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Groundwater quality

Charts showing how groundwater pumping in a deeper aquifer reduces its pressure and induces flow of arsenic rich groundwater from the overlying aquifer
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Arsenic Pollution in Bangladesh is Catching Up with Deeper Wells

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 3 August 202023 July 2020

Inhabitants of Bangladesh have deepened drinking water wells to avoid extracting arsenic-rich groundwater from shallow aquifers, but these may not be free from pollution either.

Multicomponent ionic transport simulations in a physically and electrostatically heterogeneous domain
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Modeling Transport and Charge Effects in Heterogeneous Media

by Xavier Sanchez-Vila 19 February 202014 February 2020

Simulation of charged species reactive transport in complex physically and electrostatically heterogeneous porous media is possible with a multiple continua approach coupled to a geochemical code.

An illustration showing microscopic colloidal particles adhered to sand grains in an aquifer from which groundwater is being pumped to the surface via a well.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Treating Colloids as Clusters Better Predicts Their Behavior

by Terri Cook 25 July 2019

New research suggests that an accurate prediction of colloidal particle mobilization in the environment should account for the effect of clustering.

Man collects water from a pipe to put in a test tube.
Posted inNews

Ancient Water Underlies Arid Egypt

by Mary Caperton Morton 18 June 201925 October 2022

A hidden trove of groundwater is left over from the last ice age.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Pumping Offshore Groundwater Resources Has Consequences on Land

by M. B. Cardenas 22 March 201912 March 2019

While vast volumes of fresh groundwater are located offshore, pumping these reserves can also deplete on-shore aquifers and cause land subsidence.

Flowing groundwater created the cave passages in Parque Cavernas del Río Camuy in Puerto Rico.
Posted inScience Updates

Groundwater Contamination in Karst Regions Affects Human Health

by J. S. Herman, D. J. Vesper and E. K. Herman 20 July 201620 July 2016

Karst, Groundwater Contamination, and Public Health: Moving Beyond Case Studies; San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 January to 1 February 2016

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New Reactive Barrier May Protect Groundwater from Mine Waste

by S. Kelleher 16 November 201516 November 2015

Researchers are developing a porous concrete filter to pull harmful dissolved metals out of water.

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