Implications of groundwater development and seawater intrusion for sustainability of a Mediterranean coastal aquifer in Tunisia.
Coastal aquifer
Groundwater management
Numerical simulation
Seawater intrusion
Tunisia
Journal
Environmental monitoring and assessment
ISSN: 1573-2959
Titre abrégé: Environ Monit Assess
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8508350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Oct 2019
30 Oct 2019
Historique:
received:
03
02
2019
accepted:
01
10
2019
entrez:
1
11
2019
pubmed:
2
11
2019
medline:
20
12
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Tunisia relies extensively on coastal groundwater resources that are pumped at unsustainable rates to support irrigated agriculture, causing groundwater drawdown and water quality problems due to seawater intrusion. It is imperative for the country to regulate future groundwater allocations and implement conservation strategies based on robust hydrogeological assessments to alleviate the adverse impacts of groundwater depletion. We developed a 3D transient density-dependent groundwater model by coupling MODFLOW-2000 and MT3DMS to improve understanding of seawater intrusion into the Korba aquifer in Tunisia. Results indicate that groundwater overexploitation since 1965 induced 5.15 Mm
Identifiants
pubmed: 31667673
doi: 10.1007/s10661-019-7866-5
pii: 10.1007/s10661-019-7866-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
696Subventions
Organisme : Campus France
ID : 878377B
Organisme : Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research
ID : Project Number: 7-444
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