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A list of all Deltares publications on salinisation topics is shown below. Quickly navigate to publications within themes infrastructure, groundwater or surface water.

 


 

Articles 

  • O'Mahoney, T.S.D., Oldenziel, G., van der Ven, P., The effect of bubble size on lock-exchange density currents through bubble screens, (submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Engineering)
  • Nogueira, H. I. S., van der Hout, A., O'Mahoney, T. S. D., Kortlever, W., Sea locks: the impact of density differences on the hydraulic design of the levelling system. The case of the new large sea locks in IJmuiden and Terneuzen (to be submitted to Journal of Waterways, Ports, Ocean and Coastal Engineering).

Reports 

  • PIANC Report N°198 (2021). "Saltwater Intrusion Mitigation in Inland Waterways". The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure.
  • Kerstma, J., Kolkman, P.A., Regeling, H.J., Venis, W.A. (1990). "Water quality control at ship locks: prevention of salt- and fresh water exchange". A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam.

 

Articles

  • Bakx, W., Bense, V.F., Karaoulis, M., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Bierkens, M.F.P., 2023. Measuring groundwater flow velocities near drinking water extraction wells in unconsolidated sediments. 15 (10), Water (Switzerland), https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122167

  • Delsman, J.R., Mulder, T., Verastegui, B.R., Bootsma, H., Zitman, P., Huizer, S., Oude Essink, G.H.P., 2023. Reproducible construction of a high-resolution national variable-density groundwater salinity model for the Netherlands. Environ. Model. Softw. 105683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105683
  • Seibert, S.L., Greskowiak, J., Bungenstock, F., Freund, H., Karle, M., Meyer, R., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Van Engelen, J., Massmann, G., 2023. Paleo-hydrogeological modeling to understand present-day groundwater salinities in a low-lying coastal groundwater system (Northwestern Germany). Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033151
  • Van Engelen, J., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Bierkens, M.F.P., 2022. Sustainability of fresh groundwater resources in fifteen major deltas around the world. Environ. Res. Lett. 113650. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aca16c 
  • Karaoulis, M., Ritsema, I., Bremmer, C., De Kleine, M., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Ahlrichs, E., 2022. DroneBorne Electromagnetic (DR-EM) Surveying in The Netherlands: Lab and Field Validation Results. Water (Switzerland) 5335, 1–20. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215335
  • Pauw, P.S., Van den Ham, J., Heinis, F., Willeman, R., Essink, G.O., Pefkos, M., Jansen, R.T.H., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Pefkos, M., Jansen, R.T.H., 2022. Groundwater salinity monitoring using a new fiber optic sensor. Groundw. Monit. Remediat. 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwmr.12532
  • Aydin, B.E., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Delsman, J.R., Van de Giesen, N., Abraham, E., 2022. Nonlinear model predictive control of salinity and water level in polder networks: Case study of Lissertocht catchment. Agric. Water Manag. 264, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107502
  • Zamrsky, D., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Sutanudjaja, E.H., Van Beek, L.P.H., Bierkens, M.F.P., 2022. Offshore fresh groundwater in coastal unconsolidated sediment systems as a potential fresh water source in the 21st century. Environ. Res. Lett. 17. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4073
  • King, J., Mulder, T., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Bierkens, M.F.P., 2022. Joint estimation of groundwater salinity and hydrogeological parameters using variable-density groundwater flow, salt transport modelling and airborne electromagnetic surveys. Adv. Water Resour. 160, 104118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.104118

PhD-theses

  1. King, J., 2022. Airborne electromagnetic mapping of coastal groundwater salinity; Quantifying uncertainty and investigating methodological improvements, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 188 pp.  download PhD thesis
  2. Zamrsky, D., 2021. Current and future state of groundwater in coastal unconsolidated sediment systems worldwide, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 238 pp. download PhD thesis

  3. Mabrouk, M.B., 2020. Climate Change and Development Impacts on Groundwater Resources in the Nile Delta Aquifer, Egypt. IHE Delft, 150 pp. download PhD thesis

  4. Van Engelen, J., 2020. Fresh groundwater reserves in major deltas: Evolution and current state of deltaic groundwater resources, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 194 pp.  download PhD thesis

  5. Aydin, B.E., 2020. Model Predictive Control of Water Level and Salinity in Coastal Areas. Delft University of Technology, 103 pp. download PhD thesis

  6. Huizer, S. 2019. Fresh groundwater in large beach nourishments; Growth of freshwater resources in coastal areas, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 152 pp.  download PhD thesis
  7. Delsman, J.R. 2015, Saline groundwater - surface water interaction in coastal lowlands, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 194 pp.  download PhD thesis 
  8. Pauw, P.S. 2015. Field and Model Investigations of Freshwater Lenses in Coastal Aquifers, PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 168 pp. download PhD thesis
  9. De Louw, P.G.B. 2013. Saline seepage in deltaic areas. Preferential groundwater discharge through boils and interactions between thin rainwater lenses and upward saline seepage. PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, ISBN/EAN 9789461085429.  download PhD thesis

