Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: “Managed Aquifer Recharge and Management”

Dear Colleagues,

A key water management strategy during climate change is to store excess water during wet periods for later use during dry periods using various methods and is termed Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR). MAR can also be used to manage peak demands during utility operation by storing treated water during periods when excess water is available to recover the treated water during peak demand periods. There are also many other MAR applications, such as management of saltwater intrusion and saline coastal aquifers, reuse of highly treated wastewater to manage land subsidence, and many others. MAR can also be applied to the restoration of depleted aquifers (e.g., unconfined systems) and the long-tern freshening of aquifers containing brackish water. The timeframe of MAR projects may vary from annual use to decades where excess water can be injected into saline-water aquifers to freshen them.

Papers can be submitted on the following subject: aquifer storage and recovery of treated water, aquifer storage and recovery of partially treated surface water, aquifer storage and recovery of highly treated wastewater, managed aquifer recharge to freshen saline water aquifers, aquifer injection of treated wastewater to prevent land subsidence, injection of freshwater to manage saltwater intrusion using wells, use of infiltration basins to increase aquifer recharge rates, and other combinations of managed aquifer recharge.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Missimer
Prof. Dr. Nicolò Colombani
Guest Editors

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