A hierarchical approach on groundwater-surface water interaction in wetlands along the upper Biebrza River, Poland

Anibas, Christian; Verbeiren, Boud; Buis, Kerst; Chormański, Jarosław; Doncker, L. De; Okruszko, Tomasz; Meire, Patrick; Batelaan, Okke

doi:10.5194/hess-16-2329-2012

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“…Because the response of solute fluxes to bank storage is dependent on heterogeneity, verification of the fluxes obtained by pressure propagation using measurements of solute concentrations, e.g. electrical conductivity (Welch et al, 2014), or measurements of temperature (Anibas et al, 2012) may be required.…”

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Modelling hyporheic processes for regulated rivers under transient hydrological and hydrogeological conditions

Siergieiev

Ehlert

Reimann

et al. 2015

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Understanding the effects of major hydrogeological controls on hyporheic exchange and bank storage is essential for river water management, groundwater abstraction, restoration and ecosystem sustainability. Analytical models cannot adequately represent complex settings with, for example, transient boundary conditions, varying geometry of surface water-groundwater interface, unsaturated and overland flow, etc. To understand the influence of parameters such as (1) sloping river banks, (2) varying hydraulic conductivity of the riverbed and (3) different river discharge wave scenarios on hyporheic exchange characteristics such as (a) bank storage, (b) return flows and (c) residence time, a 2-D hydrogeological conceptual model and, subsequently, an adequate numerical model were developed. The numerical model was calibrated against observations in the aquifer adjacent to the hydropower-regulated Lule River, northern Sweden, which has predominantly diurnal discharge fluctuations during summer and long-lasting discharge peaks during autumn and winter. Modelling results revealed that bank storage increased with river wave amplitude, wave duration and smaller slope of the river bank, while maximum exchange flux decreased with wave duration. When a homogeneous clogging layer covered the entire river-aquifer interface, hydraulic conductivity positively affected bank storage. The presence of a clogging layer with hydraulic conductivity < 0.001 m d −1 significantly reduced the exchange flows and virtually eliminated bank storage. The bank storage return/fill time ratio was positively related to wave amplitude and the hydraulic conductivity of the interface and negatively to wave duration and bank slope. Discharge oscillations with short duration and small amplitude decreased bank storage and, therefore, the hyporheic exchange, which has implications for solute fluxes, redox conditions and the potential of riverbeds as fish-spawning locations. Based on these results, river regulation strategies can be improved by considering the effect of certain wave event configurations on hyporheic exchange to ensure harmonious hydrogeochemical functioning of the river-aquifer interfaces and related ecosystems.

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confidence: 99%

Modelling hyporheic processes for regulated rivers under transient hydrological and hydrogeological conditions

Siergieiev

Ehlert

Reimann

et al. 2015

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Rosenberry and LaBaugh (2008) as well as Kalbus et al (2006) give overviews of field techniques for estimating fluxes between groundwater and surface water at different scales. Anibas et al (2012) describe specific types of interaction in wetlands and regional modelling approaches over large wetlands, e.g. by Bauer et al (2006).…”

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Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction at the Regional-scale – A Review with Focus on Regional Integrated Models

Barthel

Banzhaf

2015

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Scientists and practitioners agree that integrated water resource management is necessary, with an increasing need for research at the regional scale (10 3 to 10 5 km 2 ). At this scale interactions between environmental and human systems are fully developed and global change is linked to local actions. The groundwater-surface water interaction (GW-SW) is of particular interest. Herein we review the scientific journal literature and examine GW-SW at the regional scale. We briefly review all existing literature on GW-SW, then summarise its characteristics at different scales and identify specific challenges of the regional scale. We explore whether GW-SW should be treated differently at regional and local scales. Regional GW-SW is rarely examined in experimental field studies, which almost exclusively cover small areas. However, GW-SW is often integral to large scale coupled models. Thus, we collate information about existing models and their regional applications. Fully coupled, physics-based models have great potential to meet the technical challenges. However, limited data availability hampers the application of complex models at the regional scale and loosely coupled schemes are more widely applied. Many integrated modelling concepts have been published, but none have been applied in a wide range of settings. Thus, it is impossible to compare the performance of different approaches. Comparative analyses of existing regional scale integrated models in the context of different data availability and geographic conditions are needed. Unfortunately, peer-reviewed journal literature no longer provides a representative picture of the subject as models are becoming Btoo big to be published^or too pragmatic.

