Journal
HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 17, Issue 7, Pages 1699-1725Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0481-8
Keywords
Coastal aquifers; Conceptual models; Numerical modeling; Salt-water/fresh-water relations; USA
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Funding
- US Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Program
- Water Replenishment District of Southern California
- US Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Geology CABRILLO Project
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Groundwater pumping has led to extensive water-level declines and seawater intrusion in coastal Los Angeles, California (USA). A SUTRA-based solute-transport model was developed to test the hydraulic implications of a sequence-stratigraphic model of the Dominguez Gap area and to assess the effects of water-management scenarios. The model is two-dimensional, vertical and follows an approximate flow line extending from the Pacific Ocean through the Dominguez Gap area. Results indicate that a newly identified fault system can provide a pathway for transport of seawater and that a stratigraphic boundary located between the Bent Spring and Upper Wilmington sequences may control the vertical movement of seawater. Three 50-year water-management scenarios were considered: (1) no change in water-management practices; (2) installation of a slurry wall; and (3) raising inland water levels to 7.6 m above sea level. Scenario 3 was the most effective by reversing seawater intrusion. The effects of an instantaneous 1-m sea-level rise were also tested using water-management scenarios 1 and 3. Results from two 100-year simulations indicate that a 1-m sea-level rise may accelerate seawater intrusion for scenario 1; however, scenario 3 remains effective for controlling seawater intrusion.
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