groundwater project Articles
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Regional groundwater monitoring network Vallei en Eem - Case Study
Project Regional groundwater monitoring network Vallei en Eem Client Platform Water Vallei en Eem Country The Netherlands Background and objective Since 2007, the ‘Municipal Water Management Act’ is in force, which introduces a duty of care for the groundwater. This new duty for care entails that municipalities are responsible for the prevention of structural groundwater ...
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Economic Evaluation of the Cadiz Groundwater Storage and Dry Year Supply Project, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
This report summarizes the Pacific Institute’s economic evaluation of the Cadiz groundwater storage and transfer project. The evaluation is consistent with and elaborates on the analysis previously submitted by Professor Charles Howe of the University of Colorado at Boulder, a highly experienced water resources economist, in response to the draft Environmental Impact Report. It also ...
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Privatization of Water-Resource Development
This paper analyzes the inefficiencies from market power and return-flow externalities in private construction of a water project. The model pays special attention to increasing groundwater pumping costs, project set-up costs, limited project capacity, and return flow to the aquifer. For a given capacity, the return-flow externality causes project owners to construct the project too late when the ...
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Rapid Groundwater Exploration - Case Study
A Vehicle-Mounted Solution Using CrossOver CO730 Customer’s task The Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) has been engaged in groundwater exploration projects to investigate Sweden’s many glacial river deposits. The deposits are spread across the country and are the most significant groundwater resources for drinking water supplies in Sweden. SGU wanted a GPR solution to deploy rapidly to ...
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Cape Town Rushes to Produce More Fresh Water as ‘Day Zero’ Approaches
Residents focus on conservation as they prepare for taps running dry Cape Town, at the southern tip of South Africa, is surrounded by beautiful ocean vistas, but austere water conservation measures put in place to counter a third year of severe drought have thrown some shade on the idea of a sunny vacation there. The arrival of “Day Zero” — the day on which the taps of a ...
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NAUE shores up Schwarze Elster´s detour case study
Lusatia is a region in Germany and Poland. The original meaning of Lusatia is something along the line of “swampy, wet meadows.” Lusatia is separated into two parts that, in terms of the landscape, are completely different: Upper Lusatia and Lower Lusatia. In the Northwest, Lower Lusatia is bordered by the Fläming ridge; and in the West it’s bordered by the Schwarze ...
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Groundwater monitoring at the San Andres Isles - Case Study
Project Monitoring of saline intrusion, Groundwater quantity and quality. Client CORALINA (enviromental public autority of San Andres Isles) Implemented by Maser and Eijkelkamp Soil & Water Country Colombia, archipelago of San Andres Background information of the project The island of San Andres, depends currently for over 80% on groundwater for its watersupply, but its ...
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Project - Regional Groundwater Model for the Grand River Basin
Earthfx Incorporated developed a preliminary regional-scale groundwater model for the entire Grand River Conservation Authority area. The objective of the study was to better understand regional groundwater flow in the GRCA and evaluate the interaction between the river and the various aquifer systems in the basin. A key aspect of the study was the integration of multiple smaller-scale models ...
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Pilot project monitoring groundwater quality - Case Study
Project Pilot project monitoring groundwater quality Client Gasunie Country The Netherlands Background and objective Gasunie strives for a sustainable future by safely and reliably transporting natural gas, the cleanest fossil fuel. To this end, Gasunie frequently performs groundwater research at its locations in order to gain insight into the quality and quantity of the groundwater. On ...
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India - Groundwater governance case study
Groundwater comprises 97 percent of the worlds readily accessible freshwater and provides the rural, urban, industrial and irrigation water supply needs of 2 billion people around the world. As the more easily accessed surface water resources are already being used, pressure on groundwater is growing. In the last few decades, this pressure has been evident through rapidly increasing pumping of ...
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Climate risk case study : Bulleh Shah paper mills - packages, Ltd. Kasur, Pakistan
This report assesses the risks posed by climate change to International Finance Corporation's(IFC's) investment in packages' new Bulleh Shah Paper Mills (BSPM) at Kasur, Pakistan, and identifies potential adaptation (risk management) measures that can be used to 'climate-proof' the investment. A number of conclusions can now be drawn regarding climate risks at BSPM. Packages Limited is Pakistan's ...
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Project - Integrated Groundwater and Surface Water Flow Analysis of the Oro Moraine for the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan
Client: Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority: Ms. Katie Howson, Subwatershed Protection Planner, 120 Bayview Pkwy, Box 282, Newmarket, ON L3Y 4X1 (905.895.1281) Key Personnel: E.J. Wexler, D. Kassenaar, A. Kodippili The Lake Simcoe Protection Plan contains policies requiring that each subwatershed in the Lake Simcoe Watershed undergo a Water Budget and Stress Assessment to ...
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Aquifer storage & recovery
Client: City of Wichita, Kansas Completion Date: November 2001 Services Provided Program management Hydrogeological engineering Water quality monitoring Design criteria development Water accounting system Public information program Permitting agency reviews Monthly/quarterly project reporting Technical publications Environmental clearance Project Summary Burns & ...
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Ground Water Monitoring of the City of Hamburg, Germany
Reference Project: Ground Water Monitoring of the City of Hamburg, Germany Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany with approx. 4.3 million inhabitants. The Hamburg Environmental Authority manages a constantly growing data base containing data from more than 10.000 ground and surface water monitoring points. With the help of this data base the authority is able to provide information about ...
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MP 1 pump indispensable when measuring water quality - Case Study
Good surface and groundwater quality means sustainable development of plants, animals, and reliable drinking water. To guarantee this quality, a policy has been formulated in the Water Framework Directive which must be observed by all EU Member States. Due to the integration of various European water quality directives, the European countries are on the same page in terms of water-related issues, ...
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Insight into Municipality of Zutphen’s groundwater situation
Project Groundwater level measurement network, Municipality of Zutphen Client Municipality of Zutphen Implemented by Eijkelkamp Soil & Water and Inter Act Country The Netherlands Background to installing groundwater level measurement network ‘Sound knowledge of groundwater levels, flows and fluctuations within the urban area is required for the Municipality of Zutphen to ...
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Drinking Water Resource Protection, Germany
Reference Project: Drinking Water Resource Protection, Germany In the catchment area of a major drinking water supplier in western Germany increasing nitrate concentrations were noticed within a deep water-bearing layer. Although high nitrate concentrations, resulting from regional intensive application of fertilizers, were known from shallow layers in the area, they were new to the deep ...
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Water Supply and Ground Water Resource Management Projects case study
Borough of Dublin, Bucks County Hydrogeological Consultant of Record Mercuri and Associates, Inc. was contracted to conduct the necessary hydrogeologic study to identify and recommend test well sites to augment the available water supply. Study was completed on time and on budget and resulted in the identification of eight sites with the potential for good well yields. MAI conducts regular ...
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What is Groundwater Banking?
This system allows users to store water in underground aquifers for later use As the world’s water becomes more and more scarce due to climate change, groundwater banking is gaining interest, but what exactly is it? It’s a system used in water management to maintain year-to-year water supply stability and volume by depositing water in aquifers during wet years and withdrawing it ...
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Project - Regional Groundwater Model of the Regional Municipality of Durham
Client: Conservation Authorities of the Moraine Coalition, 5 Shoreham Drive, Downsview, Ontario. Steve Holysh, Chief Hydrogeologist, 416-661-6600 ext. 5588 Key Personnel: E.J. Wexler, D. Kassenaar, A. Kodippili, John Ford. The Regional Municipality of Durham lies east of Toronto and encompasses an area of approximately 2,600 square kilometres. Population centres within the area include a number ...
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