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GROUNDWATER QUALITY DATA MANAGEMENT USING SPATIAL ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS

D. Gaitanaru, A. Leonard, A. Ionita, R. C. Gogu

First published: 2010DOI pendingView metrics

Abstract

The groundwater quality survey can be made by using monitoring and analysis tools that are able to manipulate time-series large datasets showing a spatial reference. Data correlation with the spatial distribution of the hydrogeological structures is compulsory. Within the urban environment the problem show a larger complexity because of the infrastructure interaction. Within the collaboration framework between several Spanish and Romanian institutions a management, analysis, and modeling hydrogeological platform for urban areas is developed. The end-user is the Catalan Water Agency (ACA). A part of this platform is represented by a set of instruments called QUIMET. This focuses the management and the analysis of the groundwater chemical parameters. This set of tools has been build on the basis of the data-sets characterizing the groundwater media of the Barcelona city and surroundings. The developed set of instruments allow the chemical time-series analysis and visualization by using specific hydrochemical diagrams (Wilcox, Piper, etc) to which the spatial component is added. In this manner, maps showing the spatial distribution of various chemical parameters as well as maps illustrating specific hydrochemical parameters distribution (eg. Stiff diagram) can be generated.

Publication details

Title
GROUNDWATER QUALITY DATA MANAGEMENT USING SPATIAL ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS
Authors
D. Gaitanaru, A. Leonard, A. Ionita, R. C. Gogu
Proceedings
10th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2010
Publisher
SGEM Scientific GeoConference
Year
2010
Pages
15-22
SWS Citekey
Gaitanaru2010142
ISSN
Not available yet
ISBN
954-91818-1-2
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Keywords
Geographical Information Systemsgeochemistrygeospatial databasesgroundwater qualityhydrogeological modeling
References3

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  2. Gogu, R. C, Carabin G., Hallet V., Peters V., Dassargues ?., GIS based hydrogeological databases and groundwater modelling, Hydrogeology Journal 9 (6), pp 555-569,2001.

  3. Strassberg, G., A geographic data model for groundwater systems, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Texas, Austin, USA, 2005.

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