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Multiwell Technique of Saline and Nonsaline Groundwater Pumping from Coastal Aquifers
Author(s) -
Islam Muktarun,
Hoque M. Mozzammel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.21462
Subject(s) - aquifer , salinity , saline water , groundwater , geology , saline , hydrology (agriculture) , fresh water , soil science , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , medicine , endocrinology
In this article, the authors explore their recent study, which introduces the concept of extracting saline water and fresh water simultaneously from groundwater aquifers to produce water that is suitable for irrigation. To achieve these results, multiwell modeling concepts are used to exploit both the saline and nonsaline aquifer domains from geologic formations where a freshwater aquifer domain is either underlain or overlain by a saline aquifer domain. The water from these domains are either mixed to an acceptable salinity level after independent withdrawal from separate, saline or nonsaline domains present within the same aquifer, or mixed from the domains to achieve acceptable levels of salinity before withdrawal.