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Proceedings of the 21th Salt Water Intrusion Meeting, Azores, Portugal, 2010

Keynote

Emilio Custodio Overview of saline water problems in small volcanic islands

Topic 1 (oral presentations): Geochemistry to study saltwater intrusion

F. Slama, R. Bouhlila, J. Tarhouni Hydrochemical processes at the seawater/freshwater interface as indicators of seawater intrusion evolution: case of Korba coastal plain (Tunisia)
Emilio Custodio, Vinyet Sola, Albert Soler New data on seawater intrusion into the Llobregat delta aquifer, Barcelona, Spain
Enrico Dinelli, Martina Kralj, Susanne Schwarz, Marco Antonellini, Giovanni Gabbianelli, Kay Hamer Groundwater chemistry and arsenic occurrence in the phreatic aquifer system of the San Vitale pine forest
Edward Rectenwald, P.G. Noble gases applied as paleotemperature indicators in the Floridan aquifer system, Naples Florida
Pieter J. Stuyfzand, Igor Mendizabal Trace element concentrations of groundwater from public supply well fields, and their relation with marine sedimentary environments of the aquifer and postdepositional salinity changes
Tarik Tagma, David Vinson, Nathaniel Warner, Said Boutaleb, Zineb Lgourna, Najat Ettayfi,Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Avner Vengosh New evidence for the origins of salinity in the coastal aquifer of Agadir, Morocco using ion and isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr, δ34S)
Marc Van Camp, Kristine Walraevens Simulation of the hydrochemical evolution of the Ledo Paniselian aquifer in North Belgium using the PHAST simulator
Ammar Daas, Kristine Walraevens Groundwater salinity in Jericho Area, West Bank, Palestine
Y. Yechieli, O. Sivan Using geochemical tools to study the distribution of saline groundwater in aquifers separated by aquitards: examples from Israel

Topic 1 (poster presentations): Geochemistry to study saltwater intrusion

T. Cruz, M.C. Cabrera, J. Heredia Origin of the groundwater salinization in La Aldea coastal aquifer (Gran Canaria, Canary Islands)
A. Peralta Tapia, G. M. de Almeida , G. da Silva Jr., M. Waterloo Coastal aquifers of Barra de Marica, Brazil: contamination and saline wedge behavior
F. Sola, A. Vallejos, F. Diez, J. Juarez, M.A. Fernandez Jurado, J.A. Lopez Geta,L. Moreno, G. Ramos, JJ. Duran, A. Ordonez, A. Pulido Bosch A hydrogeochemical approach for identifying saltwater intrusion processes in a leaky confined aquifer (SE Spain)
Nawal Al Farrah, Kristine Walraevens Implication of salinity sources, geochemical evaluation and upper aquifer characterization of Jifarah plain, NW-Libya
Yael Kiro, Yoseph Yechieli, Yishai Weinstein, Abraham Starinsky, Clifford I. Voss Radium behavior in the variable-density flow field of the Dead Sea aquifer

Topic 2 (oral presentations): Applied geophysics to study saltwater intrusion

Esben Auken, Casper Kirkegaard, Joana Ribeiro, Nikolaj Foged, Arjen Kok The use of airborne electromagnetic for efficient mapping of salt water intrusion and outflow to the sea
Jean Beaujean, Frederic Nguyen, Andreas Kemna, Peter Engensgaard Joint and sequential inversion of geophysical and hydrogeological data to characterize seawater intrusion models
Ian Brandes de Roos, G. Jenke, D. Brown The use of SkyTEM geophysics in a salt water intrusion setting
Perry G.B. de Louw, Alexander Vandenbohede, Gualbert Oude Essink, Pieter Doornenbal Tracing preferential saline seepage and assessing its flow velocities using temperature measurements
Mark Goldman, E. Levi, U. Kafri, B. Tezkan, P. Yogeshwar, B. Herut, G. Tibor Delineating fresh groundwater aquifer within sub-seafloor sediments offshore Israel using a short offset marine TDEM system
Mohamed Fethi Ben Hamouda, Rui M. D. Goncalves, Patricia M. M. Fontes Represas, Paula M.Carreira, Fernando A. Monteiro Santos Water salinity origin at Sousse region (Tunisia). A multi survey approach to the problem.
Philippe A. Pezard, Gilles Henry, Vanessa Hebert, Charlotte Garing, Johanna Lofi, Simon Barry,Herve Perroud, Dominique Rousset, Denis Neyens, Olivier Depraz A new kind of high-resolution downhole hydrogeophysical observatory for real-time salt intrusion management.

