220138

Investigation of Seawater Intrusion in the Nile Delta Aquifer, Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Irrigation and Hydraulics

Abstract

In coastal groundwater aquifers, seawater intrusion is seen as a significant issue. Increasing the groundwater pumping rate enhances seawater intrusion into groundwater in the coastal aquifers. In Egypt, the Nile Delta aquifer (NDA) is extremely vulnerable to Mediterranean Sea seawater intrusion. The study's major goal was to create a three-dimensional groundwater model that included all branches of the irrigation system and their groundwater recharges into the NDA. The NDA model was built by using the SEAWAT program. The model validation was achieved by comparing its results with the observation data and results from previous models. Three scenarios were proposed considering: 1) sea level rise, 2) changes in the rate of groundwater abstraction, and 3) a combination of the conditions of the two previous scenarios' conditions. A rise in Mediterranean Sea levels by 25, 50, 75 and 100 cm caused additional saltwater intrusion to distances of 5.11 km, 7.10, 7.62 and 8.2 km, respectively. Moreover, in comparison to the base situation, a decrease in the lower boundary's groundwater head by 25, 50, 75 and 100 cm caused the saltwater to advance further inland to distances of 5.30, 5.47, 5.52 and 5.75 km, respectively. The third scenario proved to be the worst case, in which saltwater intrusion increased to a distance of 7.22, 7.73, 8.20 and 10.20 km, respectively. Compared with previous model studies, the results showed that saltwater intrusion length decreases by 4.0 km after including all branches of the irrigation network.

DOI

10.21608/erjeng.2022.113766.1046

Keywords

Groundwater, Nile Delta aquifer, Climate Change, groundwater pumping, sea level rise

Authors

First Name

Asaad

Last Name

Armanuos

MiddleName

Mater

Affiliation

Irrigation and Hydraulics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University

Email

asaad.matter@f-eng.tanta.edu.eg

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0000-0002-4134-0429

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Eldin Ibrahim

MiddleName

Gamal

Affiliation

Dean of School of Energy Resources, Environmental and Chemical & Petrochemical Engineering, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, New Borg El Arab City, Alexanderia

Email

mona.gamal@ejust.edu.eg

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First Name

Abdelazim

Last Name

Negm

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Affiliation

Prof of hydraulics, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

amnegm@zu.edu.eg

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First Name

Jiro

Last Name

Takemura

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Affiliation

Dr. of Eng., Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology(2-12-1 Oookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan)

Email

jtakemur@cv.titech.ac.jp

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First Name

Chihiro

Last Name

Yoshimura

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Affiliation

Dr. of Eng., Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2-12-1Oookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-0033, Japan

Email

yoshimura.c.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

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First Name

Wael

Last Name

Mahmod

MiddleName

Elham

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, 71515, Assiut

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wdpp2006@aun.edu.eg

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Volume

6

Article Issue

1

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32925

Issue Date

2022-03-01

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2021-12-30

Publish Date

2022-03-01

Page Start

10

Page End

28

Print ISSN

2356-9441

Online ISSN

2735-4873

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https://erjeng.journals.ekb.eg/article_220138.html

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1,605

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Journal of Engineering Research

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https://erjeng.journals.ekb.eg/

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Investigation of Seawater Intrusion in the Nile Delta Aquifer, Egypt

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23 Jan 2023