Groundwater flow in a volcanic-sedimentary coastal aquifer: Telde area, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

被引:29
作者
Cabrera, MC [2 ]
Custodio, E
机构
[1] Tech Univ Catalonia, Dept Civil Engn, Barcelona 08034, Spain
[2] Univ Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Dept Phys, Las Palmas Gran Canaria 35017, Spain
关键词
volcanic terrains; intensive use; groundwater flow; hydraulic properties; Canary Islands;
D O I
10.1007/s10040-003-0316-y
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
Groundwater conditions in a 75-km(2) coastal area around the town of Telde in eastern Gran Canaria island have been studied. Pliocene to Recent volcanic materials are found, with an intercalated detrital formation (LPDF), which is a characteristic of the area. Groundwater development has become intensive since the 1950s, mostly for intensive agricultural irrigation and municipal water supply. The LPDF is one order of magnitude more transmissive and permeable than the underlying Phonolitic Formation when median values are compared (150 and 15 m(2) day(-1); 5 and 0.5 m day(-1), respectively). These two formations are highly heterogeneous and the ranges of expected well productivities partly overlap. The overlying recent basalts constituted a good aquifer several decades ago but now are mostly drained, except in the southern areas. Average values of drainable porosity (specific yield) seem to be about 0.03 to 0.04, or higher. Groundwater development has produced a conspicuous strip where the watertable has been drawn down as much as 40 m in 20 years, although the inland watertable elevation is much less affected. Groundwater reserve depletion contributes only about 5% of abstracted water, and more than 60% of this is transmitted from inland areas. Groundwater discharge into the sea may still be significant, perhaps 30% of total inflow to the area is discharged to the sea although this value is very uncertain.
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