ARTIFICIAL GROUND WATER RECHARGE EXPERIMENTS IN CARBONATE AND CLASTIC AQUIFERS OF KUWAIT1

ABSTRACT: Injection of water and subsequent withdrawal were carried out in three existing water wells (SU-10, C-105, and SU-135A) in Kuwait. The objective of the study was to assess the technical feasibility of artificial recharge in the carbonate Dammam Formation and the clastic Kuwait Group aquifers. In the absence of any pretreatment of injection water and measures for maintenance of line pressure, clogging from suspended solids and air entrapment occurred in all three experiments. It was, however, possible to inject for one month in Wells SU-10 and C-105 where injection took place in the Dammam aquifer. In Well SU-135A, where the Kuwait Group aquifer was the target for injection, clogging became so severe that the injection experiment had to be abandoned. The injection/withdrawal data were analyzed with the help of a multi-aquifer flow model and a transport model. The models took into account the effects of crossflow within the boreholes on the distribution of intake and discharge rates for different aquifers, and hence, on the recovery efficiency. The experiments suggested that the artificial recharge of the Dammam and the Kuwait Group aquifers was technically feasible. The problem of clogging was, however, more severe for the Kuwait Group.     

STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF KAREZ IRRIGATION1

ABSTRACT: The karez is a traditional irrigation water source, consisting of hand-dug horizontal wells, that is still used in parts of South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. This paper describes the construction, management, and current problems of karez irrigation systems based on investigations conducted in Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. While karezes have served irrigation needs well in the past, they are now threatened by high costs of labor for construction and maintenance, and by the encroachment of tubewells which lower the water tables on which the karez systems depend. Possible methods for improving karez performance and needs for research are discussed.     

塔里木河下游第五次应急输水后地下水恢复量的计算

依据塔里木河下游应急输水前与第五次第一阶段输水后地下水的监测资料,分析了输水前后地下水位的响应特征:地下水位在应急输水前持续下降,呈近似水平状态;输水后则由于接受了河道渗漏的补给,地下水位表现出逐次回升的趋势且受输水的影响,宽度(距离河道)也随之加大。在此基础上,逐断面拟合了第五(I)次输水后地下水位与离河距离的二次多项式方程,同时运用地下水水均衡的原理,推导了计算地下水净恢复量的数学公式,并以此为工具对第五(I)次输水后地下水的净恢复量进行了计算。     

城市污水深度处理中有机物的去除

以城市污水地下水回灌为回用目的 ,研究不同的污水深度处理工艺及对二级生物处理出水中有机物的去除 .研究结果表明 ,原水若未经深度处理 ,直接由土壤含水层处理的出水不能满足推荐的回灌水水质要求 .对原水分别采用混凝沉淀、过滤、臭氧氧化、粉末活性炭和粒状活性炭吸附等处理单元及组合工艺进行深度处理效果的对比 ,最终选用由混凝沉淀 ,砂滤 ,粒状活性炭过滤与土壤含水层处理相结合的工艺流程 .城市污水处理厂的二级出水经该工艺处理后 ,出水中的 DOC可降至 3mg/L以下 ,且活性炭柱的产水床体积可达 350 0 BV.     

Evaluation of an Infiltration Best Management Practice Utilizing Pervious Concrete1

Abstract: A pervious concrete infiltration basin was installed on the campus of Villanova University in August 2002. A study was undertaken to determine what contaminants, if any, were introduced to the soils underlying the site as a result of this best management practice (BMP). The average infiltration rate at the site is approximately 10^?4 cm/s. The drainage area (5,208 m²) consists of grassy surfaces (36%), standard concrete/asphalt (30%), and roof surfaces (30%) that directly connect to the infiltration beds via downspouts and storm sewers. Composite samples of infiltrated stormwater were collected from the vadose zone using soil moisture suction devices. Discrete samples were collected from a port within an infiltration bed and a downspout from a roof surface. Samples from 17 storms were analyzed for pH, conductivity, and concentrations of suspended solids, dissolved solids, chloride, copper, and total nitrogen. Copper and chloride were the two constituents of concern at this site. Copper was introduced to the system from the roof, while chloride was introduced from deicing practices. Copper was not found in porewater beneath 0.3 m and the chloride was not significant enough to impact the ground water. This research indicates that with proper siting, an infiltration BMP will not adversely impact the ground water.     

