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The INOWAS platform comprises a variety of analytical and numerical approaches that aid the user in designing and optimizing sustainable MAR schemes by assessing and adjusting operational and design parameters.
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Selection of suitable sites is an essential part of planning and conducting a sustainable and efficient MAR project.
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Application of managed aquifer recharge can have a positive or negative effect on other groundwater users, such as production wells or natural springs. The effects that MAR may have on …
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One prime aspect of MAR is the assessment of the capability of an aquifer for groundwater storage to quantify the volume of water that can be stored in the subsurface.
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Sustainable management of groundwater resources ensures self-sustaining use of aquifers and guarantees continuous supply for all groundwater users. This platform provides tools that help to balance water outtake from groundwater …
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This post is intended to help to get an idea why a numerical model simulation fails to terminate or is not converging and what can be done. As a general …
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The tool is a database that processes information about experimental test results monitoring the infiltration capacity decrease in spreading infiltration basins due to clogging and climate related issues.
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Assessment of clogging processes with regard to site-specific and operational parameters.
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Evaluation of the risk of contaminant breakthrough during MAR application. Especially during the delvelopment of a MAR project, health, environmental and management risks need to be identified and quantified.
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The INOWAS DSS helps to assess water quality changes in the injected, the recharged water or the ambient groundwater during MAR.
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The INOWAS platform provides tools for the assessment of the resulting recovery efficiency when applying MAR.
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The INOWAS platform helps to assess streamflow depletion and the application of MAR to sustain environmental river flows.
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The INOWAS plattform can be used to assess saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers and the impact of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) schemes to mitigate saltwater intrusion.
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The INOWAS plattform can be used to assess the implementation of MAR for the restoration of groundwater levels in overexploited aquifers.
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The tool helps in the selection of a suitable model for the evaluation of MAR specific issues.
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Starting with June 2018 our main website has been completely redesigned. The change aims at reflecting the development of the platform and also to add more dynamic content for our …
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Rainwater harvesting is being increasingly used to collect precipitation water. The ideas of barriers is to obstruct surface runoff from catchments and prohibit flow of the water to be infiltrated. …
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Channel spreading is grouping technologies by which the wetted area of a drainage channel or river bed is artificially increased in order to enhance water infiltration to the aquifer. The …
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Subsurface dams are barriers of low permeability that are constructed underground. These structures reduce or stop the lateral flow of groundwater in order to store water below ground and elevate …
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For dune filtration surface water is infiltrated into the dune system and after soil passage retrived by pumping on a well gallery or lower lying ponds. This process serves as …
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Excess irrigation as a MAR technique is used on irrigated farmland where excess water is available and is spread over the area during dormant or non-irrigated seasons to allow for …
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Ditches, furrows or drains are point or linear structures that allow for the recharge water to infiltrate to the aquifer underneath. They are usually shallow, flat-bottomed and closely spaced structures …
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