for its development in this region. Groundwater overdraft results in aquifer-system compaction, resulting in subsidence. A calibrated, transient groundwater-flow numerical model of the Beijing plain portion of the NCP was developed using MODFLOW. According to available water supply and demand in Beijing plain, several groundwater regulation scenarios were designed. These different regulation scenarios were simulated with the groundwater model, and assessed using a multi-criteria fuzzy pattern recognition model. This approach is proven to be very useful for scientific analysis of sustainable development and utilization of groundwater resources. The evaluation results show that sustainable development of groundwater resources may be achieved in Beijing plain when various measures such as control of groundwater abstraction and increase of artificial recharge combine favourably.

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“…In recent decades, groundwater has been extensively used for drinking, agricultural, and industrial purposes; consequently, its depletion has become a serious problem in many areas worldwide, such as the North China Plain [1] and the High Plains of the United States [2]. Because the mean residence time of groundwater reservoir is typically long (~1,400 years [3]), groundwater is highly vulnerable to excess use and contamination; in the case of groundwater depletion or contamination, aquifers require a long time for recovery and purification.…”

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Distribution of 36Cl in the Yoro River Basin, Central Japan, and Its Relation to the Residence Time of the Regional Groundwater Flow System

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Quaternary Aquifer of the North China Plain?assessing and achieving groundwater resource sustainability

Cited by 239 publications

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Identifying groundwater recharge connections in the Moscow (USA) sub-basin using isotopic tracers and a soil moisture routing model

Identifying groundwater recharge connections in the Moscow (USA) sub-basin using isotopic tracers and a soil moisture routing model

Groundwater-abstraction induced land subsidence and groundwater regulation in the North China Plain

Distribution of 36Cl in the Yoro River Basin, Central Japan, and Its Relation to the Residence Time of the Regional Groundwater Flow System

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