Advancing Sustainable Groundwater Resource Management

推进可持续地下水资源管理

• 批准号: 122023-2013
• 负责人: Bentley, Laurence
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=569247
• 关键词: Advancing; Sustainable; Groundwater; Resource; Management

Groundwater resources are an important part of water supply in Canada and much of the world. In many places, groundwater levels have dropped dangerously low or wells have gone dry due to over exploitation. A necessary condition for sustainable groundwater management is the existence of tools that can quantitatively predict the response of aquifers to pumping. The mathematical models and tools required for accurate predictions exist for simple aquifers. However some aquifers are complex because the connection between different parts of the aquifer are complex. It remains one of the great challenges in hydrogeology to evaluate complex aquifers and predict their response to pumping and changes in recharge. These aquifers are too complicated for us to map exactly with current technology. Consequently, we cannot know with certainty exactly how they are constructed. However, we often understand how they were deposited and evolved geologically and have a general idea about what types of structures that we can anticipate. So, we do have some knowledge about their general characteristics. It is the objective of this research proposal to convert that knowledge into a statistical description of the aquifers and then to use a body of statistical techniques known as stochastic methods to build models that can be used to calculate the range of possible responses to changes in pumping and recharge. This will give groundwater managers the ability to project the most likely response to pumping as well as worst and best case scenarios and improve our ability to sustainably manage water resources. This research proposal has several interrelated parts. Geological and geophysical studies will determine the types of aquifer geometries that we can anticipate. Stochastic hydrogeologic studies will use hydrogeologic observations and stochastic methods to build the groundwater models. The results of the geologic and geophysical studies will be used to assure that the statistical models are consistent with what we know about the geology.

地下水资源是加拿大和世界大部分地区供水的重要组成部分。在许多地方，由于过度开采，地下水位下降到危险的低水平，或者水井干涸。地下水可持续管理的一个必要条件是存在能够定量预测含水层对抽水反应的工具。对于简单的含水层，存在着准确预测所需的数学模型和工具。然而，有些含水层是复杂的，因为含水层不同部分之间的联系很复杂。评价复杂含水层并预测其对抽水和补给变化的响应仍然是水文地质学中的重大挑战之一。 这些含水层太复杂了，我们无法用目前的技术准确绘制地图。因此，我们不能确切地知道它们是如何构造的。然而，我们通常了解它们是如何在地质上沉积和演化的，并对我们可以预测的结构类型有大致的了解。因此，我们确实对它们的一般特征有一些了解。这项研究提案的目的是将这些知识转化为对含水层的统计描述，然后使用一系列称为随机方法的统计技术来建立模型，这些模型可用于计算对抽水和补给变化的可能反应范围。这将使地下水管理人员能够预测最可能的抽水反应以及最坏和最好的情况，并提高我们可持续管理水资源的能力。 这项研究提案有几个相互关联的部分。地质和地球物理研究将确定我们可以预测的含水层几何类型。随机水文地质研究将利用水文地质观测和随机方法来建立地下水模型。地质和地球物理研究的结果将被用来确保统计模型与我们对地质的了解是一致的。