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Critical Evaluation of the Recent Development and Trends in Submarine Groundwater Discharge Research in Asia

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Management and Sustainable Development of Coastal Zone Environments

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In majority of the arid and dry regions of the world and in monsoon-dependent countries in Asia, groundwater is a major freshwater resource for drinking and other uses. The coastal regions, which support maximum density of population, mainly depend on the ground water. Due to the population growth and the fact that about 50% of the world population now already live in coastal regions, the groundwater issues in the coastal areas are increasingly becoming crucial (UNWWDR, 2009). Over-exploitation of groundwater in these areas can potentially lead to saltwater intrusion, land subsidence, permanent damage to the ability of an aquifer to store and transmit water, and reduced discharges to rivers, streams, and critical aquatic habitat areas (Fig. 1). Further, coastal groundwater plays an important role in nutrient flux to the ocean. The influence of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on the coastal water quality, their biogeochemical process and their ecology are very significant in most of the coastal regions. Investigations of interactions between groundwater and coastal seawater have been restricted mainly to the case of water movement from sea to the land, i.e. saltwater intrusion (Segol and Pinder, 1976; Reilly and Goodman, 1987) while submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) considers the water output from a basin-scale hydrological cycle, representing an input into the ocean (Fig. 2).

A compilation of processes affecting coastal groundwater.

Schematic depiction of processes associated with SGD (modified after Taniguchi et al., 2002). Arrows indicate fluid movement.

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Kumar, M., Ramanathan, A.L., Neupane, B.R., Van Tu, D., Kim, Sh. (2010). Critical Evaluation of the Recent Development and Trends in Submarine Groundwater Discharge Research in Asia. In: Ramanathan, A.L., Bhattacharya, P., Dittmar, T., Prasad, M.B.K., Neupane, B.R. (eds) Management and Sustainable Development of Coastal Zone Environments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3068-9_8

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