Water availability and quality threats in a Guarani Aquifer System outcrop zone

• Grant number: 15/03806-1
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants
• Duration: April 01, 2016 - March 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geology
• Principal Investigator: Edson Cezar Wendland
• Grantee: Edson Cezar Wendland
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Christopher Scott Lowry ; Douglas Kip Solomon ; Dulce Buchala Bicca Rodrigues ; Jorge Luís Porsani ; Luisa Fernanda Ribeiro Reis ; Paulo Tarso Sanches de Oliveira ; Reginaldo Antonio Bertolo ; Ricardo César Aoki Hirata ; Rodrigo de Melo Porto ; Rodrigo Lilla Manzione ; Silvio Crestana ; Uwe Tröger ; Vagner Roberto Elis ; Valdir Schalch ; Victor Michael Heilweil ; Yu-Feng Forrest Lin
• Associated grant(s): 18/15237-0 - Water security in the Guarani Aquifer in São Paulo, Brazil, AP.R SPRINT
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/09991-3 - Management of urban aquifer contamination by diffuse and multipoint sources, BP.DD; 20/08140-0 - Extreme events in a climate change context: characterization based on climate model and nonstationarity, BP.DR; 19/24292-7 - Infiltration and runoff dynamics under different land uses and climate change in the Brazilian Cerrado area, BP.DR; + associated scholarships 19/20544-1 - Nature based solutions for the recovery of urban aquifers contaminated by nitrate, BP.MS; 19/15778-3 - Monitoring of the saturated zone of Santa Madalena dumpsite in Sao Carlos, SP, BP.IC; 18/24615-8 - Effects of partial capping in the contaminants mobilization and microbial degradation in a closed waste deposit, BP.DR; 18/19222-7 - Causality and persistence in the water availability dynamics, BP.MS; 18/03421-0 - Water fluxes in the Brazilian Cerrado and the maintenance of water storage, BP.IC; 16/23546-7 - Water availability under extreme events: droughts in the Paraná Basin region, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Abstract

The Guarani Aquifer System (GAS) is one of the most important transboundary aquifers in the world. Located in parts of four South America countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), its area is estimated to 1.2 Million km². The GAS is formed by the eolian sandstones of the Jurassic (Botucatu formation) and fluvio-eolian Triassic (Pirambóia formation) periods. In Brazil 1,443 municipalities are located in the SAG area (Borghetti et al., 2004), with growing water demand for urban, industrial and agricultural purposes. Due to the strategic, social and economic importance of this aquifer for the four countries, it is necessary to understand its replenishment. The majority of recharge to the aquifer is hypothesized to occur in the outcrop areas, where the GAS appears as an unconfined aquifer. However few hydrogeologic studies focusing this question are available. The present project is compound of three major foci: 1. A monitoring network installed in the Ribeirão da Onça watershed aiming to understand and quantify the recharge mechanisms at these outcrop areas. A complete water balance can be evaluated, leading to the estimation of the main components of the hydrologic cycle (e.g., precipitation, evapotranspiration, storage, base flow) under agricultural use. The influence of different land uses (e.g. eucalyptus, sugar cane, citrus and grassland) can be quantified. 2. An experimental site under undisturbed dense Cerrado in order to understand pre-deforestation conditions. Canopy interception, throughfall, stemflow, surface runoff, erosion, and water table level are obtained, allowing the evaluation of the impact of soil use changes in comparison to native vegetation. 3. A monitoring network in an abandoned landfill aiming to the evaluation of contamination and transport processes in the Guarani Aquifer. Understanding the hydrological and contamination processes in detail scale is a key step in order to extrapolate local results to the whole aquifer system, providing reliable information for groundwater management and protection purposes. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MORITA, ALICE K. M.; IBELLI-BIANCO, CAROLINA; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; COUTINHO, V, JAQUELINE; PELINSON, NATALIA S.; NOBREGA, JULIANA; ROSALEM, LIVIA M. P.; LEITE, CAMILA M. C.; NIVIADONSKI, LEONARDO M.; MANASTELLA, CAROLINE; et al. Pollution threat to water and soil quality by dumpsites and non-sanitary landfills in Brazil: A review. WASTE MANAGEMENT, v. 131, p. 163-176, JUL 15 2021. (15/03806-1)

