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RESEARCH PROJECT FACTSHEET
GABARDINE
Project acronym
Project title
Start and end date
Funding programme
Groundwater Artificial recharge Based on
Alternative sources of wateR: aDvanced
INtegrated technologies and managEment
1/11/2005 – 31/10/2008
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The overarching topics the project addresses:
1. Groundwater
4. Waste water treatment
5. Water resources management
17. Water consumption
18. Other: chemical aspects
A short summary of the project:
Aquifers are the main source of water in most semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean
basin. As a result of over-exploitation hydrologic deficits of varying acuity prevail in
these areas. Seawater intrusion and pollution have been identified as the primary
factors for quality degradation. Further deterioration can be expected based on
trends in the precipitation regime attributed to climate change. The objective of
this project is to identify alternative sources of water and to investigate the feasibility, both environmental and economic of their utilization. Alternative water sources
to be artificially recharged comprise: surface water runoff, treated effluent, and imported water. Furthermore, brackish water bodies, present in many aquifers could
be utilised after desalination.
The project structured into eight work-packages comprehensively addresses all issues related to the problem: expected precipitation rates, recharge and water budgets, identification of potential alternative water sources and technologies for their
utilization, development of tools for the management of groundwater resources
under artificial recharge conditions, aquifer vulnerability assessment, characterization of the unsaturated zone, and mixing effects. Four test sites have been selected
for practical application of the approach. Substantial field testing, integration of
technologies and findings to ensure optimal implementations of aquifer recharge
alternatives, quantification of socio-economic impacts and development of dissemination platform are planned. Finally a carefully designed project management
shall drive and accompany the project execution in order to ascertain consistency
and efficiency.
All factsheets are available at:
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Link to EU Water Policy:
1. Water Framework Directive
2. Groundwater Directive
The project is focused to these stakeholders:
2. Research sector
4. Private sector – business
The main results the project already achieved:
• Groundwater flow and transport model (program code-software)
• Decision Support System (DSS) for ARS planning and management
• Water treatment technology in artificial groundwater recharge
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RESEARCH PROJECT FACTSHEET
The main objectives of the project:
• To explore the viability of supplementing existing water resources in semi-arid
areas with alternative sources of water that could be exploited in the context of an
integrated water resources management approach. Such alternative water sources
are surface water surpluses generated during rainy seasons (runoff water, flashfloods etc.), treated effluent that is continuously produced in urban areas, surpluses of desalinated water, that are expected in periods of low water demand or high
water availability (from natural resources) and exploitation of saline water bodies
that could be used for adequate agricultural practices or used a raw material for
low-cost desalination. Obviously, the exploitation of such type of water sources
precludes the availability of seasonal and long-term storage of large quantities of
water,
• To consider aquifers as the primal facility for the storage of these alternatives water sources and investigate techniques for their artificial recharge and injection of
the produced alternative water, including a monitoring of water quality and purification by natural attenuation and filtration processes,
• To evaluate and quantify the potential impact of degrading factors, such as climate change, changes in the quality of water, salt water etc on the global quality
and usability of the resource, by developing tools for risk mapping, for modelling
and for monitoring, and to propose measures for preventing or minimizing, mitigating, their impact.
RESEARCH PROJECT FACTSHEET
The main deliverables, available dissemination material and education material from the project:
Deliverables:
• 26 Articles in peer-reviewed journals, Posters
• 2 Press releases, Newsletters
• 39 Reports, Brochures
• Website, Database, Network
Education material:
• Decision-Support System (DSS)
Dissemination activities and events planned within the project:
• 5 Conferences
• 5 Workshops
• 1 Training course
• 2 Interviews
• 1 Consultation
• 5 PhD thesis
• 1 Book chapter
• 1 Stand at a Fair
• Attendance at local water events
Contacts
Project coordinator
Prof. Martin Sauter
e-mail address
[email protected]
Organisations in the consortium
Name of institution
Country
Role
Geoscience Centre, University of Göttingen (GZG) Dept. Applied Geology
EYATH Water company of Thessaloniki
DE
Coordinator
GR
Partner
Palestinian Hydrology Group
PS
Partner
Palestinian water authority
PS
Partner
Israel Hydrologic Service
IL
Partner
All factsheets are available at:
www.stream-project.eu
www.wise-rtd.info
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