Special Issue "Sustainable Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Nicola Pastore
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Department of Civil, Environmental and Structural Engineering and Chemistry (DICATECh), Polytechnic University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: hydrogeology in coastal aquifer including seawater intrusion and inland contamination; groundwater management; flow; transport and fate of contaminants in porous and fractured aquifers; heat transport in porous and fractured media; shallow geothermal energy exploitation and valorisation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The reduction of pressure on the global water resources is one of the greatest challenges facing society today. Climate change and the increasing water demand the sustainable assessment and management of groundwater resources.

Groundwater management requires great effort in order to achieve these specific goals. Several aspects must be taken into account, including climate, hydrology, geology, hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, etc. Groundwater exploitation without a management program leads to the depletion of present-day storages, which are necessary for reliefs in emergency situations.

Although there are many procedures, formulations, algorithms, and numerical tools for sustainable aquifer assessment and management, still there is great need for effective, practical, and applied methodologies.

In order to effectively solve these problems, the development and implementation of innovative and advanced monitoring systems and modeling tools able to fully integrate the hydrogeology aspects with the socio-economic perspective in aquifer management are required in order to improve the sustainable assessment and the management of the groundwater resources. The development, application, and validation of socio-hydrologic models at local different scales is a challenge.

This Special Issue titled “Sustainable Groundwater Resources Assessment and Management” puts the attention on the discussion of new issues and development of innovative monitoring systems and socio-hydrogeological models. Research articles are welcome, including, but not limited to, the following topics: (1) innovative remote sensing and in situ monitoring system of water availability and quality of aquifers; (2) hydrogeology modeling at several scale; (3) human interaction with goundwater cycles; 3) resilience assessment and risk management in socio-hydrogeologic systems; (4) occurrence, fate, and transport of contaminants in aqufers; and (5) modeling of contaminant clean up strategies.

Dr. Nicola Pastore
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable water management
  • monitoring system
  • climate change
  • resilience
  • socio-hydrohgeologic modelling
  • risk assessment
  • groundwater remediation

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Application of Satellite-Based and Observed Precipitation Datasets for Hydrological Simulation in the Upper Mahi River Basin of Rajasthan, India
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7560; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147560 - 06 Jul 2021
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Hydrological modeling is an important tool used for basin management and studying the impacts of extreme events in a river basin. In streamflow simulations, precipitation plays an essential role in hydrological models. Meteorological satellite precipitation measurement techniques provide highly accurate rainfall information with [...] Read more.
Hydrological modeling is an important tool used for basin management and studying the impacts of extreme events in a river basin. In streamflow simulations, precipitation plays an essential role in hydrological models. Meteorological satellite precipitation measurement techniques provide highly accurate rainfall information with high spatial and temporal resolution. In this analysis, the tropical rainfall monitoring mission (TRMM) 3B42 V7 precipitation products were employed for simulating streamflow by using the soil water assessment tool (SWAT) model. With India Metrological Department and TRMM data, the SWAT model can be used to predict streamflow discharge and identify sensitive parameters for the Mahi basin. The SWAT model was calibrated for 2 years and then independently validated for 2 years by comparing observed and simulated streamflow. A strong correlation was observed between the calibration and validation results for the Paderdibadi station, with a Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency of >0.34 and coefficient of determination (R2) of >0.77. The SWAT model was used to adequately simulate the streamflow for the Upper Mahi basin with a satisfactory R2 value. The analysis indicated that TRMM 3B42 V7 is useful in SWAT applications for predicting streamflow and performance and for sensitivity analysis. In addition, satellite data may require correction before its utilization in hydrological modeling. This study is helpful for stakeholders in monitoring and managing agricultural, climatic, and environmental changes. Full article
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