Topic 2 (poster presentations): Applied geophysics to study saltwater intrusion

Eldad Levi, M. Goldman, Y. Shalem, Y. Weinstein, Y. Yechieli, B. Herut Combined ERT-TDEM measurements for delineating saline water intrusions from an estuarine river into the adjacent aquifer
Fernando A. M. Santos, Rui M. D. Gon?alves, Patricia Represas, Eugenio P. Almeida Cape Verde Santiago's island salt water origin?
Esben Auken, Aleid Bosch, Carolien Courtens, Wilbert Elderhorst, Marieke Euwe, Jan Gunnink, Klaus Hinsby, Joca Jansen, Rolf Johnsen, Arjen Kok, Luc Lebbe, Perry de Louw, Rik Noorlandt, Gualbert Oude Essink, Jes Pedersen, Per Rasmussen, Wolfgang Scheer, Bernhard Siemon, Torben Sonnenborg, Hans Sulzbacher, Angelika Ullmann, Alex Vandenbohede, Helga WiederholdCLIWAT: a transnational project about climate change and coastal groundwater in the North Sea Region.
Kristine Martens, Kristine Walraevens Monitoring the remediation of salt water intrusion
Helga Wiederhold, Bernhard Siemon, Annika Steuer, Gerlinde Schaumann, Uwe Meyer, Franz Binot,Klaus Kuhne Coastal aquifers and saltwater intrusions in focus of airborne electromagnetic surveys in northern Germany

Topic 3 (oral presentations): Case studies of saltwater intrusion

J. Hernandez, N. Boluda-Botella, M.C. Cabrera, E. Custodio Temporal evolution of marine intrusion and other salinization processes in the volcanicsedimentary aquifer of the east of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)
Xiang Cheng, Alistair Allen Case study: Surface/groundwater relations in Cork City, SW Ireland and the response of the salt water/fresh water interface to pump test investigations
J. Virgilio Cruz, Rui Coutinho, Dina Pacheco, Raquel Cymbron, Paulo Antunes, Pedro Freire, Sandra Mendes, Joao Fontiela, Juliette Anglade Groundwater salinization in the Azores archipelago (Portugal): an overview
Carlos Duque, Manuel Lopez-Chicano, Maria Luisa Calvache, Antonio Pedrera, Jesus Galindo,Francisco Crespo, Jose Manuel Gomez-Fontalva First time delimitation of the saltwater-freshwater interface shape applying geophysical methods and groundwater conductivity logs in Motril-Salobrena Aquifer (South Spain)
S. Jimenez, S. Jordana, F. Delgado, E. Ruiz, J. Molinero, J. Guimer¨¤ New data on the assessment of the salinity of the shallow aquifer of the Ebro River delta
Arjen Kok, Esben Auken, Michel Groen, Joana Ribeiro, Frans Schaars Using ground based geophysics and airborne transient electromagnetic measurements (SkyTEM) to map salinity distribution and calibrate a groundwater model for the island of Terschelling-The Netherlands
Christian D. Langevin, Michael R. Zygnerski, Jeremy T. White, Joseph D. Hughes Effect of sea-level rise on future coastal groundwater resources in southern Florida, USA
J. Leze, J.L. Join, O. Banton, R. Simler, R. Troadec Groundwater behaviour on the Eparses Islands
Soren Kathmann, Kai-Justin Radmann, Jens Wagner, Johannes Michaelsen Geogenic saltwater intrusion into a freshwater aquifer-a case study in northern Germany
F. Ortuno , J. Molinero , E. Custodio , I. Juarez , T. Garrido, J. Fraile Seawater intrusion barrier in the deltaic Llobregat aquifer (Barcelona, Spain): performance and pilot phase results
H. Jegat, M. Uzcategui, M. Contreras, M. Uzcategui Salt water intrusion in the Pedro Gonzalez-El Salado aquifer, Margarita island, Venezuela
Esther Vermue, P.G.B. de Louw, S. Eeman, G.H.P. Oude Essink, S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee Experimental evidence of rainwater lens dynamics in natural and agro-ecosystems in the Scheldt river region.