EFFICIENCY OF HYDROLOGIC DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS ROLE OF TYPE I AND II ERRORS1

ABSTRACT The efficiency of hydrologic data collection systems is relevant to solution of environmental problems, scientific understanding of hydrologic processes, model-building and management of water resources. Because these goals may be overlapping and non-commensurate, design of data networks is not simple. Identified are four elements of error or risk in such networks: (a) choice of variables and mathematical model for the same process, (b) accuracy of model parameter estimates, (c) acceptance of wrong hypothesis or rejection of correct hypothesis and (d) economic losses associated with error. Of these four, the classical hypothesis testing problem is specifically evaluated in terms of costs of type I and II errors for simple and composite hypotheses; mathematical models for these economic analyses also include costs of sample data and costs of waiting while new data is obtained. An illustrative computational example focuses on the hypothesis that natural recharge might be augmented by a system of pumping wells along an ephemeral channel. The relationship of the hypothesis testing problem to Bayesian decision theory is discussed; it is felt that the latter theory offers a more comprehensive framework for design and use of hydrologic data networks.     

AN ENGINEERING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A PROGRAM FOR ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE1

This study describes and demonstrates two alternate methods for evaluating the relative costs and benefits of artificial groundwater recharge using percolation ponds. The first analysis considers the benefits to be the reduction of pumping lifts and land subsidence; the second considers benefits as the alternative costs of a comparable surface delivery system. Example computations are carried out for an existing artificial recharge program in Santa Clara Valley in California. A computer groundwater model is used to estimate both the average long term and the drought period effects of artificial recharge in the study area. For the example problem, the benefits of reduced average annual pumping lifts and reduced incremental subsidence are greater than the total costs of continuing the existing artificial recharge program. Benefits for reduced subsidence are strongly dependent on initial aquifer conditions. The second analysis compares the costs of continuing the artificial recharge program with the costs of a surface system which would achieve the same hydraulic effects. Results indicate that the costs of artificial recharge are considerably smaller than the alternative costs of an equivalent surface system. In evaluating a particular program, consideration should also be given to uncertainties in future supplies and demands for water as well as to the probability of extreme events such as droughts.     

潮白河河道现场淋溶试验

南水北调水进京后部分水源将通过潮白河河道人工回灌至地下储存,以涵养严重亏损的地下水资源.为研究回灌过程中的水岩相互作用,本研究在潮白河河道开展了现场淋溶试验,通过测试分析K+、Na+、Ca2+、Mg2+、HCO-3、Cl-、SO2-4、NH3-N、NO2-N、NO3-N、F-、溶解性总固体、总硬度、p H值等水质指标的变化特征,从水岩相互作用的角度探讨了水质变化机理,为南水北调水资源的合理利用提供技术支撑.试验结果表明,回灌水源在包气带介质运移过程中物理淋溶现象显著,试验过程中发生了阳离子交换吸附作用、氨氮解析和硝化作用等一系列的化学反应.     

城市污水地下回灌深度处理技术

以城市污水地下回灌为回用目的,研究了不同的污水深度处理工艺,并着重研究了去除二级生物处理出水中有机物的处理工艺.研究结果表明,采用臭氧氧化和粉末活性炭预处理后再经土壤渗滤回灌,可大大改善水质,水中溶解性有机碳浓度可降至3mg／L以下,通过静态吸附实验选出了适于处理二级出水的粒状活性炭,并运用ADSA软件对有机物在活性炭上的吸附行为进行分析.将活性炭的动态实验同混凝、过滤结合起来,研究不同组合工艺对有机物的去除效果,筛选出了适于城市污水处理厂二级出水地下回灌的预处理工艺,其出水溶解性有机碳浓度低达3～4．5mg／L以下.