Current Practice and Future Challenges in Coastal Aquifer Management: Flux-Based and Trigger-Level Approaches with Application to an Australian Case Study

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1831-1853

  Werner, Adrian D ^a   Alcoe, Darren W ^a   Ordens, Carlos M ^a,b   Hutson, John L ^a   Ward, James D ^c   Simmons, Craig T ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coastal aquifer; Seawater intrusion; Trigger level management; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MANAGEMENT; AQUIFER RECHARGE; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; CRITICAL EVALUATION; CURRENT PRACTICES; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER REQUIREMENTS; FIELD OPERATION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; LEVEL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PUMPING STRESS; RESOURCE CONDITIONS; SEAWATER INTRUSION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TRIGGER LEVEL; TRIGGER-LEVEL MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION;

ABSTRACTING; AQUIFERS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; PUMPS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

COASTAL AQUIFER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SEAWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955006760     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9777-2     Document Type: Article

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