Topic 3 (poster presentations): Case studies of saltwater intrusion

Jeremias Cabral Salt water intrusion at Tarrafal municipality
M. Doveri, R. Giannecchini, M. Butteri Seawater intrusion in the Versiliese-Pisan coastal aquifer system (north-western Tuscany):results from a hydrogeologic-hydrogeochemical study
M.Doveri, S.Grassi Convective water circulation in a geothermal island: Pantelleria (Sicily channel)
Yohana Mtoni, Kristine Walraevens Saltwater intrusion in the quaternary aquifer of the Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania
Harry L. M. Rolf, Frans W. Schaars, J. J. Lebbink Analysis of brackish water behavior at an ASTR deepwell infiltration site after 20 years of monitoring
Arkadiusz Krawiec, Andrzej Sadurski Salinization of the Swinoujscie groundwater body (Polish part of Uznam Island)

Topic 4 (oral presentations): Management of Coastal Aquifers

H. F. Abd-Elhamid, A.A. Javadi A simulation-optimization model to study the control of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers using ADR methodology
S.K. Arvanitidou, C.G. Koutitas, K.L. Katsifarakis Using a computational optimization tool for the management of an aquifer at Kalymnos island in Greece
Rachel A. Baker Locating nested monitoring wells to reduce model uncertainty for management of a multilayer coastal aquifer
Stephen B. Gingerich Management of the Lahaina aquifer area with the aid of a 3-D numerical SUTRA model, Maui,Hawaii
Norm Jones, Alan Lemon, Robin Patton Automated well permitting in a coastal region using SEAWAT and ArcGIS
Philip Nienhuis, Pierre Kamps, Sonja Spillekom, Theo Olsthoorn Comparing methods for exploring the fresh/salt groundwater interface position in the Amsterdam water supply dunes
L. Lebbe, R. Adams, W. Van Crombrugge Influence of a planned waterway of the Port of Zeebruges on the fresh-salt water distribution in the phreatic aquifer
Theo Olsthoorn Upconing and related downstream long-term salination and head phenomena in the Amsterdam Water Supply dunes
Carlos M. Ordens, Adrian D. Werner, Darren W. Alcoe, John L. Hutson, James D. Ward,Craig T. SimmonsTrigger-level versus flux-based management approaches applied to coastal aquifers
M. Polemio, D. Casarano, P.P. Limoni Apulian coastal aquifers and management criteria
Peter Reinelt Integrated hydro-economic management of seawater intrusion
Suzana Montenegro, Emilia Bocanegra, Giancarlo Cavalcanti, Gerson Silva Jr., Emilio Custodio Groundwater indicators as a tool to improve coastal aquifer management: case studies in South America.
Tarhouni Jamila, Zghibi Adel Groundwater over-pumping in a Tunisian coastal phreatic aquifer: impacts and remedial solutions

Topic 4 (poster presentations): Management of Coastal Aquifers

R. Marrero, N. Perez, G. Melian, E. Padron, F.J. Alcala Recharge estimation through an atmospheric chloride mass balance at Las Canadas hilly aquifer, northern Tenerife Island

Topic 5 (oral presentations): Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Elena Abarca, Hanan Karam, Charles Harvey, Harold Hemond Transient groundwater flow at the intertidal zone and its implications for groundwater chemistry
Aileen Mirasol-Robert, Gualbert Oude Essink, Hans H. Durr Analysis of submarine groundwater discharge to Manila Bay: density dependent hydrogeological modeling of the south-eastern coastal zone of Bataan, Philippines
Jun Yasumoto, Satoshi Nakada, Makoto Taniguchi, Shinji Nakaya, Yu Umezawa & Masahiro Takahashi, Shinaya Nakamura Simulation of submarine groundwater discharge to Osaka Bay, Japan

Topic 5 (poster presentations): Submarine Groundwater Discharge

N. Hariga-Tlatli, R. Bouhlila Submarine groundwater discharge as an inverse problem

Topic 6 (oral presentations): Impacts of increased water demand on coastal water resources and ecosystems

Emilio Custodio, Marisol Manzano Effect on lagoon belts of groundwater development around the Donana National Park coastal sand formations, southwestern Spain
Weixing Guo, Thomas Missimer, Scott Manahan, Robert Maliva Water quality predication for a proposed brackish water RO facility in Florida
Andreas G. Koestler, Joseph G. Allen, Lucrezia Koestler Limitations in coastal aquifers-challenges for vulnerable communities
Suzana M.G.L. Montenegro, Anderson L.R. de Paiva, Jaime J.J.S.P Cabral, Giancarlo L. Cavalcanti,Eduardo Scalia Investigation of seawater intrusion in Recife Coastal Plain (Pernambuco, Brazil)

Topic 6 (poster presentations): Impacts of increased water demand on coastal water resources and ecosystems

Miguel Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Jose Benavente Herrera, Francisco Alcala, Mariano Paracuellos Evolution of the water salinity in two shallow lagoons. Implications of human-induced modifications of the recharge in the Adra River delta aquifer (southeastern Spain)

Topic 7 (oral presentations): Effects of sea level rise and climate change on coastal aquifers

