Saline groundwater in Israel: its bearing on the water crisis in the country

Vengosh, Avner; Rosenthal, E.

doi:10.1016/0022-1694(94)90087-6

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“…The coastal aquifers of the Levant and North Africa already suffer from seawater intrusion that causes salinization of thousands of wells (Vengosh and Rosenthal 1994;Vengosh et al , 1999Vengosh et al , 2005Weinthal et al 2005). Coastal plains in MENA are the most fertile lands and often extensively cultivated.…”

Section: Impacts On Sea Level Rise and Coastal Water Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa

2010

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Through an examination of global climate change models combined with hydrological data on deteriorating water quality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), we elucidate the ways in which the MENA countries are vulnerable to climate-induced impacts on water resources. Adaptive governance strategies, however, remain a low priority for political leaderships in the MENA region. To date, most MENA governments have concentrated the bulk of their resources on largescale supply side projects such as desalination, dam construction, inter-basin water transfers, tapping fossil groundwater aquifers, and importing virtual water. Because managing water demand, improving the efficiency of water use, and promoting conservation will be key ingredients in responding to climate-induced impacts on the water sector, we analyze the political, economic, and institutional drivers that have shaped governance responses. While the scholarly literature emphasizes the importance of social capital to adaptive governance, we find that many political leaders and water experts in the MENA rarely engage societal actors in considering water risks. We conclude that the key capacities for adaptive governance to water scarcity in MENA are underdeveloped.The authors share equal responsibility for the content and analysis herein.

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Section: Impacts On Sea Level Rise and Coastal Water Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa

2010

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“…Saline waters can further be the product of dissolution of evaporite deposits that are often related to lagoonal conditions (e.g., Vengosh & Rosenthal, 1994). To understand and predict the presence of onshore saline groundwaters, knowledge of the geological history of transgression and regression as well as enviroment of deposition obviously is extremely useful.…”

Section: Onshore Saline Watersmentioning

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Geological processes and the management of groundwater resources in coastal areas

Kooi¹,

Groen²

2003

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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In this contribution, a case is made for the significance of sedimentation and sea-level change for groundwater management of coastal areas. In groundwater practice these geological processes are rarely considered. The role of sediment loading in causing anomalous fluid pressures and flow fields in relatively shallow aquifer systems is discussed and illustrated via both case studies and generic modelling studies. The role of sea-level changes in controlling current salinity distributions is discussed likewise. Central in the discussion is the concept of memory of groundwater systems, which provides the basic reason why processes that were operative in the geological past are still of relevance today. It is argued and shown that awareness and knowledge of the influence of sediment loading and sea level change on current hydrological conditions can lead to improved characterization of the distribution of hydraulic parameters and of the distribution of water quality in coastal areas. This improved characterization, in turn, serves to enhance the validity of impact assessment studies for the long-term development and management of those areas.

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“…2-Stiff diagram, Figs 6 and 7) is attributed to the effects of brackish groundwater flowing from the east. Salinization of this brackish water is due to hydraulic contact of the coastal aquifer at its eastern margin with underlying Eocene chalk and marl of Hashepela Group (Rosenthal et al, 1992;Vengosh & Rosenthal, 1994). In the eastern parts of Gaza Strip, groundwater has relatively high TDS (total dissolved solids) concentrations ( Fig.…”

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Hydrochemical facies of groundwater in the Gaza Strip, Palestine / Faciès hydrochimiques de l’eau souterraine dans la Bande de Gaza, Palestine

Al-Agha

El-Nakhal

2004

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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Groundwater in the Gaza Strip is the only source of water for domestic, agricultural and industrial uses. Extensive pumping has caused serious quantitative and qualitative problems in the aquifer. The hydrochemical facies are evaluated using the trilinear diagram for 200 water samples. Groundwater in the north and west is mostly characterized by Ca-Mg-HCO 3 facies (alkaline water), and in the south and east by Na-Cl-SO 4 facies (saline water). Sand dunes and rainfall are the major factors controlling the distribution of hydrochemical facies. The eastern edge of the sand dune belt is considered the barrier that separates the two major facies. Brackish water flowing from the east is mixed with rainwater which infiltrates through the sand dunes to the aquifer. Other factors, e.g. seawater intrusion and extensive pumping, play a minor role in the distribution of the hydrochemical facies.

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Saline groundwater in Israel: its bearing on the water crisis in the country

Cited by 224 publications

References 38 publications

Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa

Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa

Geological processes and the management of groundwater resources in coastal areas

Hydrochemical facies of groundwater in the Gaza Strip, Palestine / Faciès hydrochimiques de l’eau souterraine dans la Bande de Gaza, Palestine

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