Groundwater and Global Change in the Western Mediterranean Area

✍ Scribed by Maria Luisa Calvache, Carlos Duque, David Pulido-Velazquez (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 321
• Series: Environmental Earth Sciences
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a compilation of papers examining the impacts of global change (GC) on water resources systems. Mainly focusing on groundwater resources in Western Mediterranean countries, it shows that this topic is one of the most important challenges facing society. The papers explore developments in both Southern Europe and North Africa, where major impacts on the sustainability, quantity, quality, and management of water resources are expected to emerge.

Although most global change publications focus on surface water, the number of research papers addressing global change and groundwater has grown rapidly in recent years. Continuing that welcome trend, this book gathers the main findings presented at the “Congress on Groundwater and Global Change in the Western Mediterranean” (Granada, Spain, November 6–9, 2017), which brought together researchers and technicians interested in groundwater issues affecting this geographic area.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii
Impacts of the Water Resources Variability on Cereal Yields in the Region of Souss-Massa Southern Morocco (H. Abahous, J. Ronchail, A. Sifeddine, L. Kenny, L. Bouchaou)....Pages 1-8
Groundwater as an Useful Resource in the Adaptation to the Climate Change: The Case of the Sinclinal de Calasparra Aquifer (Murcia, SE Spain) (I. Alhama, G. García, T. Rodríguez)....Pages 9-17
An Index-Based Method to Assess Impacts of Global Change on Seawater Intrusion Problems (L. Baena Ruiz, D. Pulido-Velazquez, A. Renau-Pruñonosa, I. Morell, C. Llopis-Albert, A. J. Collados-Lara et al.)....Pages 19-26
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge for the Chiba Basin in Tunisia (S. Benabdallah, H. Mairech, F. M. Hummel)....Pages 27-33
The Importance of the Groundwater Governance in the Global Change Context: A Proposal for a Mediterranean Aquifer (Llanos de la Puebla, Spain) (J. Berbel, A. Expósito, L. Mateos)....Pages 35-42
Effects of Climate Variability on Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers (Case of Mitidja Plain in the North Algeria) (A. Bouderbala)....Pages 43-51
Development of a GIS Based Procedure (BIGBANG 1.0) for Evaluating Groundwater Balances at National Scale and Comparison with Groundwater Resources Evaluation at Local Scale (G. Braca, D. Ducci)....Pages 53-61
Groundwater Salinity and Environmental Change Over the Last 20,000 Years: Isotopic Evidences in the Lower Sado Aquifer Recharge, Portugal (P. M. Carreira, J. M. Marques)....Pages 63-73
Sowing Water in Monchique Mountain: A Multidisciplinary MAR Project for Climate Change Adaptation (R. C. Carvalho, T. Carvalho, F. R. Sousa, S. Gil)....Pages 75-83
Concepts on Groundwater Resources (E. Custodio)....Pages 85-92
Consequences of Seawater Intrusion in Mediterranean Spain. Project SASMIE (E. Custodio)....Pages 93-100
Quantitative Impact of Climate Variations on Groundwater in Southern Italy (D. Ducci, M. Polemio)....Pages 101-108
Assessing the Uncertainties of the Water Budget in the Torrevieja Aquifer (Southeast Spain) (C. Duque, J. M. Gómez-Fontalva, J. M. Murillo, M. L. Calvache)....Pages 109-116
Paleohydrogeological Model of the Groundwater Salinity in the Motril-Salobreña Aquifer (C. Duque, J. T. Olsen, J. P. Sánchez-Úbeda, M. L. Calvache)....Pages 117-126
Numerical Groundwater Modelling as an Effective Tool for Management of the Deep Aquifer at the Dakhla Bay (South of Morocco) (S. M. El Kanti, B. El Mansouri, Y. Arjdal, A. Larabi)....Pages 127-135
Delineating the Aquifer Role in the Anthropogenic Fingerprint on the Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystem of the Biguglia Lagoon (Corsica, France) (M. Erostate, E. Garel, F. Huneau, V. Pasqualini)....Pages 137-142