Conferences

  • EGU 2023, Vienna (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46604):
    1. Assessing the impact of climate change and anthropogenic factors on future salinization of a low-lying coastal groundwater system (Northwestern Germany), SL Seibert, J Greskowiak, L Karrasch, B Siebenhüner, GHP Oude Essink, et al.
    2. Detailed monitoring and simulation of groundwater salinity in response to extractions in a coastal aquifer system, T Hendrikx, GHP Oude Essink, M Karaoulis, M Bierkens
    3. 3D groundwater salinity mapping of the global coastal zone, GHP Oude Essink, D Zamrsky, J King, J Delsman, J Verkaik, M Bierkens
    4. A study on the suitability and quantitative potential of aquifer storage and recovery and brackish water extraction in Dutch coastal areas,  I America-van den Heuvel, J King, H Bootsma, J Delsman, et al.
    5. Effects of surface water boundary condition scaling on modelled groundwater salinity and salt fluxes, I Farias, GHP Oude Essink, P de Louw, MFP Bierkens
    6. New developments in the field of global coastal groundwater salinity modelling and mapping, GHP Oude Essink, D Zamrsky, J King, J Delsman, J Verkaik, M Bierkens
  • Groundwater key to the SDGs, Paris, France, 18 May 2023: Oude Essink, G.H.P., Minderhoud, P.S.J., Phạm, H.V., Schoonderwoerd, E., De Keijzer, O.; Groundwater (mis)management in sinking and saltier deltas: The Mekong Delta case
  • XXIV International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR), Gdansk, Poland, 20-23 June 2022 (convenor Gu Oude Essink), presentation Joeri van Engelen:
  • Stockholm World Water Week, session 31 Augustus 2022 (convenors Schoonderwoerd, E. De Keizer, O., Oude Essink, G.H.P.): Groundwater management: key to resilient deltas for food and nature-
  • AGU, Dec 2022 Chicago, Global 3D groundwater salinity mapping and its impacts on public health risks; Gribble O'Madigan, M., Zamrsky, D., Oude Essink, G.H.P., Bierkens, M.F.P., King, J. Delsman, J., Verkaik, J., Wheeler, B., Fleming, L.
  • UNESCO conference 8-10 November 2022, Paris, France: ‘Management coastal aquifers and related ecosystems in the Mediterranean’, presentation ‘Ongoing research on salt water intrusion’, presenter Oude Essink, G.H.P. 
  • 17-18 October 2022, Venezia, Italy: Knowledge HUB on sea-level rise, https://knowledgehubsealevelrise.org/, presentation Quantification of groundwater salinization and inland freshwater demand caused by extreme sea level rise in the Netherlands, presenter Oude Essink, G.H.P.

 

Articles

  • Kranenburg, W., Tiessen, M., Blaas, M., and van Veen, N. Circulation, stratification and salt dispersion in a former estuary after reintroduction of seawater inflow, submitted to Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 
  • Dijkstra, Y. H. Schuttelaars, W.M. Kranenburg (2022). Salt transport regimes induced by tides in narrow estuaries, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans)
  • D. Van Keulen, W.M. Kranenburg and T. Hoitink; A new harmonic regression approach to predict estuarine salinity variation subject to storm surge effects, submitted to J. of Geophys. Res. (Oceans) Circulation, stratification and salt dispersion in a former estuary after reintroducing seawater inflow
  • Kranenburg, W.M., T. Van der Kaaij, M.Tiessen, Y.Friocourt, M.Blaas (2022). Salt Intrusion in the Rhine Meuse Delta: Estuarine Circulation, Tidal Dispersion or Surge Effect? Proceedings IAHR-World Congress 2022 (paper 1058) 

Conferences

  • Ocean Science Meeting 2022; Kranenburg, Tiessen, Blaas, Van Veen: Circulation, Stratification and Salt Dispersion in a former estuary after reintroduction of seawater inflow
  • EGU-2022, Vienna; Wouter Kranenburg, Meinard Tiessen, Meinte Blaas, and Nathalie van Veen: Circulation, stratification and salt dispersion in a former estuary after reintroduction of seawater inflow to improve fish migration
  • IAHR-World Congress 2022, Granada; Salt Intrusion in the Rhine Meuse Delta: Estuarine Circulation, Tidal Dispersion or Surge Effect? Wouter Kranenburg, Theo van der Kaaij, Meinard Tiessen, Yann Friocourt and Meinte Blaas