Module 3 – Content and Structure

Scientific and Technical Aspects of Water Resources Management

	PRELIMINARY COURSE WORK
Description	In order to take full advantage of the on-line module, students are advised to read the following material prior to course start. The Module Coordinators and Tutors are available to provide further information.
Reading list	Foster S, Loucks PP (eds) (2006), Non-renewable groundwater resources: a guidebook on socially sustainble management for water-policy makers. UNESCO-IHP VI Series on Groundwater 10, UNESCO, Paris Foster S, Ait-Kadi M (2012), Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM): How does groundwater fit in? Hydrogeology Journal 20: 415–418 Galloway D, et al (2003), Evolving issues and practices in managing ground-water resources : case studies on the role of science. U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 1247 Murray R (2009), Artificial recharge: The international banking and treating of water in aquifers. Lecture notes prepared for the Dept. of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa Tuinhof A, et al (2006), Groundwater Resource Management an introduction to its scope and practice. The World Bank, GW-MATE Core Group, Briefing Note Series Note 1

Week 1	Start date: 18.02.2014
TITLE	POROUS MEDIA, AQUIFERS, AND GROUNDWATER BALANCE
Description	Representation of porous media From porous to aquifer system scales Groundwater balance Estimating aquifer properties
Assignment
Video lesson
Reading list	Sharp J M Jr (1999), A Glossary of Hydrogeological Terms. The University of Texas, Austin, Texas Uliana MM (2012), Hydrogeology Lecture Notes. Wilson P, Strock J (1995), Aquifer testing for hydrogeologic characterization. Guidance Manual EPA.

Week 2	Start date: 25.02.2014
TITLE	MANAGING ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE OF AQUIFER SYSTEMS
Description	Artificial recharge systems Design and management Quantitative and quality issues Aquifer recharge with treated wastewater: challenges
Assignment
Video lesson
Reading list	Gale I (2005), Strategies for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in semi-arid areas. UNESCO Brower H (2002), Artificial recharge of groundwater: hydrogeology and engineering. Hydrogeology Journal (2002) 10:121–142. Candela L, et al. (2007), Assessment of soil and groundwater impacts by treated urban wastewater reuse. A case study: Application in a golf course (Girona, Spain). Science of the Total Environment, 374: 26–35. USAID-EGYPT (2010), Integrated Water Resource Management – Feasibility of wastewater reuse. Report N. 14. Cherif S, et al. (2013), Aquifer recharge by treated wastewaters: Korba case study (Tunisia). Sustainable Sanitation ion Practice, 14: 41-48.

Week 3	Start date: 04.03.2014
TITLE	GEOPHYSICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE WATER RESOURCES
Description	An introduction to hydrogeophysical techniques The Transient EM (TEM) technique (airborne/ground-based) The MRS technique Case studies
Assignment
Video lesson
Reading list	Christiansen AV, Esben A (2010), Transient Electromagnetic Exploration. Technical Report, Department of Earth Sciences, Aarhus University. Legchenko A, et al. (2002), Nuclear magnetic resonance as a geophysical tool for hydrogeologists. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 50: 21-46. Jørgensen F, et al. (2012), Transboundary geophysical mapping of geological elements and salinity distribution critical for the assessment of future sea water intrusion in response to sea level rise. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16: 1845–1862. Knight R, et al. (2012), Field experiment provides ground truth for surface nuclear magnetic resonance measurement. Geophysical Res. Letters, 39, L03304, doi:10.1029/2011GL050167

Week 4	Start date: 11.03.2014
TITLE	NUMERICAL MODELING TO MANAGE SUBSURFACE WATER RESOURCES: SOME GUIDELINES
Description	Basic concepts of groundwater flow and transport modelling Process of modelling: discretization, boundary and initial conditions, calibration Input data and model outcomes Basic numerical issues
Assignment
Video lesson
Reading list	Reilly TE, Harbaugh AW (2004), Guidelines for evaluating ground-water flow models. U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5038 Rausch R (2010), Groundwater Modeling: An introduction to groundwater flow and solute transport modeling with applications. Technishe Universitat Darmstadt Essink GHP (2000), Groundwater modelling. Utrecht University, L4018/GWM

Week 5	Start date: 18.03.2014
TITLE	CASE STUDIES IN MEDITERRANEAN AND ARID/SEMIARID COUNTRIES
Description	The case studies presented represent some possible solutions applied in Mediterranean and arid/semiarid regions
Assignment
Video lesson
Reading list	Sanchez-Vila X, et al. (2012), Managed artificial recharge in the Llobregat aquifers: Quantitative versus qualitative aspects. In: S. Sabater et al. (eds.), The Llobregat: The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River, Hdb Env Chem (2012) 21: 51–68. Foued El Ayni F, et al. (2012), Impact of treated wastewater reuse on agriculture and aquifer recharge in a coastal area: Korba case study. Water Resour Manage, 25: 2251–2265. Sultan M, et al. (2011), Modern recharge to fossil aquifers: Geochemical, geophysical, and modeling constraints. Journal of Hydrology, 403 (1–2): 14-24. Bouri S, Dhia HB (2010), A thirty-year artificial recharge experiment in a coastal aquifer in an arid zone: The Teboulba aquifer system (Tunisian Sahel). Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 342 (1): 60-74. Rahman MA, et al. (2013), An integrated study of spatial multicriteria analysis and mathematical modelling for managed aquifer recharge site suitability mapping and site ranking at Northern Gaza coastal aquifer. Journal of Environmental Management, 124: 25-39. Vouillamoz JM, et al. (2008), Contribution of magnetic resonance sounding to aquifer characterization and recharge estimate in semiarid Niger. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 64 (3–4), 99-108.