Groundwater : modelling, management and contamination

CONTENTS Preface vii Short Communication 1 Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting of Groundwater Contamination 3 Goloka Behari Sahoo and Chittaranjan Ray Research and Review Studies 15 Chapter 1 GIS-Based Aquifer Modeling and Planning Using Integrated Geoenvironmental and Chemical Approaches 17 Maria Kouli, Nikos Lydakis-Simantiris and Pantelis Soupios Chapter 2 A Modeling Approach Supporting Air Sparging System Design 79 Sabrina Saponaro, Sara Puricelli, Elena Sezenna and Luca Bonomo Chapter 3 Groundwater Interactions with Surface Waters: Consequences on Diffuse Pollution Pathways 113 A. Azzellino, R. Salvetti and R. Vismara Chapter 4 Modelling of Water-Solid Interactions: A Discussion of Different Approaches 133 Marek Šváb and Lenka Wimmerová Chapter 5 Fundamentals of Groundwater Modelling 149 Husam Baalousha Chapter 6 Contaminants in Groundwater and the Subsurface 167 Z. Yu, Y. Huang, A. Baron, X. Chen, C. Yang, D. Kreamer and M. Johnson Chapter 7 Preliminary Studies for Designing a Wetland for Arsenic Treatment 187 Raja Chowdhury, Defne Apul and Daryl Dwyer vi Contents Chapter 8 Groundwater Management in the Northern Adriatic Coast (Ravenna, Italy): New Strategies to Protect the Coastal Aquifer from Saltwater Intrusion 203 Beatrice M.S. Giambastiani, Pauline N. Mollema and Marco Antonellini Chapter 9 Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Plain Alluvial Aquifers, Northeastern Italy 231 Franco Cucchi, Giuliana Franceschini and Luca Zini Chapter 10 Analytical and Numerical Solutions for Convection-Diffusion- Dispersion-Reaction Equations with General Initial-Conditions: Theory and Applications 259 Jürgen Geiser Chapter 11 Flow Simulation and Optimal Management of Groundwater Resources. The Balance between Accuracy and Computational Efficiency 291 K.L. Katsifarakis Chapter 12 Ground-Penetrating Radar in Ground Water Studies 309 Nigel J. Cassidy Chapter 13 A Note on the Propagation of Water Table Waves: Dual Length Scale Considerations 351 Nick Cartwright, Peter Nielsen, David P. Callaghan and Ling Li Chapter 14 Distribution and Source of Nitrogen Compounds in the Groundwater of Kuwait 361 A. Akber, A. Mukhopadhyay, E. Azrag, E. Al-Awadi, A. Al-Haddad and H. Al-Qallaf Index 393