The salination problem of the Guzelyurt aquifer, Cyprus

Ergil, Mustafa

doi:10.1016/s0043-1354(99)00253-5

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“…Especially in Beijing, groundwater is a vital water source for drinking and industry, accounting for 2/3 of water supply in the total city (Huang 2005). In the recent years, excessive artificial extraction of groundwater has caused the continuous decline of groundwater level, and then triggered a series of environmental and geological problems (Don et al 2005;Wang et al 2009a), such as the intrusion of salt water in coastal aquifers (Ergil 2000), reduction of water in streams and lakes (Bartolino and Cunningham 2003), land subsidence (Sun et al 1996;Yeh et al 1996), and the natural deterioration of the ecological environment. It is an important measure of the implementation of South to North Water Transfer Project to ease the state of water resource scarcity in the north plain of China (Zhang 2003).…”

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Influence of South to North Water Transfer on groundwater dynamic change in Beijing plain

Yang

Dong

et al. 2011

Environ Earth Sci

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Beijing is a city of severe water shortage. The groundwater plays a key role in the water supply. However, the groundwater level has been gradually descending due to extensive pumping in consecutive drought years. How to satisfy the water demand and recover the groundwater level is an urgent work. With the implementation of the South to North Water Transfer Project, an opportunity has been provided for restoration of groundwater under over exploitation. On the basis of hydrogeology conditions of the Beijing plain, as well as the high-performance parallel computing platforms, a groundwater flow numerical model was established. And dynamic monitoring data of groundwater levels were used to calibrate the numerical model. The calculation results fit well with the measured data in the calibrated model. Therefore, the calibrated model can be used to predict the dynamic change of groundwater levels in the Beijing plain. The results show that several obvious depression cones of groundwater have been formed because of the rapid decline of groundwater levels in the Beijing plain in recent years. After the implementation of the South to North Water Transfer project and due to the restrictions on groundwater exploitation, the area of cone of depression will be reduced to different degrees, the central water level of depression cone will increase, and some cones of depression around wellhead will disappear. It is a benefit to relieve water shortage and control the development of land subsidence and the deterioration of the ecological environment.

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Influence of South to North Water Transfer on groundwater dynamic change in Beijing plain

Yang

Dong

et al. 2011

Environ Earth Sci

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“…This is especially the case for the island's largest aquifers in Northern Cyprus, where groundwater abstraction by Turkish Cypriot farmers is not monitored and only sporadically regulated. The Magosa/Famagusta Aquifer has become completely unusable owing to seawater intrusion (Ergil, 2000). The transboundary Morphou/Guzelyurt Aquifer, the largest groundwater resource in Cyprus, shows a defi cit of around 30 × 10 6 m 3 per year, at a safe yield of 37 × 10 6 m 3 per year (Elkiran and Aysen, 2008, page 3).…”

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Water Scarcity, Conflict, and Migration: A Comparative Analysis and Reappraisal

Selby

Hoffmann

2012

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Abstract. How should we characterise the relations between environmental scarcity, confl ict, and migration? Most academic and policy analyses conclude that scarcities of environmental resources can have signifi cant impacts upon confl ict and migration, and claim or imply that within the context of accelerating global environmental changes these impacts are likely to become more signifi cant still. Many analyses admittedly recognise that these impacts are often indirect rather than direct and that there exist multiple 'drivers' of confl ict and migration, of which environmental stresses are but one. We argue that even these qualifi cations do not go far enough, however: they still overstate the current and likely future signifi cance of environmental changes and stresses in contributing to confl ict and migration and underemphasise a far more important causal pathway-from confl ict and migration to environmental vulnerabilities. These arguments are advanced via a comparative analysis of water-migration-confl ict linkages in Cyprus and Israel and the West Bank and Gaza.

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“…The least rainfall occurs in the Mesaoria, with 250-350 mm/year. The mean annual temperature for the island as a whole is about 20°C (Ergil 2000).…”

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Characterization of heavy metal contaminated soils in Northern Cyprus

Yükselen

2002

Environmental Geology

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The Lefke region of Northern Cyprus was a site of intense copper mining and smelting activities until the 1970s, which produced large tailings. This study was initiated to characterize the heavy metal contamination of soils of the area and to assess the influence of this site on the surface seawater quality along the coastline. Soil and seawater samples were collected and analysed. Copper and arsenic concentrations exceeded the limits for 'extremely polluted' soils for some samples, which can be classified as 'polluted' by zinc, cadmium and lead. The results showed that seawater was seriously polluted by chromium, nickel and copper in the vicinity of the smelting facility. Copper and iron concentrations increased tenfold after rainfall (wet period), indicating the contribution of tailings to marine pollution. There is an urgent need for remediation treatment for the site.

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The salination problem of the Guzelyurt aquifer, Cyprus

Cited by 45 publications

References 19 publications

Influence of South to North Water Transfer on groundwater dynamic change in Beijing plain

Influence of South to North Water Transfer on groundwater dynamic change in Beijing plain

Water Scarcity, Conflict, and Migration: A Comparative Analysis and Reappraisal

Characterization of heavy metal contaminated soils in Northern Cyprus

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