T149 The Water-Energy Nexus in Sedimentary Basins

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Meeting Rooms

GROUNDWATER-PRODUCTION WELLS AS A NOVEL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SEDIMENTARY BASINS

Paper number: T149-11
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM

Authors

Abstract

Groundwater is a critical but complicated resource to manage; subsurface activities with the potential to pollute and groundwater depletion highlight the need for novel approaches to better understand local-scale hydrogeology across the globe. For the first time, we map groundwater-production wells—the very infrastructure fundamental to withdrawing water from the subsurface—across key sedimentary basins. These data provide a lens into the subsurface, strategically using patterns of well construction and well depths to juxtapose groundwater demand and subsurface pore space. Our work shows how production-well reports offer “big-data” of local relevance, providing vital insights into hydrogeological conditions and groundwater-user decision making across the globe.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 52, No. 6

doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-357394

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