Developing a Coordinated Groundwater Management Plan for the Interstate Murray-Darling Basin

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-161
Author(s):  
Glen Walker ◽  
Steve Barnett ◽  
Stuart Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Murray Darling Basin

Easy to say, hard to do: integrated surface water and groundwater management in the Murray–Darling Basin

Water Policy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ross
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Catchment Scale ◽  
Integrated Water Management ◽  
Aquifer Storage ◽  
Surface Water And Groundwater ◽  
Murray Darling Basin

Integrated management of surface water and groundwater can provide efficient and flexible use of water through wet and dry periods, and address the impacts of water use on other users and the environment. It can also help adaptation to climate variation and uncertainty by means of supply diversification, storage and exchange. Integrated water management is affected by surface water and groundwater resources and their connections, water use, infrastructure, governance arrangements and interactions. Although the Murray–Darling Basin is considered to be a leading example of integrated water management, surface water and groundwater resources are generally managed separately. Key reasons for this separation include the historical priority given to surface water development, the relative neglect of groundwater management, shortfalls in information about connections between groundwater and surface water and their impacts, gaps and exemptions in surface water and groundwater use entitlements and rules, coordination problems, and limited stakeholder engagement. Integration of surface water and groundwater management can be improved by the establishment of more comprehensive water use entitlements and rules, with extended carry-over periods and legislated rules for aquifer storage and recovery. Collective surface water and groundwater management offers greater efficiency and better risk management than uncoordinated individual action. There are opportunities for more effective engagement of stakeholders in planning and implementation through decentralized catchment scale organizations.

scholarly journals ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE FOR SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IN YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishi Verma ◽  
Martin Anda ◽  
Yureana Wijayanti
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Water Depth ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Injection Well ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Sustainable Groundwater Management ◽  
North East

<strong>Aim: </strong>This study investigates the development of a sustainable groundwater management strategy in Yogyakarta province through groundwater recharge technologies. This study also compares technologies used in the province and the one already implemented in Perth due to its similar nature in site geology and hydrogeology. <strong>Methodology and Results: </strong>Primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed. Water depth and hydraulic conductivity data were analyzed using permeameter and GIS program. GIS image analysis of water depth and hydraulic conductivity suggested that the placement of potential aquifer recharge sites would be best suited in the north-east part of the province, slightly outside the study area, to provide water for all. Two recharge schemes of an infiltration basin and an injection well with storm water detention tank were proposed. The injection well was decided upon, despite its higher cost, due to the impermeability of soils in Yogyakarta and possible water seepage to the environment. Similar to Perth’s Hartfield park scheme, an injection well would directly bypass these soil layers to recharge the aquifers with rainwater and storm water. Hartfield Park injects 4400 kL of water/year. <strong>Conclusion, significance and impact study: </strong>The findings of this study indicate aquifer recharge is a possible solution to overcome Yogyakarta’s high abstraction. Further studies recommend that injection well trials are further developed in terms of location, depth and sizing.

Computing a Groundwater Sustainability Index for coastal aquifers in Portugal and California to foster sustainable groundwater management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Malmgren ◽  
Maria da Conceição Neves
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Groundwater Sustainability ◽  
Aquifer Systems ◽  
River Basin Management Plan ◽  
Climate Forcings

&lt;p&gt;Sustainability Indices can be useful to quantify objective groundwater management strategy outcomes, particularly across regional scales and when local groundwater budget data is not readily available. Previous studies have used performance indicators to evaluate surface water systems, and their application to groundwater is expanding to address water availability concerns. Here, a groundwater sustainability index (GSI) is computed across coastal aquifer systems in Portugal and California using reliability (REL), resilience (RES), and vulnerability (VUL) performance indicators. Aquifers in these Mediterranean climate zones are susceptible to inter-annual and seasonal water storage fluctuations linked to climate forcings and drought. Piezometric levels in the selected aquifers in Portugal (Leirosa-Monte Real and Campina de Faro) and California (Napa and Santa Barbara), spanning a period from 1989 to 2019, are analyzed using a point-wise approach to provide an index-per-piezometer. The computation exposes that the resilience indicator is heavily influential in setting an aquifer system's overall sustainability classification. However, the most significant output from the GSI is a clear indication of how well (or poor) a specific aquifer can withstand drought conditions that occur in both California and Portugal throughout the 30-year span of this study. Lastly, comparing indices with different priorities (performance indicators), such as sustainability and exploitive use (including the Water Framework Directive&amp;#8217;s River Basin Management Plan&amp;#8217;s Water Exploitation Index (WEI+)) can help identify aquifer systems that may need an immediate policy, conservation, or mitigation interventions, and others that may be self-sustaining for a longer period of time. The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support FCT through project UIDB/50019/2020 &amp;#8211; IDL.&lt;/p&gt;

