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Author Krüger, N.; Külls, C.; Bruggeman, A.; Eliades, M.; Christophi, C.; Rigas, M.; Eracleous, T.
Title Groundwater recharge estimates with soil isotope profiles-is there a bias on coarse-grained hillslopes? Type Conference Article
Year 2020 Publication EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) Issue Pages 9840
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Krueger2020groundwater Serial 42
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Author Doulgeris, C.; Tziritis, E.; Pisinaras, V.; Panagopoulos, A.; Külls, C.
Title Prediction of seawater intrusion to coastal aquifers based on non-dimensional diagrams Type Conference Article
Year 2020 Publication EGU Geophysical Abstracts Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) Issue Pages 4073
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Doulgeris2020prediction Serial 41
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Author Tziritis, E.; Aschonitis, V.; Balacco, G.; Daras, P.; Doulgeris, C.; Fidelibus, M.D.; Gaubi, E.; Gueddari, M.; Güler, C.; Hamzaoui, F.; others
Title MEDSAL Project-Salinization of critical groundwater reserves in coastal Mediterranean areas: Identification, risk assessment and sustainable management with the use of integrated modelling and smart ICT tools Type Conference Article
Year 2020 Publication EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) Issue Pages 2326
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Tziritis2020medsal Serial 43
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Author Sahoo, S.K.; Jha, V.N.; Patra, A.C.; Jha, S.K.; Kulkarni, M.S.
Title Scientific background and methodology adopted on derivation of regulatory limit for uranium in drinking water – A global perspective Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Environmental Advances Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 2 Issue Pages 100020
Keywords Drinking water, Global policy, Regulatory limits, Toxicity, Uranium
Abstract Guideline values are prescribed for drinking water to ensure long term protection of the public against anticipated potential adverse effects. There is a great public and regulatory agencies interest in the guideline values of uranium due to its complex behavior in natural aquatic system and divergent guideline values across the countries. Wide variability in guideline values of uranium in drinking water may be attributed to toxicity reference point, variation in threshold values, uncertainty within intraspecies and interspecies, resource availability, socio-economic condition, variation in ingestion rate, etc. Although guideline values vary to a great extent, reasonable scientific basis and technical judgments are essential before it could be implemented. Globally guideline values are derived considering its radiological or chemical toxicity. Minimal or no adverse effect criterions are normally chosen as the basis for deriving the guideline values of uranium. In India, the drinking water limit of 60 µg/L has been estimated on the premise of its radiological concern. A guideline concentration of 2 µg/L is recommended in Japan while 1700 µg/L in Russia. The relative merit of different experimental assumption, scientific approach and its methodology adopted for derivation of guideline value of uranium in drinking water in India and other countries is discussed in the paper.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ sahoo_scientific_2020 Serial 127
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Author Konapala, G.; Mishra, A.K.; Wada, Y.; Mann, M.E.
Title Climate change will affect global water availability through compounding changes in seasonal precipitation and evaporation Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Nature Communications Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 11 Issue 1 Pages 3044
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Abstract Both seasonal and annual mean precipitation and evaporation influence patterns of water availability impacting society and ecosystems. Existing global climate studies rarely consider such patterns from non-parametric statistical standpoint. Here, we employ a non-parametric analysis framework to analyze seasonal hydroclimatic regimes by classifying global land regions into nine regimes using late 20th century precipitation means and seasonality. These regimes are used to assess implications for water availability due to concomitant changes in mean and seasonal precipitation and evaporation changes using CMIP5 model future climate projections. Out of 9 regimes, 4 show increased precipitation variation, while 5 show decreased evaporation variation coupled with increasing mean precipitation and evaporation. Increases in projected seasonal precipitation variation in already highly variable precipitation regimes gives rise to a pattern of “seasonally variable regimes becoming more variable”. Regimes with low seasonality in precipitation, instead, experience increased wet season precipitation.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Konapala2020 Serial 284
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Author Akter, A.; Tanim, A.H.; Islam, M.K.
Title Possibilities of urban flood reduction through distributed-scale rainwater harvesting Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Water Science and Engineering Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 13 Issue 2 Pages 95-105
Keywords Low-impact development (LID), SWMM, HEC-RAS, Remote sensing, Urban flooding, Inundation depth
Abstract Urban flooding in Chittagong City usually occurs during the monsoon season and a rainwater harvesting (RWH) system can be used as a remedial measure. This study examines the feasibility of rain barrel RWH system at a distributed scale within an urbanized area located in the northwestern part of Chittagong City that experiences flash flooding on a regular basis. For flood modeling, the storm water management model (SWMM) was employed with rain barrel low-impact development (LID) as a flood reduction measure. The Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) inundation model was coupled with SWMM to observe the detailed and spatial extent of flood reduction. Compared to SWMM simulated floods, the simulated inundation depth using remote sensing data and the HEC-RAS showed a reasonable match, i.e., the correlation coefficients were found to be 0.70 and 0.98, respectively. Finally, using LID, i.e., RWH, a reduction of 28.66% could be achieved for reducing flood extent. Moreover, the study showed that 10%–60% imperviousness of the subcatchment area can yield a monthly RWH potential of 0.04–0.45 m3 from a square meter of rooftop area. The model can be used for necessary decision making for flood reduction and to establish a distributed RWH system in the study area.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Akter202095 Serial 247
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Author Mahindawansha, A.; Külls, C.; Kraft, P.; Breuer, L.
