A new conceptual water integrated model for the Seybouse basin, Annaba region

Chouchane, S.; Hani, Azzedine; Djabri, Larbi; Saaidia, Bachir; Bdra, Aoun Sebaiti; Imen, Aichouri; Sami, L.

doi:10.1080/19443994.2013.848331

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“…Model verification was done by history matching over the period 1991-2009. The figure represents the mesh and boundaries conditions use by Modflow [BOUGHERIRA et al 2015;MCDONALD, HARBAUGH 1988;ZHENG, 1990] of the two aquifers [AOUN-SEBAITI et al 2014;CHOUCHANE et al 2014]: a) the superficial aquifers (SA), b) and the gravel aquifer (GA).…”

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Salinity and modelling of the Annaba aquifer system, North-East of Algeria

Majour¹,

Hani²,

Djabri³

2018

Journal of Water and Land Development

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The potentiometer area in the Annaba basin, covering an area of 264 km2, has declined considerably since 1995. The analysis of the chronological hydrographs (1991–2009) of the piezometric observations shows that this decline is related to about twenty years (20 years) drought that began in 1991. To synthesize hydrological data and study regional changes in aquifer interactions caused by changes in discharge, and determine the contamination of aquifers by salty intrusion in coastal areas, and making forecasts by the year 2023, a multi-layered transient model as well as a solute transport model has been developed. The groundwater flow was modelled using the finite difference method with a horizontal dimension of 500 × 500 m for the cells. The model consists of two layers, the first corresponding to the alluvial phreatic aquifer and the second to the deep confined aquifer, and is calibrated against the steady state groundwater heads recorded before 1996. Model verification was done by history matching over the period 1991–2009. Under steady-state conditions, the correspondence between simulated and observed water levels is generally good (average difference of 0.4 m). For the deep aquifer, the simulated time-series hydrographs closely match the recorded hydrographs for most of the observation wells. For the alluvial aquifer, the recorded hydrographs cover only a short time period, but they are reproduced. The model indicates that groundwater pumping induced a decrease in natural discharge, a downward leakage in most of the basin and a continual water-level decline. The model has also been applied to the analysis of recharge impact. Simulating the behaviour of the system over the period 1991–2009 without pumping indicated small changes in hydraulic head. These results show that the groundwater reservoir has a low recharge, but excellent hydraulic properties. A solute-transport model was used to study aquifer contamination from salty intrusion in coastal sectors; it was extended to the year 2023 by simulating an optimistic hypothesis that maintains present pumping until 2023. The model indicates that the head decrease of the alluvial phreatic and deep confined aquifers will be 4 m and 5 m respectively. The solute concentration in the deep confined aquifer will increase from 1 gꞏdm−3 (prior 2009) to 5 gꞏdm−3 in 2023.

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