Groundwater salinization in a coastal multilayer aquifer: preliminary results on origins and mechanisms- example of Recife (Brazil)

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Cary, Lise ; Petelet-Giraud, Emmanuelle ; Montenegro, Suzana ; Hirata, Ricardo ; Martins, Veridiana ; Aurouet, Axel ; Pauwels, Helene ; Kloppmann, Wolfram ; Aquilina, Luc ; COQUEIRAL Team ; Hellmann, R ; Pitsch, H

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WATER-ROCK INTERACTION, WRI 14; v. 7, p. 5-pg., 2013-01-01.

Abstract

The Recife Metropolitan Region (PE, Brazil) appears as a typical environmental "hot spot" illustrating the problems of southern countries, such as urbanization or rapid industrial and touristic development. All of these factors induce high pressure on water resources, both in terms of quantity and quality in the context of global societal and environmental changes. This paper focuses on the groundwater geochemistry of a costal multilayer aquifer, and aims at investigating the sources and processes of salinization. The preliminary results of 62 groundwater samples from the five main aquifers are reported. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/50553-0 - Coqueiral Project: challenge of water quality in urban environmental issue: Recife aquifers and land use: how to face groundwater salinization and contamination under global environmental change in its societal context
• Grantee: Ricardo César Aoki Hirata
• Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants