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Risk Assessment for a Proposed Groundwater Abstraction Scheme in Strathmore, North‐East Scotland: a Modelling Approach
Author(s) -
Chen M.,
Soulsby C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00087.x
Subject(s) - hydrogeology , aquifer , groundwater , borehole , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater flow , water resource management , abstraction , environmental science , geology , geotechnical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
The Lower Old Red Sandstones in northern Strathmore have favourable hydrogeological conditions for ground‐water development. A scheme was proposed to abstract water in the north Esk catchment in order to augment water supplies to local villages, and a production borehole was drilled into the Edzell Sandstones to give a design yield of 2420 m 3 /d. However, this scheme has been abandoned because of concern that the abstraction would significantly reduce the flow in a nearby stream which is an important salmonid fishery. This study demonstrates the potential value of using a stream‐aquifer numerical model in an environmental risk assessment for the proposed scheme.