The use of groundwater age indicators in risk assessment to aid water supply operational planning

Morris, Brian; Stuart, Marianne; Darling, George; Gooddy, Daren. 2005 The use of groundwater age indicators in risk assessment to aid water supply operational planning. Water and Environment Journal, 19 (1). 41-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2005.tb00547.x

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Abstract/Summary

Groundwater residence-time survey results on 21 public water supplies in the chalk aquifer in southern England are compared with a previous Cryptosporidium risk assessment which was carried out on the same supplies for regulatory-compliance purposes in 1999. The results indicate that residence-time indicators could provide useful corroborative evidence for rapid recharge hazard - not only in those settings already identified by microbiological surveillance, but also in the more difficult-to-identify situation where potential rapid pathways have been identified but the bacteriological indicators are negative or ambiguous. However, groundwater-mixing processes under pumping conditions are complex, especially in the chalk, and will always require interpretation informed by an understanding of the local hydrogeological and operational setting.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2005.tb00547.x
Programmes:	BGS Programmes > Other
ISSN:	1747-6585
Additional Keywords:	Groundwater, Risk assessment, Water supply, GroundwaterBGS, Groundwater dating
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Related URLs:	http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwate...
Date made live:	05 Nov 2008 15:31 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4816

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