scholarly journals The Investigation of the Dorfak Karstic Aquifer

Author(s):  
Maryam Dehban Avan Stakhri ◽  
Mohammad Hossien Ghobadi ◽  
Ali Mirarabi
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Author(s):  
Javier Perera-Rios ◽  
Elizabeth Ruiz-Suarez ◽  
Pedro de Jesús Bastidas-Bastidas ◽  
Fernando May-Euán ◽  
Gloria Uicab-Pool ◽  
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Ground Water ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 558-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiyed Mossa Hosseini ◽  
Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Rouhi ◽  
N. Kalantari

Abstract Both carbonate (as the oil-gas reservoir) and evaporite rocks (as caprock) coexist in the Masjed Soleyman oil field. The Asmari karstic aquifer is formed within Oligo-Miocene carbonate rocks in the south of the oil reservoir. A mixing between fresh karstic groundwater and oil-field brines is to be expected because of underground migration of the brines toward the aquifer. This process can reduce the groundwater quality by both increasing the water salinity and by adding hydrocarbon and sulfur contaminants into the groundwater. Tembi river contains saline water that can affect groundwater resources. Leaking of these brines into the aquifer was distinguished using total dissolved solids, the relative concentration of major elements, bromide ion (as a trace element), total organic carbon, ion ratios, and mixing curve diagrams. The polluted zone was determined by tracking the hydrochemistry changes across the groundwater flow direction. The volume percentage of different water sources in mixed groundwater was calculated and validated using PHREEQC software. The results revealed that the contribution of the oil-field brine in the groundwater is much lower than the salty river brine, but even this low amount has a considerable impact on water quality by increasing water salinity and adding hydrocarbon and sulfur into the groundwater.



1998 ◽  
pp. 177-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. MALOSZEWSKI ◽  
R. BENISCHKE ◽  
T. HARUM ◽  
H. ZOJER


2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 5729-5756 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Rodríguez-Estrella

Abstract. A general analysis of the problems arising from aquifer exploitation in semi-arid areas such as the Autonomous Region of Murcia, which belongs to the Segura Basin is presented, with particular reference to the Ascoy-Sopalmo aquifer, which is the most overexploited aquifer in Spain. It has suffered intense overabstraction over the last forty years, given renewable water resources of 2 Mm3 yr−1 and abstractions amounting to as much as 55 Mm3 yr−1. This has resulted in the drying of springs, continuous drawdown of water levels (5 m yr−1); piezometric drops (over 30 m in one year, as a consequence of it being a karstic aquifer); increase in pumping costs (elevating water from more than 320 m depth); abandoning of wells (45 reduced to 20), diminishing groundwater reserves, and deteriorating water quality (progressing from a mixed sodium bicarbonate-chloride facies to a sodium chloride one). This is a prime example of poor management with disastrous consequences. In this sense, a series of internal measures is proposed to alleviate the overexploitation of this aquifer and of the Segura Basin, with the aim of contributing to a sustainable future.







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