TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk assessment for a proposed groundwater abstraction scheme in Strathmore, North-East Scotland
T2 - A modelling approach
AU - Chen, M.
AU - Soulsby, C.
PY - 1997/2/1
Y1 - 1997/2/1
N2 -
The Lower Old Red Sandstones in northern Strathmore have favourable hydrogeological conditions for ground-water development. A scheme was proposed to abstract water in the north Esk catchment in order to augment water supplies to local villages, and a production borehole was drilled into the Edzell Sandstones to give a design yield of 2420 m
3
/d. However, this scheme has been abandoned because of concern that the abstraction would significantly reduce the flow in a nearby stream which is an important salmonid fishery. This study demonstrates the potential value of using a stream-aquifer numerical model in an environmental risk assessment for the proposed scheme.
AB -
The Lower Old Red Sandstones in northern Strathmore have favourable hydrogeological conditions for ground-water development. A scheme was proposed to abstract water in the north Esk catchment in order to augment water supplies to local villages, and a production borehole was drilled into the Edzell Sandstones to give a design yield of 2420 m
3
/d. However, this scheme has been abandoned because of concern that the abstraction would significantly reduce the flow in a nearby stream which is an important salmonid fishery. This study demonstrates the potential value of using a stream-aquifer numerical model in an environmental risk assessment for the proposed scheme.
KW - Environmental risk assessment
KW - Groundwater modelling
KW - MODFLOW
KW - Stream-aquifer interaction
KW - Streamflow routeing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031076548&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00087.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00087.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031076548
SN - 1747-6585
VL - 11
SP - 47
EP - 55
JO - Water and Environment Journal
JF - Water and Environment Journal
IS - 1
ER -