Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources
Water Data Banks Project
Entry from Directory of Selected Israeli Water-related Projects
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| TITLE: | New hydrogeological-hydrochemical model of the Arava |
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| PROBLEM: | Regional water supply problems, as well as processes of groundwater salinization, call for a revision of the groundwater potential in the Arava. |
| OBJECTIVES: | Formulation of an updated model of the groundwater system in the Arava as a regional collector and mixer of water from different neighboring regions. |
| APPROACH: | Reexamination of the accumulated hydrogeological, hydrochemical and isotopic information and establishment of a regional groundwater-related data base; Execution of a simultaneous sampling operation; Review of the available information on the geology of the subsurface in the region and comparison of this information with the findings of the recent geophysical surveys; Testing of correlation between the structural findings and the distribution of salinization spots; Check of relationship between the different types of salinization and the structural and hydrogeological-hydrochemical properties of the aquifers. |
| BEGINNING DATE: | 1.6.1995 |
| ENDING DATE: | 1.6.1997 |
| CURRENT PROGRESS OR INTERIM RESULTS: | The hydrochemical survey of the water sources in the southern Arava was completed in 1995. The survey of the northern Arava is being conducted in 1996. The analysis of the sampled waters is nearing completion. Solute balances were used to reconstruct the development of groundwater chemistry in the Paran and Zofar areas. |
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NAME: | Eliyahu Rosenthal |
| ADDRESS: | Hydrological Service, P.O.Box 6381, Jerusalem 91063 |
| TELEPHONE: | 972-2-384403 |
| TELEFAX: | 972-2-388704 |
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