Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) has great potential to detect and quantify land subsidence caused by aquifer system compaction. InSAR maps with high spatial detail and resolution of range displacement (610 mm in change of land surface elevation) were developed for a groundwater basin (;10 km) in Antelope Valley, California, using radar data collected from the ERS-1 satellite. T...

We describe development of a transportable version of the Superconducting Gravimeter (SG) and its test in a field experiment to monitor storage in a karst (limestone) aquifer in central Texas. The SG is contained within two aluminum enclosures, one holding the SG in its 35 liter helium dewar, plus electronics; and the second for refrigerator and power supply. In the field test, the SG was suppo...

Background Over the last few decades, shallow geothermal systems (< 400 m depth) have been increasingly utilized as renewable energy sources and storage systems for heating and cooling for domestic and public use (e.g., Bayer et al. 2012; Blum et al. 2010; Fridleifsson et al. 2009; Lund et al. 2011). Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) facilities directly use aquifers for seasonal storage of ...

Due to the specific climate conditions in the dry regions of Africa, an effective integrated water management is of great interest for the national authorities. This paper explains the workflow of the Aquifer Project product ‘Water and Vegetation Monitoring over entire Aquifer’. The large scale water and vegetation monitoring will be accomplished for the transboundary aquifer Iullemeden, which ...

The goal of this paper is to introduce an adjoint approach for calculating stream depletion in a river that is hydraulically connected to an aquifer. This paper presents the coupled forward and adjoint equations of flow in an unconfined aquifer, a confined aquifer, and in a river. Flow in the river is assumed to follow Manning’s equation, and the river is assumed to have a wide, rectangular cro...

The Chalk aquifer of Northern Europe is an internationally important source of drinking water and sustains baseflow for surface water ecosystems. The areal distribution of microorganic (MO) contaminants, particularly non-regulated emerging MOs, in this aquifer is poorly understood. This study presents results from a reconnaissance survey of MOs in Chalk groundwater, including pharmaceuticals, p...

The Nebraska SandHills is a vast grassland ecoregion that also serves as the main recharge zone for the High Plains (Ogallala) aquifer. Despite the national importance of this region in supplying irrigation water and supporting the US cattle industry, there have, until now, been no long-term, direct measurements of the components of the surface water balance. We have addressed this issue by ins...

To consider effective countermeasures against groundwater contaminated with dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents, it is first important to understand the mechanism of their migration in heterogeneous aquifer. In addition, numerical analysis models to simulate such a complex migration in heterogeneous aquifer are required. The displacement pressure, which is a mi...

Local groundwater in coastal aquifers in Shenzhen has experienced heavy pumping since the 1980s when it began to expand very quickly from a fishing village to a modern city. Meanwhile, large-scale land reclamation was carried out to meet the needs of various urbanization projects. In this paper we analyzed the groundwater from a coastal aquifer system in Shenzhen and examined the evolution of g...