Seawater intrusion into groundwater aquifer through a coastal lake - complex interaction characterised by water isotopes 2H and 18O

The present study investigates the complex interactions among surface waters, groundwaters and a coastal lake in northeastern Greece, using their stable isotopic composition (δ¹⁸O, δ²H) in combination with hydrogeological and hydrochemical data. Seasonal and spatial trends of water isotopes were studied and revealed that all water bodies in the study area interact. It was also shown that the aquifer's increased salinity is not due to fossil water from past geological periods, but is attributed to brackish lake water intrusion into the aquifer induced by the extensive groundwater pumping for irrigation purposes. Quantification of the contribution of the lake to the aquifer was achieved using the simple dilution formula. The isotopic signatures of the seawater and the groundwaters are considerably different, so there is a very little possibility of direct seawater intrusion into the aquifer.     

A segmented and weighted Adomian decomposition algorithm for boundary value problem of nonlinear groundwater equation

Based on Adomian decomposition method, a new algorithm for solving boundary value problem (BVP) of nonlinear partial differential equations on the rectangular area is proposed. The solutions obtained by the method precisely satisfy all boundary conditions, except the small pieces near the four corners of the rectangular area. A theorem on the boundary error is given. Hence, the Adomian decomposition method is more efficiently applied to BVPs for partial differential equations. Segmented and weighted analytical solutions with a high accuracy for the BVP of nonlinear groundwater equations on a rectangular area are obtained by the present algorithm. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparison of the Leaching Behaviour of Alachlor and its Metabolites Under Field and Laboratory Conditions

Abstract

The aim of the investigation was to evaluate whether the results of field studies and those obtained from soil column experiments are comparable in order to describe leaching behaviour of pesticides. The fate of Alachlor and its metabolites 2,6-diethylaniline and 2-chloro-2′,6′-diethylacetanilide are described in this paper. Field leaching study and laboratory soil column experiments carried out with the formulated herbicide LASSO gave similar results. Applied Alachlor remained mostly in the top 10cm soil layer representing a limited mobility. Very small amounts of Alachlor in ground and percolated water indicated only a slight leaching potential. The calculated half-life of 15 days and 90% loss after 335 days demonstrate a remarkable persistence of alachlor. Only 2-chloro-2′,6′-diethylacetanilide but not 2,6-diethylaniline was detected in soil and percolated water. It is still uncertain if these residues originate from the formulated product or result partially from “metabolism”.

Column experiments with the same soil carried out under undisturbed conditions are a simple alternative to field studies and allow quantitative estimations. The column experiments support the assumption that most of the alachlor that cannot be found after application is not lost by wind drifting or volatilization but due to formation of bound residues.     

Transboundary extraction of groundwater in the presence of hydraulic fracturing

We studied transboundary groundwater management problems in the presence of hydraulic fracturing. We found that the presence of risk suggests there should be caution when considering hydraulic fracturing. Our results from the cooperative solution show a decrease in hydraulic fracturing and increase in the steady state survival rate of groundwater. We also provide a Pigouvian type tax that could be imposed on natural gas developers.     

地下水与社会经济的协调发展分析模型及其应用

在我国北方水资源短缺的许多地区,发展用水主要是靠加大地下水超采量来维持的,即通过牺牲后备资源和生态环境,地下水资源对国民经济发展做出了重要贡献.但随着地下水资源的枯竭,可能对区域社会经济带来一定影响.为评价这种影响,提出了一个协调发展模型,简单实用,能够反映客观实际.并在海河流域的典型区域进行了实际应用,结果表明许多地区的地下水环境状况相当不容乐观,在发展经济的同时,也应当注意生态环境的保护.     