CAMILA MARCON DE CARVALHO LEITE; EDSON WENDLAND; DIDIER GASTMANS. Caracterização hidrogeoquímica de águas subterrâneas utilizadas para abastecimento público na porção nordeste do Sistema Aquífero Guarani. Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental, v. 26, n. 1, p. 29-43, 2021-03-17. (15/03806-1)

SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; WENDLAND, EDSON C.. Calibration and error investigation of large tipping bucket flow meters. CATENA, v. 209, n. 2, FEB 2022. (19/24292-7, 15/03806-1)

GOMEZ, DERLY; MELO, DAVI C. D.; RODRIGUES, DULCE B. B.; XAVIER, ALEXANDRE C.; GUIDO, RODRIGO C.; WENDLAND, EDSON. Aquifer Responses to Rainfall through Spectral and Correlation Analysis. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION, v. 54, n. 6, p. 1341-1354, DEC 2018. (15/03806-1, 16/23546-7)

MATTOS, TIAGO SOUZA; SANCHES DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO TARSO; LUCAS, MURILO CESAR; WENDLAND, EDSON. Groundwater Recharge Decrease Replacing Pasture by Eucalyptus Plantation. WATER, v. 11, n. 6, JUN 2019. (15/03806-1)

ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; WENDLAND, EDSON C.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO T. S.; FLANAGAN, DENNIS C.; NEARING, MARK A.. Runoff and soil erosion plot-scale studies under natural rainfall: A meta-analysis of the Brazilian experience. CATENA, v. 152, p. 29-39, MAY 2017. (15/03806-1)

ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; FLANAGAN, DENNIS C.; SRIVASTAVA, ANURAG; WENDLAND, EDSON C.. Land use and climate change impacts on runoff and soil erosion at the hillslope scale in the Brazilian Cerrado. Science of The Total Environment, v. 622, p. 140-151, MAY 1 2018. (15/03806-1)

MORITA, ALICE KIMIE MARTINS; SAKAMOTO, ISABEL KIMIKO; VARESCHE, MARIA BERNADETE AMANCIO; WENDLAND, EDSON. Microbial structure and diversity in non-sanitary landfills and association with physicochemical parameters. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 27, n. 32, SI, JUL 2020. (18/24615-8, 15/03806-1)

VILLELA, JOAO M.; NOGUEIRA, ANDRE E.; RIBEIRO, CAUE; CRESTANA, SILVIO. Development of a water erosion tracer using industrial residue as a source of rare earth elements. APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE, v. 195, SEP 15 2020. (15/03806-1)

ROSALEM, LIVIA M. P.; WENDLAND, EDSON C.; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.. Understanding the water dynamics on a tropical forest litter using a new device for interception measurement. ECOHYDROLOGY, v. 12, n. 2, MAR 2019. (15/03806-1)

COUTINHO, J. V.; PORSANI, J. L.; ELIS, V. R.; SANTOS, V. R. N.; USTRA, A. T.; WENDLAND, E.. Applications of geophysical techniques to improve a groundwater conceptual model in an outcrop area of the Guarani Aquifer System, in Brazil. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES, v. 79, n. 18, SEP 10 2020. (15/03806-1)

ALAN REIS; ALESSANDRA CAMPOS DOS SANTOS; JAMIL ALEXANDRE AYACH ANACHE; EDUARDO MARIO MENDIONDO; EDSON CEZAR WENDLAND. Análise da pegada hídrica das culturas temporárias produzidas no município de São Carlos/SP. RBRH, v. 25, 2020-07-22. (15/03806-1)

EDSON CEZAR WENDLAND; ALAN REIS; JAMIL ALEXANDRE AYACH ANACHE; DAVID MAYCON SCHIMDT ROSA; GABRIEL DE MIRANDA ALCÂNTARA; CHRISTOPHER SCOTT LOWRY; YU-FENG FORREST LIN. Identificação da interação rio-aquífero, por meio de gradientes de temperatura, em área de afloramento do Aquífero Guarani. RBRH, v. 27, 2022-10-28. (15/03806-1)

PINHEIRO ROSALEM, LIVIA MALACARNE; AYACH ANACHE, JAMIL ALEXANDRE; WENDLAND, EDSON. Determining forest litter interception in an area of the Cerrado sensu stricto. RBRH-REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE RECURSOS HIDRICOS, v. 23, 2018. (15/03806-1)

