Sustainable water supply in Swedish coastal areas – possibilities and challenges
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Sustainable water supply in Swedish coastal areas – possibilities and challenges
Bosse OlofssonRoyal Institute of Technology, KTH
NGL Annual Meeting at Äspö 2013-11-07
• 50% of the world’s population concentrates to a 60km wide coastal zone
• Huge water stress along the coastal zone• Swedish coast stretches >2400km
Climate change (IPCC 2013)
• Locally higher precipitation• >2oC increase in temperature to 2100• Dry periods occur more often• Longer dry periods• Most energy stored in sea• Sea level rise (>3.2 mm/year)
(IPCC 2013)
Model for precipitation and temperature changes until 2100Source: Rossby Center, SMHI 2012
There are several model scenaries pointing towards similar direction
Swedish climate changes?
Climate change in Sweden 2050-• Increased prec.(but at least bigger variations)• Increased evapotranspiration• Longer vegetation season• Longer periods of drought• Increased competition of water• Increased costs for water treatment
Changed number of days per year with drough to 2100
Källa: SMHI 2013
Days/year
We will need to store water for much longer periods than today
The question is where?.....
200 m
Small reservoirs
Concentration of houses
Bad existing sewage systems
Rapid flows
Increasing water demand
Attractive environment
Swedish specific coastal problems
Fertilization
Pollution
Coastal erosion
Water chemical problems (Cl, Rn, U, F)
Bare rock outcrops
High hydraulic heterogeneity
Areas with scarcity of groundwater in sweden (for water supply with sufficient quantity and quality)
(SGU 2009)
RockTillClay
Sand
Sand and gravel
A bedrock with high storage capacity but sensitive to seawater intrusion
Shear fracture, partly coated with minerals
•From side
•From top
The flow possibility of each fracture depends on its
•genesis•weathering conditions•mineral filling•rock stresses
Bedrock (0.001-0.05%)
Till (3-5%)Clay (0.01-0.1%)
Water (100%)Sand (10-40%)
Well
Well
Shear fractures
Kinematic porosity in different units
0.001 - 0.05%
Uses data from •SGU•SMHI•Lantmäteriet
Usually we have limited amount of data, especially high quality data
Till or sand and gravel
Draining tubes
Dug or drilled well
BedrockClay
Bentonite orplastic liner
Groundwater recharge
Example of method for increasing the storage
called”groundwater dams”
Figure 10. Vulnerable zones (encircled) of Boda-Kalvsvik.
Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) of Boda-Kalvsvik.
Development of methods to clarify suitable places for localization of subsurface dams
Based on water balances and aquifer deliniation in GIS
Na+
Na+
Cl-
Cl-
Cl-Na+
NO3-
Rn
Rn
Bacteria
Baltic Sea
Shortage of groundwater, often leads to deterioration
of groundwater quality
• Natural geological conditions (e.g. metals, pH, radon, alkalinity…)• Induced changes(e.g. salinization)• Pollutants (e.g. cadmium)
Water supply
Sewage
Älgö – Stockholm archipelago
What is the impact from sewage infiltration?
Bedrock (1500-2000 m3/d)
Till(15-20 m3/d)
Sand(1-2 m3/d)
=> big problems in exploitational areas. How can we get turnover time of 60 days?
Soil volume for infiltration for 1 family (ca 500 l/d)
Development of a risk assessment scenario at e.g Tynningö
Tynningö
Ramsö
Example 1: Nitrate and ammonium
Vulnerability of nitrate pollution of wells
0 k m 2 0 k m 4 0 k m
Radon content in wells in the county of Stockholm
N
Rn conc. (Bq/L) 0 to 100 100 to 500 500 to 1000 1000 to 64000
0
100
500
1000
Rn
(Bq/
L)
0 k m 2 0 k m 4 0 k m
Radon risk areascalculated usingkriging.
N
(W hite areas havetoo few wells)
Rn innehåll (Bq/l) i brunnar i Stockholms län (n=5666)
11%
15%
47%
27%>1000500-1000100-500<100
Rn innehåll (Bq/l) i brunnar i Stockholms län (n=5666)
11%
15%
47%
27%>1000500-1000100-500<100
N=5666
Stockholm countyExample 2: Radon, radium and uranium
Testing of method(2209 wells)
Each point is representative of an area of 25 x 25 km2
A high correlation observed between median radon concentration and median RV- value.
RV-v
alue
(med
ian
valu
e)
Prediktion 2209 wells
Prediction of radon content in drilled wells using GIS
FRV > 0 : Low risk
-5 < FRV < 0 : Medium risk
FRV < -5 : High risk
RV-method
Example 3: Prediction of groundwater quality in private wells at Gotland
(Pirnia & Olofsson 2013)
Based on statistical analysis (ANOVA, PCA) using chemical data, geological and topographical data
Prediction of groundwater quality
(Pirnia & Olofsson 2013)
Future research need related to water supply in hard rock areas
• How to estimate storage and capacity without extensive drilling
• How to get a measure of heterogeneity and anisotropy without extensive test pumping
• How to characterize groundwater chemical quality, origin and turnover time with limited amount of data
• How to deliniate bedrock aquifer extension and set boarder conditions with sparce of data
• How to differentiate origin of compounds with many different sources (chloride, radon, lead, arsenic)
There is a strong need for robust assessment methods for planning and decision support locally and regionally
Concluding strategy• We are convinced that the
best way to develop models and techniques for generalized estimations of groundwater resources using sparce of data is to develop and test such models where there are lots of data available, such as the NGL (a.o stored in SICADA)
Thanks