Change in the Hydrological Functioning of Sand Dune Ponds in Doñana National Park (Southern Andalusia, Spain) (A. Fernández-Ayuso, M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, J. Benavente)....Pages 143-150
Hydrogeochemical and Isotopic Investigations for Evaluation of the Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Quality, a Case Study of the Plaine of Kasserine, Central Tunisia (I. Hassen, F. Hamzaoui-Azaza, R. Bouhlila)....Pages 151-160
Groundwater Recharge Assessment Using WetSpass: Case Study of the Sidi Marzoug-Sbiba Aquifer (Tunisia) (F. Jarraya Horriche, N. Mgaidi, N. Ghouili, M. Zammouri)....Pages 161-167
Application of GALDIT Index to Assess the Intrinsic Vulnerability of Coastal Aquifer to Seawater Intrusion Case of the Ghiss-Nekor Aquifer (North East of Morocco) (T. Kouz, H. Cherkaoui Dekkaki, S. Mansour, M. Hassani Zerrouk, T. Mourabit)....Pages 169-177
Impacts of Global Changes on Groundwater Resources in North-East Tunisia: The Case of the Grombalia Phreatic Aquifer (F. Lachaal, S. Chargui, R. B. Messaoud, A. Chekirbane, M. Tsujimura, A. Mlayah et al.)....Pages 179-188
Groundwater Resources Scarcity in Souss-Massa Region and Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Agricultural Development (I. Mansir, L. Bouchaou, R. Choukr-allah, B. Chebli, M. El Otmani)....Pages 189-197
Hydrogeological Model of Mijas Mountain Aquifers Under Different Climate Conditions (Malaga, Spain) (J. Martín-Arias, P. Martínez-Santos, B. Andreo)....Pages 199-206
Global Change and Groundwater in Catalonia: Contributions from the Three “Climate Change Reports” (CADS-IEC 2005, 2010, 2016) (J. Mas-Pla)....Pages 207-215
Qualitative Evaluation of Climate Change Effects on Nitrate Occurrence at Several Aquifers in the Catalonia Inner Basin (J. Mas-Pla, A. Menció, L. Portell)....Pages 217-226
Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge Using a High Precision Meteo Lysimeter in a Dune Belt of the Doñana National Park (L. Molano-Leno, C. Kohfahl, D. J. Martínez Suárez, F. Ruiz Bermudo, A. N. Martínez Sánchez de la Nieta, S. Engelhardt et al.)....Pages 227-234
Chemical Tracers and Stable Isotopes Mixing Models for Groundwater Quality and Recharge Study in the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains (B. N’da, L. Bouchaou, B. Reichert, L. Hanich, S. Danni, Y. Ait Brahim et al.)....Pages 235-244
Preliminary Study of the Impact of Guadalhorce River Mouth Channeling (Málaga, Spain) on Groundwater and Related Wetlands (J. M. Nieto-López, B. Andreo, J. A. Barberá-Fornell, J. M. Ramírez-González, M. Rendón-Martos)....Pages 245-252
Groundwater Responses to Climate Change in a Coastal Semi-arid Area from Morocco; Case of Essaouira Basin (S. Ouhamdouch, M. Bahir, P. M. Carreira, K. Zouari)....Pages 253-260
Isotopic and Chemical Tracers for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Semi-arid Area: Case of Massa Catchment, Morocco (S. Oumarou Danni, L. Bouchaou, A. Elmouden, B. N’da, Y. Ait Brahim, M. Malki)....Pages 261-268
Future Effects of Climate Change on the Dynamics of the Sierra Nevada Snowpack: Conclusions from Cellular Automata Models (E. Pardo-Igúzquiza, A. J. Collados-Lara, D. Pulido-Velazquez)....Pages 269-275
Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Age Distribution in Motril-Salobreña Coastal Aquifer (SE Spain) (J. P. Sánchez-Úbeda, M. L. Calvache, P. Engesgaard, C. Duque, M. López-Chicano, R. Purtschert)....Pages 277-285
Groundwater Age Dating in Motril-Salobreña Coastal Aquifer with Environmental Tracers (δ18O/δ2H, 3H/3He, 4He, 85Kr, and 39Ar) (J. P. Sánchez-Úbeda, M. López-Chicano, M. L. Calvache, R. Purtschert, P. Engesgaard, C. Martín-Montañés et al.)....Pages 287-295
Multi-tracers Strategy to Define a Conceptual Model for the Coastal Aquifers of Mediterranean Islands, Case Study of the Bonifacio Aquifer (Corsica, France) (S. Santoni, E. Garel, F. Huneau)....Pages 297-304
Assessment of Artificial Recharge Efficiency Against Groundwater Stress in the El Khairat Aquifer (M. Zammouri, N. Brini, F. Jarraya Horriche)....Pages 305-312

✦ Subjects

Hydrogeology