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Assessment the Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on the Unconfined Aquifer at the Red-River Delta of Vietnam: A Case Study at Thai Binh Province

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Thai Binh is a coastal province in the Red River Delta in Vietnam, which is bounded by river systems and coastline, causing complicated hydrogeological characteristics of aquifers including the Holocene aquifer. Groundwater plays a crucial role to water supply system in Thai Binh province. The Holocene aquifer is a heterogeneous aquifer interspersed between saltwater and freshwater zones. The total dissolved solids (TDS) of its groundwater ranges from 0.2 to 4.8 g/l. Compare to the research in 1996, the distribution area of the freshwater zone is increased 180 km2 especially in the area that the upper soil layer has good permeability. However, groundwater resources in this province are highly vulnerable to human activities, climate variation and sea-level rise. Insights into impacts of climate variation and sea-level rise is an essential task to sustainable groundwater management in this area. The present study aims to investigate potential impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on the groundwater by using a three-dimensional transient density-driven groundwater flow model (the SEAWAT package) based on the impacts of the groundwater exploitation activity, rainfall, river and sea-level rise. The results obtained revealed that the groundwater table in Holocene aquifer in 2100 was decreased from 0.5 to 0.8 m depending on different locations in the study area. The most affected area ranges within 3.0 km from the shoreline. The areas of the Holocene aquifer with saline water, especially coastal areas such as Tien Hai and Thai Thuy, will increase as seawater intrusion intensifies. The increase in seawater intrusion will vary according to each climate change and sea-level rise scenario. The predicted increase is 79.9 km2 for Scenario B1, 94.1 km2 for Scenario B2, and 109.7 km2 for Scenario A2, whereas the remaining freshwater reserves in the Holocene aquifer for each scenario are 513.243, 505.282, and 492.443 million m3, respectively. This paper concludes with proposed solutions for sustainable groundwater usage in this region. It is our hope that these results will contribute to Vietnam’s sustainable development by providing necessary information for resource managers to control groundwater usage, reduce pollution, limit saline intrusion, and save natural resources.

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Thuy, T.T.T., Huy, P.K., Bang, D.D., Anh, P.H. (2021). Assessment the Impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on the Unconfined Aquifer at the Red-River Delta of Vietnam: A Case Study at Thai Binh Province. In: Tien Bui, D., Tran, H.T., Bui, XN. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and Responsible Mining. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 108. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60269-7_17

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