Seawater Intrusion
Seawater Intrusion
Boreholes and
Infiltration galleries
Fresh water
Salt water water at A= z
s
Finally we get the expression
livestock
Sea
Fresh water
Salt water
Salt water
Salt water
Control of Seawater Intrusion
• Reducing the
outflow Fresh water Salt water
facilitates
intrusion.
• Requires
distributing the
drawdown, many
small wells instead
of a big one.
Seawater intrusion barriers
They are purported to prevent saltwater from flowing
inland. They can be of several types:
• Construction cost
is more
Negative hydraulic barrier
• positive barriers
lose fresh water
to the sea
Mixed barriers
Fresh water Q
inyection well Q Salt water
pumping well
Fresh water
Salt water