3D Variable Density Flow Simulation to Evaluate Pumping Schemes in Coastal Aquifers

Charalampos Doulgeris () and Thomas Zissis

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2014, vol. 28, issue 14, 4943-4956

Abstract: A three dimensional model is presented for the simulation of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers by considering the development of a transition zone and thus the variable density flow approach. The model is applied to a heterogeneous coastal aquifer to study the effects of the pumping rate, the salinity of freshwater inflow and the thickness of the aquifer, on the degradation of pumped water quality through wells in certain location. Even for an optimum pumping scheme solution based on a simple two-dimensional flow model, we simulate freshwater degradation in pumped water which depends on the salinity of freshwater inflow and aquifer thickness. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Coastal aquifers; Seawater intrusion; Variable density flow; Finite element method; Salinity of freshwater inflow; Aquifer thickness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0766-0

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