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Hydrogeology of the Pearl River Delta, southern China

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posted on 2020-05-13, 17:21 authored by Michele Lancia, Huang Su, Yong Tian, Jintai Xu, Charles Andrews, David N. Lerner, Chunmiao Zheng

The study describes the hydrogeological setting of the Pearl River Delta, a sub-tropical area of southern China encompassing the metropolises of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau. In the last 40 years, a booming economy and a population of about 60 million has increased water demand satisfied by a huge system of dams and reservoirs. Aquifers in the studied area are underutilized and only a few recent studies have addressed hydrogeological characterization at a local scale. Understanding groundwater dynamics of the Pearl River Delta is important for developing additional water supplies, understanding and mitigating groundwater pollution, and for implementing ‘Sponge City' concepts. Via a collection of data from literature and field surveys, the hydrogeological setting of the area is synthetized and represented through thematic maps, cross sections and a hydro-stratigraphic column. Hydrogeological conceptual models are developed that describe the groundwater dynamics in urban and rural areas within the Pearl River Delta.

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This research was funded by National Key R&D program of China (No. 2016YFC0402806); additional support was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41890852), the Leading Talents of Guangdong Province Program awarded to Chunmiao Zheng (No. 2016LJ06N469) and Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Committee (No. KQTD2016022619584022).

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