Authors: Lei Shi Jiu Jimmy Jiao
Publish Date: 2014/03/20
Volume: 72, Issue: 8, Pages: 2811-2819
Abstract
Seawater intrusion has been an important topic in hydrogeology in China in recent decades The rapid growth of the population and economy in the coastal regions has been consuming a tremendous amount of groundwater resources and has increased the extent of seawater intrusion The spatial discrepancy of water resource distribution has caused the studies of seawater intrusion into China to mainly be concentrated on the area around the Bohai Sea in the northern part of China The total area of seawaterintruded land due to excessive groundwater utilization in the area was estimated to be approximately 2457 km2 in 2003 Great efforts have been made to mitigate the extent of seawater intrusion and to secure more freshwater resources including building monitoring networks subsurface barrier and groundwater reservoirs and artificial infiltration facilities Management projects over the years were evaluated to satisfy the objectives and to provide valuable experiences for future research and planning It is expected that the coastal groundwater conditions of the northern region will improve through the development of a national water resource plan such as the ongoing southtonorth water diversion project
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