Hydraulics and Environment Department
Projects - EU-PRChina: Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones
The objective of the project was the development
of methodologies for the suitable evaluation of groundwater resources, and
methods for the quantitative evaluation of the aquifer’s intrinsic
vulnerability to pollution, in order to minimize the environmental risks
arising from a rapid economic growth. The project developed conceptual
scientific tools, flow and pollutants transport mathematical modelling,
aquifer’s pollution vulnerability mapping and the definition of guidelines for
groundwater protection and sustainable exploitation.
Main objectives
The research aimed the minimisation of environmental risks due to rapid economical growth of the Pearl River Delta region (Macau-Guangzhou-Hong-Kong region) and the Dalian Peninsula region. The main natural resource researched in this Project was groundwater. The tasks developed in the Project were divided in several Work Packages. The first, i.e. WP1, was dedicated to the development of appropriated management mathematical models and practices towards the optimisation of the existing groundwater resources. The second Work Package, i.e. WP2, was dedicated to the research of the intrinsic groundwater vulnerability to pollution, aiming the minimisation of environmental risks to groundwater. The third Work Package, i.e. WP3, was based on the partners experience related to the research of an integrated approach on sustainable development policies for water supply, wastewater and solid waste sectors, towards the protection of natural groundwater resources. The fourth Work Package, i.e. WP4, was dedicated to the know-how transfer, not only from the EU towards China, but also, and we underline the relevance of this task, from China towards the EU.
Abstract
Project main activities
(1) Assessment of the hydrogeological characteristics of the two case-study regions in China, i.e. the Dalian Peninsula and the Pearl River region at Guangzhou, and storage of the information gathered in a database specially programmed for the Project (named INVENTOR_PRC); (2) DUT and LNEC to evaluate the vulnerability to pollution of the unconfined aquifer of Dalian Peninsula, P.R.China, based on the assessment of the hydrogeological conditions using GIS ARC/INFO successfully used the DRASTIC index method; (3) A groundwater model for the Dalian study area was developed; (4) As for the Dalian case-study area, the DRASTIC index method was also successfully applied to evaluate the vulnerability to pollution of the unconfined aquifer of Guangzhou-Huaxian Basin; (5) A groundwater model for the Guangzhou study area was developed; (6) ZOOM2D, a new modelling approach developed by UoB, is capable of modelling wells at the scale of the borehole whilst still simulating groundwater flow in a regional aquifer efficiently. This model was applied to the Chinese study areas. (7) A Draft Contribution For Discussion with the Guangdong's Province National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on Sustainable Development Policies For The Water Supply, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
Further scientific know-how exchange achievements: (1) four lectures held in DUT by UoB and by LNEC; (2) a document on Metodologies For Minimizing Environmental Impacts And For Monitoring Groundwater In Landfills was developed.
Organisation of Workshops and Scientific meetings: SCUT and LECM co-organised with LNEC the Workshops held in Guangzhou and in Macau, during August 1999.
Publications and papers: Fifteen documents on the achievements of the Project were published by the partnership institutions and/or published in Proceedings of International Conferences.
Travel and Visits: More than thirty missions were carried out during the lifetime of the project. Their achievements were fully presented in the First, Second and Third Years Progress Reports. A summary of those missions is also presented in the Consolidated Scientific Report.
Results achieved by LNEC´s activities
The DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability to pollution index was successfully applied to the Guangzhou-Huaxin basin and to the Dalian Peninsula. Based on the expertise gathered during this Project, it is the opinion of the partnership that it is appropriate, with the hydrogeological data usually available in China, the application of DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability to pollution assessment to coastal and inland regions of China.
The Project also involved the development of methodologies for the sustainable operational and strategic management of groundwater resources. These methodologies have been applied to the Guangzhou-Huadu basin and the Dalian Peninsula. Aiming the know-how transfer, necessary for regional Chinese implementation of the results achieved in the Project, invited participants to the Guangzhou Workshop were selected from the end-user Guangdong's Province National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA).