氢化物发生–原子荧光法测定地下水中的镉

建立用氢化物发生–原子荧光法测定地下水中镉的方法。探讨了还原剂硼氢化钾用量及地下水中共存元素干扰对镉测定结果的影响,优化了仪器工作条件。优化的实验条件:介质为2%的盐酸溶液;还原剂为2%的硼氢化钾溶液;载气为氩气,流量为510 mL/min;主阴极灯电流为60 mA。镉的质量浓度在0~10μg/L范围内与荧光强度的峰面积呈良好的线性关系,线性相关系数为0.999 2,检出限为0.03μg/L。测定结果的相对标准偏差为1.24%~6.07%(n=7),加标回收率为90.1%~103.0%。该方法具有较高的灵敏度、精密度和准确度,可用于地下水中镉的测定。     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定水中18种酚类污染物

建立了一种同时测定地表水、地下水环境样品中18种酚类污染物的分析方法。样品经0.22μm聚四氟乙烯滤膜过滤后,采用Thermo Hypersil ODS柱(100 mm×2.1 mm,5.0μm)分离,以甲醇-0.01 mol/L甲酸铵/甲酸水溶液(p H 4.0)为流动相,柱温30℃,流速0.2 m L/min进行梯度洗脱,电喷雾负离子模式(ESI-)电离、多反应监测模式(MRM)进行检测,外标法定量。18种酚类化合物的浓度与其峰面积在一定浓度范围内均呈良好线性关系(r2≥0.999 1),方法检出限为0.02~0.51μg/L。18种酚类化合物在低、中、高浓度的平均加标回收率为84.5%~112%,相对标准偏差(n=6)为0.6%~4.3%。此方法灵敏度高、干扰小、分析速度快,适用于地表水、地下水等较洁净水环境样品中18种酚类污染物的同时分析。     

On the conversion of tritium units to mass fractions for hydrologic applications

We develop a general equation for converting laboratory-reported tritium levels, expressed either as concentrations (tritium isotope number fractions) or mass-based specific activities, to mass fractions in aqueous systems. Assuming that all tritium is in the form of monotritiated water simplifies the derivation and is shown to be reasonable for most environmental settings encountered in practice. The general equation is nonlinear. For tritium concentrations c less than 4.5×10¹² tritium units (TU) – i.e. specific tritium activities<5.3×10¹¹ Bq kg^?1 – the mass fraction w of tritiated water is approximated to within 1 part per million by w ≈ c×2.22293×10^?18, i.e. the conversion is linear for all practical purposes. Terrestrial abundances serve as a proxy for non-tritium isotopes in the absence of sample-specific data. Variation in the relative abundances of non-tritium isotopes in the terrestrial hydrosphere produces a minimum range for the mantissa of the conversion factor of [2.22287; 2.22300].     

Hydrogeochemical and isotopic characterisation of groundwater in a sand-dune phreatic aquifer on the northeastern coast of the province of Buenos Aires,Argentina

This contribution presents the hydrochemical and isotopic characterisation of the phreatic aquifer located in the Partido de la Costa, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the sand-dune barrier geomorphological environment, groundwater is mainly a low-salinity Ca-HCO₃ and Na-HCO₃-type, being in general suitable for drinking, whereas in the continental plain (silty clay sediments), groundwater is a Na-Cl type with high salinity and unsuitable for human consumption. The general isotopic composition of the area ranges from?6.8 to?4.3 ‰ for δ¹⁸O and from?39 to?21 ‰ for δ²H, showing that rainwater rapidly infiltrates into the sandy substrate and reaches the water table almost without significant modification in its isotopic composition. These analyses, combined with other chemical parameters, made it possible to corroborate that in the eastern area of the phreatic aquifer, there is no contamination from marine salt water.     

Nachruf Prof. Hübner

Abstract

Representative water samples were collected from different oases in the western desert of Egypt to examine characteristics of Egyptian groundwater. Chemical data recognized two basic groundwater types; alkali bicarbonate and alkali chloride, where sodium has the highest concentration. For each region the median SD, δ¹⁸ 0 and ionic strength of water calculated from their chemical analyses are recorded and plotted.

Generally, the results of isotopic content measurements of the groundwaters from the different oases in the western desert indicate the fossile origin of these waters. The values of δD and δ¹⁸ 0 of the western desert oases' waters are characteristic of old paleowaters from the Nubian sand aquifer. Modern sparse rainfall data suggest that any precipitation will exhibit moderate to large positive isotopic content enrichments and cannot be a source for these waters. They have been in no connection with the Nile water, moreover the change in isotopic composition is due to evaporation which is now ineffective at deeper levels.