The groundwater management plan: in praise of a neglected ‘tool of our trade’

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 847-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Foster ◽  
Rick Evans ◽  
Oscar Escolero
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Management Plan

Conservation of wetlands in the Paroo and Warrego River catchments in arid Australia

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. Kingsford ◽  
Rachael F. Thomas ◽  
Alison L. Curtin
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
New South ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Wetland Area ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Murray Darling Basin ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Small Parts ◽  
Further Development ◽  
River Catchments

Irrigation proposals to divert water from the Paroo and Warrego Rivers in arid Australia will affect their aquatic ecosystems. These two are the last of 26 major rivers in the Murray-Darling Basin without large dams and diversions. Knowledge of the extent of their biodiversity value is critical to assessing likely impacts. During the 1990 flood, 1.73 million ha of wetlands, or 12.5% of the land surface of the Paroo and Warrego River catchments, were flooded. Flooded wetland area in the respective catchments was 781 330 ha and 890 534 ha. Most of the wetland area (97%) was floodplain, with 37 freshwater lakes (>50 ha) occupying 2.5% of the wetland area and 177 salt lakes covering 0.8%. A high diversity and abundance of biota depend on these wetlands. Only 7% of the wetland area, all in the Paroo catchment, is in conservation reserves. New South Wales has a high proportion of the wetland area on the Paroo (60%) and a substantial proportion of the wetland area on the Warrego River (23%). Queensland, the upstream state, will influence the ecology of the entire catchment areas of both river systems through its proposed water management plan. Any resulting extraction practices will have detrimental ecological consequences within a decade. Conservation of wetlands is usually site-focused and reflects a paradigm of conservation based on reservation of parcels of land. However, wetlands are dependent on water that is seldom adequately protected. Intergovernment co-operation should protect the entire catchment of the Paroo River from major diversions and stop further development on the Warrego River. This would do more for the conservation of wetlands than the formal reservation of small parts of their catchments.

A groundwater management plan for Stuttgart

2016 ◽  
Vol 563-564 ◽  
pp. 704-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Vasin ◽  
Achim Carle ◽  
Ulrich Lang ◽  
Hermann Josef Kirchholtes
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Management Plan

scholarly journals Flood and groundwater management for the mountain plateau of Omalos based on geoinformatics techniques

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 721 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.N. Kourgialas ◽  
G.P. Karatzas
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Flow ◽  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
White Mountains ◽  
Viable Approach ◽  
Geoinformatics Techniques ◽  
Very High

A viable approach for flood and groundwater management in a mountain Plateau based on geoinformatics techniques is presented in this work. The proposed water management plan has two components: (a) the determination of the flood-hazard areas, and (b) the estimation of groundwater flow. For the first component, six factors were considered in order to estimate the spatial distribution of the flood hazardous areas: elevation, slope, land use, rainfall intensity, geology, and flow accumulation, The study area was divided into five regions characterized by different degrees of flood hazard ranging from very low to very high. The produced map of flood-hazard areas identifies the areas at high risk of flooding. The second component includes a groundwater management approach for estimating groundwater flow and the potential contamination risk. The proposed methodology can be used to objectively compare different scenarios based on anthropogenic interventions that can affect the flood-prone areas or the groundwater flow dynamic. All these approaches were applied at the Omalos Plateau in the White Mountains of Crete in Greece.

Contaminated Land and Groundwater Management at Sellafield: A Large Operational Site With Significant Legacy and Contaminated Land Challenges

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Reeve ◽  
Katherine Eilbeck
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Contaminated Land ◽  
The Past ◽  
Waste Storage ◽  
Long Timescales ◽  
International Experts ◽  
And Storage

Sellafield is a former Royal Ordnance Factory used since the 1940’s for the production and reprocessing of fissile materials. Leaks and spills from these plants and their associated waste facilities has led to radioactive contaminated ground legacy of up to 20 million m3. Consideration of land contamination at Sellafield began in 1976, following discovery of a major leak from a waste storage silo. Over the past three decades there has been a programme of environmental monitoring and several phases of characterization. The latest phase of characterization is a £10million contract to develop second generation conceptual and numeric models. The Site Licence Company that operates the site has been subject to structural changes due to reorganizations within the British nuclear industry. There has also been a change in emphasis to place an increased importance on accelerated decommissioning. To address these challenges a new contaminated land team and contaminated land and groundwater management plan have been established. Setting and measuring performance against challenging objectives is important. The management plan has to be cognizant of the long timescales (ca. 80 years) for final remediation. Data review, collation, acquisition, analysis, and storage is critical for success. It is equally important to seize opportunities for early environmental gains. It is possible to accelerate the development and delivery of a contaminated land and groundwater management plan by using international experts.

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