Diana M. Allen Historical trends and future projections of groundwater levels and recharge in coastal British Columbia, Canada
Alyssa M. Dausman, Christian Langevin, Mark Bakker, Frans Schaars A comparison between SWI and SEAWAT-the importance of dispersion, inversion and vertical anisotropy
Torben O. Sonnenborg, Lieke van Roosmalen, Klaus Hinsby Integrated assessment of climate change and sea level rise on the water quality of a coastal lake
Holly A. Michael, Lawrence S. Feinson, Clifford I. Voss Mechanisms of seawater intrusion in Bangladesh and the potential impacts of sea-level rise on coastal groundwater resources
Pauline N. Mollema, Marco Antonellini , Tomaz Dentinho, Vasco R. M. Silva The effects of climate change on the hydrology and groundwater of Terceira Island (Azores).
Pauline N. Mollema, Marco Antonellini, Giovanni Gabbianelli, Mario Laghi The influence of surface water evaporation on salt water intrusion in Ravenna, Italy.Implications for climate change.
Jarno Verkaik, Joachim Hunink, Esther van Baaren, Joost Delsman, Gualbert Oude Essink Netherlands hydrological modelling instrument for fresh and saline groundwater in the Dutch coastal zone
Dorothy F. Payne Effects of climate change on saltwater intrusion at Hilton Head Island, SC. U.S.A.
Alexander Vandenbohede, Luc LebbeImpact of climate change on the phreatic aquifer of the Western Belgian coastal plain

Topic 7 (poster presentations): Effects of sea level rise and climate change on coastal aquifers

Esther van Baaren, Perry de Louw, Gualbert Oude Essink Salinisation and freshening of phreatic groundwaters in Zeeland, The Netherlands: a modeling study
Y. Yechieli, E. Shalev, U. Kafri, Y. Kiro, S. Wollman The response of the Mediterranean and Dead Sea coastal aquifers to sea level variations

Topic 8 (oral presentations): Variable density flow and transport modeling of coastal aquifers

Ivan Alhama, A. Soto Meca, T. Rodriguez Estrella, F. Alhama Characterization of scenarios of salt intrusion in coastal aquifers with salt flats
Mark Bakker, Frans Schaars How to become a Jedi master in modeling seawater intrusion with MODFLOW-SWI
C. Courtens, M.Berteloot, L. Lebbe, A. Vandenbohede Fresh-salt water distribution in the Zwin estuary before and after a future expansion
Daan Herckenrath, John Doherty Predictive uncertainty analysis with a Pareto method for a salt water intrusion model
J.D. Hughes, J.T. White, C.D. Langevin Use of time series and harmonic constituents of tidal propagation to enhance estimation of coastal aquifer heterogeneity
William C. Hutchings Analysis of the controls on arsenic distribution in the Upper Floridan aquifer during ASR
Maria Pool, J. Carrera Effects of dispersion on the evaluation of critical pumping rates in coastal aquifers.
Vincent E.A. Post, Maarten J. Waterloo, Michel M.A. Groen, M. Teresa Condesso de Melo Field data and numerical simulation of a fresh water lens below a small island with a strong tidal regime
Frans W. Schaars, Arjen Kok, Mark Bakker Calibration of a sharp interface model using Interpolated interface measurements
Clifford I. Voss Controls on the simulated shape of a freshwater-seawater transition zone in homogeneous anisotropic aquifers
Jeremy White, Christian Langevin, Joseph Hughes Evaluating the effect of Tikhonov regularization schemes on predictions in a variable-density groundwater model

Topic 8 (poster presentations): Variable density flow and transport modeling of coastal aquifers

Ivan Alhama, A. Soto Meca, F. Alhama Dimensional parameters of the Henry problem when diffusive effects are negligible
Perry de Louw, Bernard Voortman, Gualbert Oude Essink Spatial variation of shallow rainwater lenses on top of saline groundwater: merging model and monitoring results
Kue-Young Kim, Eungyu Park, Weon Shik Han Effect of high permeable layer on hydraulic system in a coastal aquifer

Topic 9 (oral presentations): New developing methods to characterise coastal groundwater systems

G. Barrocu, R. Secci, G. Uras The SINTACS method for evaluating aquifer vulnerability to pollution and saltwater intrusion

Topic 9 (poster presentations): New developing methods to characterise coastal groundwater systems

Francisco J. Alcala, E. Custodio, M. Teresa Condesso de Melo, L. Ribeiro, J. Jodar, T.Y. Stigter,A. Pulido-Bosch, I. Vazquez, J.L. Garcia-Arostegui, J. Nascimento, S. Espana, M.P. MendesEnvironmental chemical balances as a method to estimate average groundwater recharge in coastal aquifers: an overview in the Iberian Peninsula