Investigating seawater intrusion due to groundwater pumping with schematic model simulations: The example of the Dar es Salaam coastal aquifer in Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-78

  Van Camp, Marc ^a   Mtoni, Yohana ^a,b   Mjemah, Ibrahimu C ^c   Bakundukize, Charles ^a,d   Walraevens, Kristine ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b National Environment Management Council NEMC   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BURUNDI   (Burundi)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Groundwater simulation model; Pumping scenarios; Saltwater intrusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SALT WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84898990596     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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