Groundwater Assessment, Modeling, and Management

Your Guide to Effective Groundwater Management Groundwater Assessment, Modeling, and Management discusses a variety of groundwater problems and outlines the solutions needed to sustain surface and ground water resources on a global scale. Contributors from around the world lend their expertise and provide an international perspective on groundwater management. They address the management of groundwater resources and pollution, waste water treatment methods, and the impact of climate change on groundwater and water availability (specifically in arid and semi-arid regions such as India and Africa). Incorporating management with science and modeling, the book covers all areas of groundwater resource assessment, modeling, and management, and combines hands-on applications with relevant theory. For Water Resource Managers and Decision Makers The book describes techniques for the assessment of groundwater potential, pollution, prevention, and remedial measures, and includes a new approach for groundwater modeling based on connections (network theory). Approximately 30 case studies and six hypothetical studies are introduced reflecting a range of themes that include: groundwater basics and the derivation of groundwater flow equations, exploration and assessment, aquifer parameterization, augmentation of aquifer, water and environment, water and agriculture, the role of models and their application, and water management policies and issues. The book describes remote sensing (RS) applications, geographical information systems (GIS), and electrical resistivity methods to delineate groundwater potential zones. It also takes a look at: Inverse modeling (pilot-points method) Simulation optimization models Radionuclide migration studies through mass transport modeling Modeling for mapping groundwater potential Modeling for vertical 2-D and 3-D groundwater flow Groundwater Assessment, Modeling, and Management explores the management of water resources and the impact of climate change on groundwater. Expert contributors provide practical information on hydrologic engineering and groundwater resources management for students, researchers, scientists, and other practicing professionals in environmental engineering, hydrogeology, irrigation, geophysics, and environmental science.

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENTCoastal Groundwater Development: Challenges and OpportunitiesLennox A. Gladden and Namsik S. ParkGangetic Alluvial Plains: Uniqueness of the Aquifer System for Food Security and for Carbon Dioxide SequestrationD. K. ChadhaAssessment of Groundwater Resources in Brazil: Current Status of KnowledgeFernando A. C. Feitosa, João Alberto O. Diniz, Roberto Eduardo Kirchheim, Chang Hung Kiang, and Edilton Carneiro FeitosaEXPLORATIONAn Overview of Six Decades of Research and Evolution in Resistivity Exploration for Groundwater in Hard-Rock Terrain of IndiaShrikant Daji LimayeApplication of Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Delineation of Saltwater and Freshwater Transition Zone: A Case Study in West Coast of Maharashtra, IndiaGautam Gupta, Vinit C. Erram, and Saumen MaitiGIS-Based Probabilistic Models as Spatial Prediction Tools for Mapping Regional Groundwater PotentialMadan Kumar Jha, Sasmita Sahoo, V. M. Chowdary, and Niraj KumarHydraulic Fracturing from the Groundwater PerspectiveRuth M. Tinnacher, Dipankar Dwivedi, James E. Houseworth, Matthew T. Reagan, William T. Stringfellow, Charuleka Varadharajan, and Jens T. BirkholzerFLOW MODELING Significance of Dar Zarrouk Parameters in Groundwater Management and Aquifer ProtectionD. C. SinghalEstimation of Stream ConductanceGovinda MishraConceptual Understanding and Computational Models of Groundwater Flow in the Indian SubcontinentK. R. RushtonSimulation Optimization Models for Groundwater ManagementT. I. Eldho, Boddula Swathi, and Partha MajumdarA New Approach for Groundwater Modeling Based on ConnectionsB. Sivakumar, X. Han, and F. M. WoldemeskelMathematical Modeling to Evolve Predevelopment Management Schemes: A Case Study in Boro River Valley, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Southern AfricaM. ThangarajanTackling Heterogeneity in Groundwater Numerical Modeling: A Comparison of Linear and Inverse Geostatistical Approaches—Example of a Volcanic Aquifer in the East African RiftMoumtaz RazackTRANSPORT MODELINGTransform Techniques for Solute Transport in GroundwaterMritunjay Kumar Singh, Vijay P. Singh, and Shafique AhamadPrecise Hydrogeological Facies Modeling for Vertical 2-D and 3-D Groundwater Flow, Mass Transport, and Heat Transport SimulationNaoaki ShibasakiSimulation of Flow and Transport in Fractured Rocks: An Approach for PractitionersChristopher J. Neville and Vivek S. BedekarModeling of Radionuclide Transport in GroundwaterL. Elango, M. Thirumurugan, Faby Sunny, and Manish ChopraBenchmarking Reactive Transport Codes for Subsurface Environmental ProblemsDipankar Dwivedi, Bhavna Arora, Sergi Molins, and Carl I. SteefelPOLLUTION AND REMEDIATIONTowards Quantification of Ion Exchange in a Sandstone AquiferJohn Tellam, Harriet Carlyle, and Hamdi El-GhonemyEvolution of Arsenic Contamination Process and Mobilization in Central Gangetic Plain Aquifer System and Its Remedial MeasuresManoj Kumar, AL. Ramanathan, Alok Kumar, and Shailesh Kumar YadavFluoride in Groundwater: Mobilization, Trends, and RemediationG. JacksCompound Wells for Skimming Freshwater from Fresh Saline AquifersDeepak Kashyap, K. Saravanan, M. E. E. Shalabey, and Anupma SharmaAn Overview of Electrochemical Processes for Purification of Water Contaminated byAgricultural ActivitiesS. Vasudevan and Mu. NaushadFashionable Techniques for Assessment of Groundwater Potential, Pollution, Prevention,and Remedial MeasureR. Annadurai and Sachikanta NandaMANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GROUNDWATERManaging Groundwater Resources in a Complex Environment: Challenges and OpportunitiesJ. M. NdambukiWater Availability and Food Security: Implication of People’s Movement and Migrationin Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)Gurudeo Anand Tularam and Omar Moalin HassanUtilization of Groundwater for Agriculture with Reference to Indian ScenarioS. Ayyappan, A. K. Sikka, A. Islam, and A. ArunachalamGroundwater Resource Management Using GIS ToolsK. B. V. N. PhanindraApplication of Natural and Artificial Isotopes in Groundwater Recharge EstimationA. Shahul Hameed and T. R. ResmiImpact of Climate Change on GroundwaterAvdhesh Tyagi, Nicholas Johnson, and William Logan DyerMultimodeling Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Water Availabilityand Rice Productivity: A Case Study in Cauvery River Basin, Tamil Nadu, IndiaV. Geethalakshmi, K. Bhuvaneswari, A. Lakshmanan, Nagothu Udaya Sekhar, Sonali Mcdermid,A. P. Ramaraj, R. Gowtham, and K. Senthilraja

M. Thangarajan, formerly Scientist-G and head of the groundwater modeling group at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, India, obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in physics at Madras University, Tamil Nadu, India. He obtained his PhD in applied geophysics at the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad. He has carried out research work in the assessment and management of groundwater resources through electric analog and mathematical modeling. He has published over 140 research papers. He is also the co-editor of five conference proceedings volumes, the author of two books on groundwater modeling, and the editor of a book on groundwater. Vijay P. Singh is a distinguished professor and Caroline and William Lehrer distinguished chair in water engineering in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and the Zachry Department of civil engineering at Texas A& M University. He received his BS, MS, PhD, and DSc in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, professional hydrologist, and an honorary diplomate of water resources engineering for the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, ASCE. He has published more than 850 journal papers; 24 textbooks; 57 edited reference books, and 100 book chapters. He has received numerous honors and awards for his contributions to the field.