Overview
- Sheds new light on the challenges related to Egypt's groundwater, which represents the second largest freshwater resource after the river Nile
- Presents a comprehensive review
- Appeals to environmental managers, scientists and policymakers
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 73)
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This unique volume offers an up-to-date overview of all the main aspects of groundwater in the Nile Delta and its fringes, as well as latest research findings. The themes covered include:
· Nile Delta aquifer formation and its characteristics
· The use of the groundwater in the Nile Delta and its implications
· Sedimentology and hydrogeophysical characteristics
· Groundwater investigations and aquifer characterization using current direct resistivity and induced polarization
· Groundwater contamination and degradation
· Saltwater intrusion and its control· Delineation of groundwater flow and seawater intrusion using various techniques, including one-dimensional subsurfacetemperature profiles, geoelectrical resistivity, and integrated subsurface thermal regime and hydrogeochemical data
· Modeling of groundwater and of saltwater intrusion in the Nile Delta aquifer
· Excessive pumping and groundwater quality assessment for irrigation and drinking purposes
· Groundwater management for sustainability in the Nile Delta.The volume appeals to postgraduate students, researchers, scientists, professionals, decision makers and planners.
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Book Title: Groundwater in the Nile Delta
Editors: Abdelazim M. Negm
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94283-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94282-7Published: 16 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94283-4Published: 28 December 2018
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 760
Number of Illustrations: 87 b/w illustrations, 289 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Hydrology/Water Resources, Hydrogeology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution