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An Aquifer Management Case Study – The Chalk of the English South Downs

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  • N. Robins
  • H. Jones
  • J. Ellis

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The Chalk aquifer of the English South Downs is very heavily utilised. The groundwater resources have enjoyed a formal programme of management which started in the 1950s, although a number of actions had been taken earlier in order to deal with saline intrusion and potential risk to groundwater quality from urbanisation. In the late 1950s the policy of ‘leakage/storage’ boreholes was first adopted, whereby the ‘leakage’ boreholes along the coast were pumped in winter to intercept fresh water discharge to the sea and to maximise the recharge potential inland, and inland ‘storage’ boreholes were used, as much as possible, in the summer months only. A comprehensive monitoring programme supported by aquifer modelling has enabled a gradual increase in overall abstraction to take place without increasing groundwater degradation due to saline intrusion. There have been various pollution prevention strategies over the years, and these have been effective in protecting the groundwater despite the high population density and widespread agricultural activity within the South Downs. The management of the aquifer has clearly been successful; there are many lessons from this experience that can be applied to other regions and other aquifers. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999

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  • N. Robins & H. Jones & J. Ellis, 1999. "An Aquifer Management Case Study – The Chalk of the English South Downs," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 13(3), pages 205-218, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:13:y:1999:i:3:p:205-218
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1008101727356
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    1. Arianna Renau-Pruñonosa & Ignacio Morell & David Pulido-Velazquez, 2016. "A Methodology to Analyse and Assess Pumping Management Strategies in Coastal Aquifers to Avoid Degradation Due to Seawater Intrusion Problems," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(13), pages 4823-4837, October.
    2. Christine Rivard & Yves Michaud & René Lefebvre & Christine Deblonde & Alfonso Rivera, 2008. "Characterization of a Regional Aquifer System in the Maritimes Basin, Eastern Canada," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 22(11), pages 1649-1675, November.

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