Consequences and mitigation of saltwater intrusion induced by short-circuiting during aquifer storage and recovery in  a coastal subsurface

Zuurbier, Koen Gerardus; Stuyfzand, Pieter Jan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1173-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1173-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1173-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

Research article

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27 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 27 Feb 2017

Consequences and mitigation of saltwater intrusion induced by short-circuiting during aquifer storage and recovery in a coastal subsurface

Koen Gerardus Zuurbier and Pieter Jan Stuyfzand

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review Comments on paper by Zuurbier and Stuyfzand', David Pyne, 07 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Answers to Referee#1', Koen Zuurbier, 01 Nov 2016
RC2: 'hess-2016-343 review', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Reply comments Referee #2', Koen Zuurbier, 01 Nov 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (12 Nov 2016) by Brian Berkowitz

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (02 Jan 2017) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (14 Jan 2017) by Brian Berkowitz

Short summary

The subsurface is increasingly perforated for exploitation of water and energy. This has increased the risk of leakage between originally separated aquifers. It is shown how this leakage can have a very negative impact on the recovery of freshwater during aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) in brackish-saline aquifers. Deep interception of intruding brackish-saline water can mitigate the negative effects and buoyancy of freshwater to some extent, but not completely.