FLOODWATER RECHARGE OF ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS IN DRYLAND ENVIRONMENTS

Objective

The WADE project aims to assess long-term (decades to centuries) water resources in selected semiarid to hyperacid ephemeral river basins by determining long-term transmission losses from floods and quantifying floodwater recharge into alluvial aquifers. An innovative approach will be applied based on three principal research themes.
1) Palaeoflood hydrology will be used to determine long-term flood magnitude and frequency in order to quantify the frequency of recharging flood events.
2) Surface and sub-surface hydrology will be monitored in order to quantify transmission losses through the riverbed into the alluvial aquifers. The combination of these two mythologies will be able to quantify long-term aquifer recharge through flooding.
3) The final research theme focuses on thesauri-economic issues related to the use of alluvial aquifer groundwater within the study catchments. The research will be undertaken in 4 research basins, twinning catchments in Spain and Israel with study catchments in Namibia and South Africa.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › natural resource management › water management

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2002-3.II.3.1.a - Twinning European/third countries river basins

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-GLOBAL-1
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Address

Serrano, 117
Madrid
Spain

Participants (11)

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

Israel

Address

Ma Scopus Campus
Jerusalem

HYDROISOTOP GMBH

Germany

Address

Woelkestr. 9
Schweitenkirchen

DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA

Namibia

Address

7, Rossini Street
Windhoek

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

Address

Old College, South Bridge
Edinburgh

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

South Africa

Address

Lovers' Walk
Rondebosch

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

Canada

Address

2600 Laurier Blvd, #640
Sainte-foy (Quebec)

THE BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV

Israel

Address

Research And Development Authority
Beer-sheva

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, WATER AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA

Namibia

Address

Luther Street
Windhoek

SURPLUS PEOPLE PROJECT

South Africa

Address

45 Collingwood Road Observatory
Athlone

KAMIESBURG MUNICIPALITY

South Africa

Address

Main Street, Garies
Garies

NAMA KHOI MUNICIPALITY

South Africa

Address

Namakwa Street, Springbok
Springbok