A Risk-Based Approach To Identify Vulnerability Hotspots In Urban Aquifers Under Minimum Data Requirements

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Abstract

Sewer leakages lead to uncontrolled urban aquifer recharge and contamination of groundwater. Data about the structural conditions of urban drainage networks (UDN) and exfiltration probabilities of pipes is rarely available at city scale. In order to protect urban aquifers, to optimize monitoring systems and to improve sewer network assessment, new approaches to identify vulnerability hotspots regions in urban aquifers are needed. When scarce information is available, open-access data can be used to automatically generate UDN layouts. These layouts can be used to simulate runoff quantity and quality from UDNs and to predict regions affected by sewer-borne contaminants in urban aquifers. This can be valuable for preliminary studies to analyze plume evolution in urban aquifers and to facilitate prioritization of strategic interventions for sewer network assessments. The main objective of this study was to develop a semi-coupled modelling environment to automatically predict strategic locations for sewer network assessments considering spreading of pollutants in urban aquifers and hydraulic conditions of sewer networks.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBook of Extended Abstracts of the 41st IAHR World Congress, 2025
EditorsAdrian Wing-Keung Law, Jenn Wei Er
PublisherIAHR – International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research
Pages496-499
Number of pages4
ISBN (electronic)978-90-835589-5-0
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title41st International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) World Congress
SubtitleInnovative Water Engineering for Sustainable Development
Abbreviated titleIAHR 2025
Conference number41
Duration22 - 27 June 2025
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationSingapore EXPO
CitySingapore
CountrySingapore

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-7097-7595/work/220701389
ORCID /0000-0002-8675-2304/work/220701695

Keywords

Keywords

  • contaminant transport, groundwater monitoring, risk area identification, sewer leakage, sewer network management