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“…Coupled with in situ measurements, two methods, based on heat transport governing equations, are used to quantify stream-aquifer exchanges (Anderson, 2005): 1. Analytical models (Stallman, 1965;Anderson, 2005) are widely used to invert temperature measurements solving the 1-D heat transport equation analytically under simplifying assumptions (sinusoidal or steady boundary conditions and homogeneity of hydraulic and thermal properties) (Anibas et al, 2009(Anibas et al, , 2012Becker et al, 2004;Hatch et al, 2006;Jensen and Engesgaard, 2011;Keery et al, 2007;Lautz et al, 2010;Luce et al, 2013;Rau et al, 2010;Schmidt et al, 2007;Swanson and Cardenas, 2011). …”

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Continental hydrosystem modelling: the concept of nested stream–aquifer interfaces

Flipo

Mouhri

Labarthe

et al. 2014

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Coupled hydrological-hydrogeological models, emphasising the importance of the stream-aquifer interface, are more and more used in hydrological sciences for pluridisciplinary studies aiming at investigating environmental issues. Based on an extensive literature review, stream-aquifer interfaces are described at five different scales: local [10 cm- . This led us to develop the concept of nested stream-aquifer interfaces, which extends the well-known vision of nested groundwater pathways towards the surface, where the mixing of low frequency processes and high frequency processes coupled with the complexity of geomorphological features and heterogeneities creates hydrological spiralling. This conceptual framework allows the identification of a hierarchical order of the multi-scale control factors of stream-aquifer hydrological exchanges, from the larger scale to the finer scale. The hyporheic corridor, which couples the river to its 3-D hyporheic zone, is then identified as the key component for scaling hydrological processes occurring at the interface. The identification of the hyporheic corridor as the support of the hydrological processes scaling is an important step for the development of regional studies, which is one of the main concerns for water practitioners and resources managers.In a second part, the modelling of the stream-aquifer interface at various scales is investigated with the help of the conductance model. Although the usage of the temperature as a tracer of the flow is a robust method for the assessment of stream-aquifer exchanges at the local scale, there is a crucial need to develop innovative methodologies for assessing stream-aquifer exchanges at the regional scale. After formulating the conductance model at the regional and intermediate scales, we address this challenging issue with the development of an iterative modelling methodology, which ensures the consistency of stream-aquifer exchanges between the intermediate and regional scales.Finally, practical recommendations are provided for the study of the interface using the innovative methodology MIM (Measurements-Interpolation-Modelling), which is graphically developed, scaling in space the three pools of methods needed to fully understand stream-aquifer interfaces at various scales. In the MIM space, stream-aquifer interfaces that can be studied by a given approach are localised. The efficiency of the method is demonstrated with two examples. The first one proposes an upscaling framework, structured around river reaches of ∼ 10-100 m, from the local to the watershed scale. The second example highlights the usefulness of space borne data to improve the assessment of streamaquifer exchanges at the regional and continental scales. We conclude that further developments in modelling and field measurements have to be undertaken at the regional scale to enable a proper modelling of stream-aquifer exchanges from the local to the continental scale.

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A hierarchical approach on groundwater-surface water interaction in wetlands along the upper Biebrza River, Poland

Cited by 45 publications

References 69 publications

Modelling hyporheic processes for regulated rivers under transient hydrological and hydrogeological conditions

Modelling hyporheic processes for regulated rivers under transient hydrological and hydrogeological conditions

Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction at the Regional-scale – A Review with Focus on Regional Integrated Models

Continental hydrosystem modelling: the concept of nested stream–aquifer interfaces

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