Coastal Aquifers Management Symposium, Mar 2012 |
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15th-17th March 2012, Cassis, France The UNESCO Chair INWEB was present at a symposium on “Coastal Aquifers Management «organized by the French Chapter of IAH and held in Cassis, France, 15-17 March 2012.
This symposium aimed to present the state of knowledge on the operation, the methods of study and the protection and management of coastal aquifers.
The main topics were:
- Characterization of aquifers (geometry, hydrodynamics, water quality)
- Problems of invasion in salt or natural context of overexploitation and improving the quality of hydrosystems
- Management and monitoring of the coastal aquifers
- Management of aquifers on islands
- Managing aquifers and sharing resources to meet various demands
A field trip was made in the vicinity of Cassis and Marseille to see an alluvial aquifer, a karst aquifer and a submarine karst spring (Port Miou).
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