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Sustainable management of small island freshwater resources requires an understanding of the extent of freshwater lens and local effects of pumping. In this study, a methodology based on a sharp interface approach is developed for regional and well scale modeling of island freshwater lens. A quasi-three-dimensional finite element model is calibrated with freshwater thickness where the interface is matched to the lower limit of the freshwater lens. Tongatapu Island serves as a case study where saltwater intrusion and well salinization for the current state and six long-term stress scenarios of reduced recharge and increased groundwater pumping are predicted. Though no wells are salinized currently, more than 50% of public wells are salinized for 40% decreased recharge or increased groundwater pumping at 8% of average annual recharge. Risk of salinization for each well depends on the distance from the center of the well field and distance from the lagoon. Saltwater intrusions could occur at less than 50% of the previous estimates of sustainable groundwater pumping where local pumping was not considered. This study demonstrates the application of a sharp interface groundwater model for real-world small islands when dispersion models are challenging to be implemented due to insufficient data or computational resources.
Roshina Babu; Namsik Park; Sunkwon Yoon; Taaniela Kula. Sharp Interface Approach for Regional and Well Scale Modeling of Small Island Freshwater Lens: Tongatapu Island. Water 2018, 10, 1636 .
AMA StyleRoshina Babu, Namsik Park, Sunkwon Yoon, Taaniela Kula. Sharp Interface Approach for Regional and Well Scale Modeling of Small Island Freshwater Lens: Tongatapu Island. Water. 2018; 10 (11):1636.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoshina Babu; Namsik Park; Sunkwon Yoon; Taaniela Kula. 2018. "Sharp Interface Approach for Regional and Well Scale Modeling of Small Island Freshwater Lens: Tongatapu Island." Water 10, no. 11: 1636.
Namsik Park; Chi Woong Jang; Roshina Babu. Development of minimum-salinity feedwater for reduction of unit production cost of reverse-osmosis desalination plants. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 2016, 49, 431 -438.
AMA StyleNamsik Park, Chi Woong Jang, Roshina Babu. Development of minimum-salinity feedwater for reduction of unit production cost of reverse-osmosis desalination plants. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association. 2016; 49 (5):431-438.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNamsik Park; Chi Woong Jang; Roshina Babu. 2016. "Development of minimum-salinity feedwater for reduction of unit production cost of reverse-osmosis desalination plants." Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 49, no. 5: 431-438.