Modelling the Effects of Groundwater-Based Urban Supply in Low-Permeability Aquifers: Application to the Madrid Aquifer, Spain

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4613-4638

  Martínez Santos, Pedro ^a   Pedretti, Daniele ^b   Martínez Alfaro, Pedro E ^a   Conde, Margarita ^a   Casado, María ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquifer management; Aquifer river connectivity; Aquitards; Droughts; Groundwater modelling; Madrid; Urban supply; WFD

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MANAGEMENT; AQUITARDS; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; MADRID; URBAN SUPPLY; WFD;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; HYDROGEOLOGY; PUMPS; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; AQUITARD; CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STREAMFLOW; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 78249232588     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9682-0     Document Type: Article

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