Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge
The Agua Amarga coastal aquifer has experienced different anthropic interventions over the last 100 years. Since 2008, groundwater abstractions along the coastline to supply the Alicante I and II desalination plants have been combined with artificial recharge. This measure, consisting of seawater ir...
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| description | The Agua Amarga coastal aquifer has experienced different anthropic interventions over the last 100 years. Since 2008, groundwater abstractions along the coastline to supply the Alicante I and II desalination plants have been combined with artificial recharge. This measure, consisting of seawater irrigation over the salt marsh, has reduced the impact on the piezometry and surface ecosystems. The study of the effect of this measure on groundwater flow is addressed by applying an inverse problem protocol to temperature profiles monitored in a piezometer located inside the recharge area. Information on monthly seawater irrigation volumes, rainfall, and average air and seawater temperatures have also been gathered as input data to quantify vertical flow. An upward flow component for the period 2010–2022 that varies between 2 × 10<sup>−9</sup> and 7.5 × 10<sup>−7</sup> m/s has been found. These values decrease near the surface, where the flow is mainly horizontal. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ec0bdfabc4e41e1b86fbaa08e63610f2023-11-17T14:26:20ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412023-03-01156109310.3390/w15061093Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial RechargeJosé Antonio Jiménez-Valera0Iván Alhama1Emilio Trigueros2Mining and Civil Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52, 30203 Cartagena, SpainMining and Civil Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52, 30203 Cartagena, SpainMining and Civil Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 52, 30203 Cartagena, SpainThe Agua Amarga coastal aquifer has experienced different anthropic interventions over the last 100 years. Since 2008, groundwater abstractions along the coastline to supply the Alicante I and II desalination plants have been combined with artificial recharge. This measure, consisting of seawater irrigation over the salt marsh, has reduced the impact on the piezometry and surface ecosystems. The study of the effect of this measure on groundwater flow is addressed by applying an inverse problem protocol to temperature profiles monitored in a piezometer located inside the recharge area. Information on monthly seawater irrigation volumes, rainfall, and average air and seawater temperatures have also been gathered as input data to quantify vertical flow. An upward flow component for the period 2010–2022 that varies between 2 × 10<sup>−9</sup> and 7.5 × 10<sup>−7</sup> m/s has been found. These values decrease near the surface, where the flow is mainly horizontal.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1093groundwater flownumerical simulationsartificial rechargeinverse problemtemperature–depth profile time series (TDPTS) |
| spellingShingle | José Antonio Jiménez-Valera Iván Alhama Emilio Trigueros Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge Water groundwater flow numerical simulations artificial recharge inverse problem temperature–depth profile time series (TDPTS) |
| title | Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge |
| title_full | Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge |
| title_fullStr | Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge |
| title_short | Quantification of Groundwater Vertical Flow from Temperature Profiles: Application to Agua Amarga Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) Submitted to Artificial Recharge |
| title_sort | quantification of groundwater vertical flow from temperature profiles application to agua amarga coastal aquifer se spain submitted to artificial recharge |
| topic | groundwater flow numerical simulations artificial recharge inverse problem temperature–depth profile time series (TDPTS) |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/6/1093 |
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