GOMEZ, DERLY; WENDLAND, EDSON; DINIZ MELO, DAVI DE CARVALHO. Empirical rainfall-based model for defining baseflow and dynamical water use rights. RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, v. 36, n. 2, DEC 2019. (15/03806-1, 16/23546-7)

ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; WENDLAND, EDSON; ROSALEM, LIVIA M. P.; YOULTON, CRISTIAN; OLIVEIRA, PAULO T. S.. Hydrological trade-offs due to different land covers and land uses in the Brazilian Cerrado. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, v. 23, n. 3, p. 1263-1279, MAR 7 2019. (15/03806-1)

HIRATA, RICARDO; CAGNON, FABIANA; BERNICE, ALINE; MALDANER, CARLOS HENRIQUE; GALVAO, PAULO; MARQUES, CARLOS; TERADA, RAFAEL; VARNIER, CLAUDIA; RYAN, M. CATHRYN; BERTOLO, REGINALDO. Nitrate Contamination in Brazilian Urban Aquifers: A Tenacious Problem. WATER, v. 12, n. 10, OCT 2020. (15/03806-1, 19/20544-1)

BALLARIN, ANDRE S.; BARROS, GUSTAVO L.; CABRERA, MANOEL C. M.; WENDLAND, EDSON C.. A copula-based drought assessment framework considering global simulation models. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES, v. 38, DEC 2021. (15/03806-1)

MELO, D. C. D.; ANACHE, J. A. A.; BORGES, V. P.; MIRALLES, D. G.; MARTENS, B.; FISHER, J. B.; NOBREGA, R. L. B.; MORENO, A.; CABRAL, O. M. R.; RODRIGUES, T. R.; et al. re Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Models Reliable Across South American Ecoregions. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, v. 57, n. 11, NOV 2021. (15/03806-1, 16/23546-7)

MARTINS MORITA, ALICE KIMIE; PELINSON, NATALIA DE SOUZA; ELIS, VAGNER ROBERTO; WENDLAND, EDSON. Long-term geophysical monitoring of an abandoned dumpsite area in a Guarani Aquifer recharge zone. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY, v. 230, MAR 2020. (15/03806-1)

PELINSON, NATALIA DE SOUZA; BAIS SHINZATO, MARJOLLY PRISCILA; MARTINS MORITA, ALICE KIMIE; BAIS MARTINS, LEANDRO GUIMARAES; WENDLAND, EDSON CEZAR. Innovative device to assay leachate production in non-sanitary landfills. JOURNAL OF MATERIAL CYCLES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT, AUG 2020. (15/03806-1, 11/08105-0)

REIS, ALAN; DOS SANTOS, ALESSANDRA CAMPOS; AYACH ANACHE, JAMIL ALEXANDRE; MENDIONDO, EDUARDO MARIO; WENDLAND, EDSON CEZAR. Water footprint analysis of temporary crops produced in Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil. RBRH-REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE RECURSOS HIDRICOS, v. 25, 2020. (15/03806-1)

MELO, DAVI C. D.; ANACHE, JAMIL A. A.; ALMEIDA, CRISTIANO DAS N.; COUTINHO, V, JAQUELINE; RAMOS FILHO, GERALDO M.; ROSALEM, LIVIA M. P.; PELINSON, NATALIA S.; FERREIRA, GUILHERME L. R. A.; SCHWAMBACK, DIMAGHI; CALIXTO, KALYL G.; et al. The big picture of field hydrology studies in Brazil. HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES, v. 65, n. 8, p. 1262-1280, JUN 10 2020. (15/03806-1, 16/23546-7)

ALAN REIS; RUBENS TAKEJI AOKI ARAUJO MARTINS; LUÍS EDUARDO BERTOTTO; ÉRICK RÚBENS OLIVEIRA COBALCHINI; YURI BATISTA ISHIZAWA; EDSON CEZAR WENDLAND. Bacias hidrográficas experimentais e representativas como local de formação de profissionais qualificados em recursos hídricos: estudo de caso da Bacia Hidrográfica do Ribeirão da Onça (SP). RBRH, v. 27, 2022-11-14. (15/03806-1)