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Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Impacts of Layered Heterogeneity and Groundwater Pumping Schemes on Seawater Intrusion  

Park, Hwa-Seok (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kihm, Jung-Hwi (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
Yum, Byoung-Woo (Division of Groundwater and Geothermal Resources, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim, Jun-Mo (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.13, no.4, 2008 , pp. 8-21 More about this Journal
Abstract
A series of three-dimensional numerical simulations using a hydrodynamic dispersion numerical model is performed to analyze quantitatively impacts of layered heterogeneity of geologic media and groundwater pumping schemes on groundwater flow and salt transport in coastal aquifer systems. A two-layer heterogeneous coastal aquifer system composed of a lower sand layer (aquifer) and an upper clay layer (aquitard) and a corresponding single-layer homogeneous coastal aquifer system composed of an equivalent lumped material are simulated to evaluate impacts of layered heterogeneity on seawater intrusion. In addition, a continuous groundwater pumping scheme and two different periodical groundwater pumping schemes, which withdraw the same amount of groundwater during the total simulation time, are applied to the above two coastal aquifer systems to evaluate impacts of groundwater pumping schemes on seawater intrusion. The results of the numerical simulations show that the periodical groundwater pumping schemes have more significant adverse influences on groundwater flow and salt transport not only in the lower sand layer but also in the upper clay layer, and groundwater salinization becomes more intensified spatially and temporally as the pumping intensity is higher under the periodical groundwater pumping schemes. These imply that the continuous groundwater pumping scheme may be more suitable to minimize groundwater salinization due to seawater intrusion. The results of the numerical simulations also show that groundwater salinization in the upper clay layer occurs significantly different from that in the lower sand layer under the periodical groundwater pumping schemes. Such differences in groundwater salinization between the two adjacent layers may result from layered heterogeneity of the layered coastal aquifer system.
Keywords
Layered heterogeneity; Groundwater pumping schemes; Groundwater flow; Salt transport; Seawater intrusion; Numerical simulation;
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