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Groundwater Resources in the Lagan Valley Sandstone Aquifer, Northern Ireland
Author(s) -
Kalin R. M.,
Roberts 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.tb00104.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , groundwater , geology , resource (disambiguation) , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , metropolitan area , population , water supply , archaeology , geography , environmental science , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , computer network , demography , sociology , computer science
Beneath Belfast and the Lagan Valley lies Northern Ireland's most important aquifer, the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone. Up to 300 m in thickness and with a total abstraction of around 31 000 m 3 /d, it is a modest aquifer by UK and world standards; nonetheless, it is an important local water source. The use of this aquifer system as a water supply will undoubtedly increase as growth of industry and population continues in the Belfast metropolitan area. Even with the mesic climate of Ireland, groundwater mining of this aquifer system is already occurring, and thus there is a need for detailed aquifer planning and protection to be implemented in order to preserve this resource for the future.