[EN] The protection of groundwater resources in coastal aquifers is an increasingly important issue worldwide. To establish threshold values and remediation objectives, it is essential to know the natural background ...
Groundwater in sufficient amounts and of suitable quality is essential for potable water supplies, crop irrigation and healthy habitats for plant and animal biocenoses. The groundwater resource is currently under severe ...
Nitrate concentrations in multi-aquifer systems are heavily affected by the presence of wellbores (active or abandoned) that are screened in several aquifers. The spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity in the confining ...
[EN] Tenerife is a volcanic island that does not have active lime quarries.
We have news since sixteenth century and during the next four centuries, about the shortage of lime, its
research at Taganana and Tejina, and ...
[EN] The water galleries are almost horizontal mine-holes, made for the extraction of groundwater. In
Tenerife, the drilling of galleries has been a necessity almost since the beginning of the Conquest, and
this drilling ...
[EN] Aquifers are ubiquitous, and their water is easy to obtain with low extraction costs. On many occasions, these characteristics lead to overexploitation due to important water level declines, reduction of river base ...
Pérez-Martín, Miguel Ángel; Estrela Monreal, Teodoro; Amo-Merino, Patricia del(Elsevier, 2016)
[EN] Nitrate pollution, primarily in groundwater (GW), has been one of major water pollution problems in Europe over the last 30 years. Specially, Mediterranean areas (semi-arid zones) are more vulnerable to nitrate ...
Guardiola-Albert, C.; Pardo-Igúzquiza, E.; Giménez-Forcada, E.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-01-31)
[EN] The presence of As in groundwater is a priority public health issue because it imposes serious restrictions on drinking water. Mapping probabilities of exceedance of the threshold permitted by the World Health ...
Sanchez Fuster, Israel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-02-03)
El proceso de dispersión de solutos en el seno de un medio poroso heterogéneo ha sido el objetivo de numerosas investigaciones en las últimas décadas debido tanto a las limitaciones de las ecuaciones matemáticas que lo ...
Martín Martínez, Daliana(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-10-04)
[ES] La contaminación de los recursos hídricos subterráneos por hidrocarburos es un problema ambiental importante que requiere una comprensión detallada de su comportamiento y de las posibles estrategias de remediación. ...
Germann, Verena(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-01)
[EN] After increasing application of pesticides in the last century, more and more concerns about uncontrolled pesticide application appeared. Until today neither their long-time effects on human and plant health are ...
Escrivá Benito, Laura(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-28)
[ES] La contaminación ocasionada por nitratos es una de las más frecuentes en el ámbito de áreas con alta actividad agrícola. Concretamente, el acuífero de la Plana de Valencia está sometido a un alto grado de estrés hídrico ...
Pérez Indoval, Ricardo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-07-03)
[ES] La predicción del comportamiento de los pesticidas liberados en el ambiente es necesaria para anticipar y por ende minimizar sus efectos adversos. La contaminación por pesticidas en las aguas subterráneas puede suceder ...
Pinillos Castro, Óscar Orfilio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-12-19)
[ES] Este trabajo de investigación se basa en crear un modelo matemático de las aguas subterráneas del valle Virú, Perú, bajo un modelamiento en diferencias finitas con el código MODFLOW, utilizando la interfaz gráfica ...
Velasco Alvarez, Arturo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-27)
In this work, the groundwater flow of the Valle Medio and Bajo Piura aquifer was analyzed using the MODFLOW finite difference numerical modeling, with PMWIN software. The main aim of the numerical model of the aquifer is ...
Contaminated water resources have important implications on health and the environment. Nitrate contamination of the groundwater is a serious problem in the European Union. A method based on the statistical process control ...
Macas-Espinosa, V.X.; López-Escobar, K.F.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-06-29)
[EN] The objective of this study is to apply geographic information systems and remote sensing techniques to map potential areas for groundwater exploration in the Puyango Catamayo hydrographic demarcation, based on free ...
[EN] Predicting pesticides' behavior in the environment is necessary to anticipate and minimize their adverse effects. Despite the use of pesticides in Spain is increasing, the implementation and use of predictive mathematical ...
[EN] The cultivation of rice (Oriza sativa L.) under Mediterranean conditions regularly requires the use of
treated wastewater due to shortage of freshwater. As a consequence, the intensification of rice production to ...
[EN] Understanding the groundwater chemical regime on irrigated lands is relevant for assessing hydrogeological and reclamation processes. Water chemistry, natural and climatic conditions, and drainage characteristics de¿ne ...