The outcome of DUT and SCUT teams, including the very successful missions to Portugal, held during 1998, and to the UK, held during 1999, have made this INCO-DC project a very rewarding and interesting one to the EU (i.e. LNEC and UoB) and Macau (i.e. LECM) partners, indeed making this Project a "success story".
EU-PRC Coastal Groundwater Project Final general Summary Report
References
Main objectives
The research aimed the minimisation of environmental risks due to rapid economical growth of the Pearl River Delta region (Macau-Guangzhou-Hong-Kong region) and the Dalian Peninsula region. The main natural resource researched in this Project was groundwater. The tasks developed in the Project were divided in several Work Packages. The first, i.e. WP1, was dedicated to the development of appropriated management mathematical models and practices towards the optimisation of the existing groundwater resources. The second Work Package, i.e. WP2, was dedicated to the research of the intrinsic groundwater vulnerability to pollution, aiming the minimisation of environmental risks to groundwater. The third Work Package, i.e. WP3, was based on the partners experience related to the research of an integrated approach on sustainable development policies for water supply, wastewater and solid waste sectors, towards the protection of natural groundwater resources. The fourth Work Package, i.e. WP4, was dedicated to the know-how transfer, not only from the EU towards China, but also, and we underline the relevance of this task, from China towards the EU.
Abstract
Project main activities
(1) Assessment of the hydrogeological characteristics of the two case-study regions in China, i.e. the Dalian Peninsula and the Pearl River region at Guangzhou, and storage of the information gathered in a database specially programmed for the Project (named INVENTOR_PRC); (2) DUT and LNEC to evaluate the vulnerability to pollution of the unconfined aquifer of Dalian Peninsula, P.R.China, based on the assessment of the hydrogeological conditions using GIS ARC/INFO successfully used the DRASTIC index method; (3) A groundwater model for the Dalian study area was developed; (4) As for the Dalian case-study area, the DRASTIC index method was also successfully applied to evaluate the vulnerability to pollution of the unconfined aquifer of Guangzhou-Huaxian Basin; (5) A groundwater model for the Guangzhou study area was developed; (6) ZOOM2D, a new modelling approach developed by UoB, is capable of modelling wells at the scale of the borehole whilst still simulating groundwater flow in a regional aquifer efficiently. This model was applied to the Chinese study areas. (7) A Draft Contribution For Discussion with the Guangdong's Province National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on Sustainable Development Policies For The Water Supply, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
Further scientific know-how exchange achievements: (1) four lectures held in DUT by UoB and by LNEC; (2) a document on Metodologies For Minimizing Environmental Impacts And For Monitoring Groundwater In Landfills was developed.
Organisation of Workshops and Scientific meetings: SCUT and LECM co-organised with LNEC the Workshops held in Guangzhou and in Macau, during August 1999.
Publications and papers: Fifteen documents on the achievements of the Project were published by the partnership institutions and/or published in Proceedings of International Conferences.
Travel and Visits: More than thirty missions were carried out during the lifetime of the project. Their achievements were fully presented in the First, Second and Third Years Progress Reports. A summary of those missions is also presented in the Consolidated Scientific Report.
Results achieved by LNEC´s activities
The DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability to pollution index was successfully applied to the Guangzhou-Huaxin basin and to the Dalian Peninsula. Based on the expertise gathered during this Project, it is the opinion of the partnership that it is appropriate, with the hydrogeological data usually available in China, the application of DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability to pollution assessment to coastal and inland regions of China.
The Project also involved the development of methodologies for the sustainable operational and strategic management of groundwater resources. These methodologies have been applied to the Guangzhou-Huadu basin and the Dalian Peninsula. Aiming the know-how transfer, necessary for regional Chinese implementation of the results achieved in the Project, invited participants to the Guangzhou Workshop were selected from the end-user Guangdong's Province National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA).