Title Investigating unproductive water losses from irrigated agricultural crops in the humid tropics through analyses of stable isotopes of water Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 24 Issue 7 Pages 3627-3642
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Mahindawansha2020investigating Serial 14
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Author Christofi, C.; Bruggeman, A.; Külls, C.; Constantinou, C.
Title Hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in gabbro of the Troodos Fractured Aquifer. A comprehensive approach Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Applied Geochemistry Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 114 Issue Pages 104524
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ Christofi2020hydrochemical Serial 13
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Author Uugulu, S.; Wanke, H.
Title Estimation of groundwater recharge in savannah aquifers along a precipitation gradient using chloride mass balance method and environmental isotopes, Namibia Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 116 Issue Pages 102844
Keywords Chloride mass balance, Groundwater recharge, Isotopic values, Precipitation gradient
Abstract The quantification of groundwater resources is essential especially in water scarce countries like Namibia. The chloride mass balance (CMB) method and isotopic composition were used in determining groundwater recharge along a precipitation gradient at three sites, namely: Tsumeb (600 mm/a precipitation); Waterberg (450 mm/a precipitation) and Kuzikus/Ebenhaezer (240 mm/a precipitation). Groundwater and rainwater were collected from year 2016–2017. Rainwater was collected monthly while groundwater was collected before, during and after rainy seasons. Rainwater isotopic values for δ18O and δ2H range from −10.70 to 6.10‰ and from −72.7 to 42.1‰ respectively. Groundwater isotopic values for δ18O range from −9.84 to −5.35‰ for Tsumeb; from −10.85 to −8.60‰ for Waterberg and from −8.24 to −1.56‰ for Kuzikus/Ebenhaezer, while that for δ2H range from −65.6 to −46.7‰ for Tsumeb; −69.4 to −61.2‰ for Waterberg and −54.2 to −22.7‰ for Kuzikus/Ebenhaezer. Rainwater scatters along the GMWL. Rainwater collected in January, February and March are more depleted in heavy isotopes than those in November, December, April and May. Waterberg groundwater plots on the GMWL which indicates absence of evaporation. Tsumeb groundwater plots on/close to the GMWL with an exception of groundwater from the karst Lake Otjikoto which is showing evaporation. Groundwater from Kuzikus/Ebenhaezer shows an evaporation effect, probably evaporation occurs during infiltration since it is observed in all sampling seasons. All groundwater from three sites plot in the same area with rainwater depleted in stable isotopic values, which could indicates that recharge only take place during January, February and March. CMB method revealed that Waterberg has the highest recharge rate ranging between 39.1 mm/a and 51.1 mm/a (8.7% – 11.4% of annual precipitation), Tsumeb with rates ranging from 21.1 mm/a to 48.5 mm/a (3.5% – 8.1% of annual precipitation), and lastly Kuzikus/Ebenhaezer from 3.2 mm/a to 17.5 mm/a (1.4% – 7.3% of annual precipitation). High recharge rates in Waterberg could be related to fast infiltration and absence of evaporation as indicated by the isotopic ratios. Differences in recharge rates cannot only be attributed to the precipitation gradient but also to the evaporation rates and the presence of preferential flow paths. Recharge rates estimated for these three sites can be used in managing the savannah aquifers especially at Kuzikus/Ebenhaezer where evaporation effect is observed that one can consider rain harvesting.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ uugulu_estimation_2020 Serial 99
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Author Gardiner, J.; Thomas, R.B.; Phan, T.T.; Stuckman, M.; Wang, J.; Small, M.; Lopano, C.; Hakala, J.A.
Title Utilization of produced water baseline as a groundwater monitoring tool at a CO2-EOR site in the Permian Basin, Texas, USA Type Journal Article
Year 2020 Publication Applied Geochemistry Abbreviated Journal
Volume (up) 121 Issue Pages 104688
Keywords CO storage, Enhanced oil recovery, Geochemical baseline, Groundwater monitoring, Produced water, Solubility trapping
Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO2) enhanced oil recovery (EOR) provides a pathway for economic reuse and storage of CO2, a greenhouse gas. One challenge with this practice is ensuring CO2 injection does not result in target reservoir fluids migrating into overlying shallow (\textless1000 m) groundwater formations. Effective monitoring for leakage from storage formations could involve measuring sensitive chemical indicators in overlying groundwater units and within the producing formation itself for evidence of deviation from an initial state. In this study, produced waters and overlying groundwaters were monitored over a five-year period to evaluate which geochemical signals may be useful to ensure that oilfield produced waters did not impact overlying groundwaters. During this five-year period, a mature carbonate oil reservoir in the Permian Basin transitioned from a waterflooding operation to a water-alternating-gas injection (WAG), in which the formation was flooded with CO2 and various mixtures of produced water. Significant increases in dissolved inorganic constituents [alkalinity, TDS, Na+, Cl−, SO42−] were observed in produced waters following CO2 injection; however, carbonate reservoir dissolution-precipitation reactions appear to be minimal and injected CO2 appears to be stored via solubility trapping. Although there are statistically significant geochemical variations following CO2 injection, applying isometric log-ratios to certain parameters establishes a narrow range for post-CO2 injection produced waters. This narrow range can be considered a baseline for post-CO2 injection produced waters; this baseline can be utilized to monitor overlying local groundwaters for produced water intrusion. Additionally, certain parameters [Na+, Ca2+, K+, Cl−, alkalinity, and TDS] display large concentration disparities between produced water and overlying groundwaters; these parameters would be sensitive indicators of produced water intrusion into overlying groundwaters.
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Call Number THL @ christoph.kuells @ gardiner_utilization_2020 Serial 171
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