Coastal Aquifer Management-Monitoring, Modeling, and Case Studies

Many coastal regions rely on underground aquifers for a substantial portion of their freshwater supply. A practical, how-to guide, this book brings together new knowledge and new technologies useful to hydrogeologists, water resource engineers, and other professionals responsible for protecting and managing groundwater supplies. It provides useful methods and tools for modeling, monitoring, and managing coastal aquifers. International contributors present a worldwide perspective on a topic that is growing in importance and a companion CD-ROM provides computer programs, data files, sample output, color graphics, maps, tables, spreadsheets, databases, animations, and movies.

Approximately 70% of the world's population lives in coastal areas, and the majority of these people depend on coastal aquifers for freshwater. The fragility of these aquifers and their sensitivity to human activity demand informed, competent management to guarantee their survival. Significant knowledge and new technologies related to the subject have accumulated in the last two decades, and a need has emerged for a comprehensive reference that gathers and disseminates crucial information to engineering practitioners and policymakers.Coastal Aquifer Management-Monitoring, Modeling, and Case Studies provides the most advanced and up-to-date methods and tools for the study and protection of coastal aquifers. This "how-to" volume presents a worldwide perspective with contributions from an international panel of experts. They address topics such as geohydrology, optimization, uncertainty analysis, and GIS as they relate to geographically-specific case studies; knowledge from these examples can be applied to aquifer issues in other regions. A companion CD-ROM supplements the text with programs and graphics, making this overview an indispensable reference and tool for the analysis of critical freshwater resources.

An Integrated Set of Modeling Codes to Support a Variety of Coastal Aquifer Modeling ApproachesEffects of Nearshore Groundwater Circulation on Aerobic Biodegradation in Coastal Unconfined AquifersThree-Dimensional Simulation of Seawater Intrusion in Heterogeneous Aquifers, with Applications to the Coastal Aquifer of IsraelIntegrating Surface and Borehole Geophysics in the Characterization of Salinity in a Coastal AquiferGeophysical Investigations of Upward Migrating Saline Water from the Lower Floridian to the Upper Floridian Aquifer, Central Indian River Region, FloridaAssessment of Saltwater Intrusion Risk at Mexihoeira Grade-Portimao Aquifer, by Indicator GeostatisticsSaltwater Intrusion in Everglades National Park, Florida, Measured by Airborne Electromagnetic SurveysModeling Seawater Intrusion in the Portorecanati Aquifer, ItalyLeaky Coastal Margins, Tampa Bay and Crescent Beach, FloridaSalt Water Intrusion at the Island of Texel, the Netherlands: A Numerical StudyThe Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Coastal Groundwater SeepageAlternatives to Injection Wells for Seawater Intrusion Control, Central and West Coast Groundwater Basins, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaG.I.S. and Modeling for Studying Saltwater Intrusion in the Capoterra Alluvial PlainUncertainty Analysis of Radionuclide Transport in a Fractured Coastal Aquifer with Geothermal Effects

Cheng\, Alexander H.D.; Ouazar\, Driss