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| Dalian peninsula study-area map of DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability to pollution | The Guangzhou-Huaxian Basin map of DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability to pollution |
The outcome of DUT and SCUT teams, including the very successful missions to Portugal, held during 1998, and to the UK, held during 1999, have made this INCO-DC project a very rewarding and interesting one to the EU (i.e. LNEC and UoB) and Macau (i.e. LECM) partners, indeed making this Project a "success story".
EU-PRC Coastal Groundwater Project Final general Summary Report
References
- OLIVEIRA, M. M and LOBO-FERREIRA, J. P. ( 1997, in First Year Progress Report) - "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones. LNEC Contribution for the 1st Year Progress Report". Lisboa, LNEC, Relatório 224/97-GIAS.
- LOBO-FERREIRA, J. P. (1997) - "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones. 1st Year Progress Report: September 1, 1996 to August 31, 1997 - EC-DGXII, INCO-DC Contract No. IC 18CT960048". Lisboa, LNEC, Relatório 233/97-GIAS.
- LOBO-FERREIRA, J.P. (1998) - "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones. 2nd Year Progress Report: September 1, 1997 to August 31, 1998 - EC-DGXII, INCO-DC Contract Nº IC 18CT960048". Lisboa, LNEC, Relatório 275/98 - GIAS.
- OLIVEIRA, M. M and LOBO-FERREIRA, J. P. ( 1998, in Second Year Progress Report) - "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones. LNEC Contribution for the 2nd Year Progress Report". Lisboa, LNEC, Relatório 276/98-GIAS.
- LOBO-FERREIRA, J.P. (1998a, in Third Year Progress Report) - "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources in Coastal Zones", in LOBO-FERREIRA, J.P. and TILAK-VIEGAS, F.J. (Ed.) (1999) - "Proceedings of the S&T Co-operation with Asia in the Area of Sustainable Management of Natural Resources". A Co-ordination Meeting, China 1998. Beijing, P. R. China, Nov. 24-27, 1998. Lisboa, LNEC, CD-ROM.
- YANG, Q., LUAN, M., LOBO-FERREIRA, J.P. ( 1999, in Third Year Progress Report) - "Assessment of Groundwater DRASTIC Vulnerability to Pollution using GIS", in Proceedings of the "International Conference on Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (EPMESC VII)", held in Macau, 2-5 August, 1999, Edited by BENTO, J., ARANTES e OLIVEIRA, E. and PEREIRA, E. (1999), Elsevier, Amsterdam.
- LEITÃO, T.E. and LOBO-FERREIRA, J.P. ( 1999, in Third Year Progress Report) - "Methodologies for Minimising Environmental Impacts and for Monitoring Groundwater In Landfill Areas". Paper presented to the International Workshop of the Project "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones. EU - PRC Coastal Groundwater", organised by LNEC, LECM and SCUT, in Guangzhou, PR China, August 2-4, 1999.
- WAN, Yinhua, WANG, Xiangde, ZHANG, Xiujuan, LOBO-FERREIRA, J.P. and OLIVEIRA, M. ( 1999, in Second Year Progress Report) - "Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution using the DRASTIC Method: The Case Study of Guangzhou-Huaxian Basin, P.R. China". Paper presented to the International Workshop of the Project "Development of Methodologies for the Assessment and Management of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones. EU - PRC Coastal Groundwater", organised by LNEC, LECM and SCUT, in Guangzhou, PR China, August 2-4, 1999.
- LOBO-FERREIRA J. P. 2000 – "Final Report of INCO-DC Contract IC 18CT960048 - Development of Methodologies for the Assessment of Groundwater Resources and Risks in Coastal Zones (EU-PRC Coastal Groundwater)". Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (coordenador do projecto), Lisboa, Fev. 2000, CD-ROM .
Year: 1996 – 2000
Accountable: João Paulo C. Lobo Ferreira , Manuel Oliveira
Coordinator(s):
LNEC - Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering)
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