APPLICATION OF FEFLOW FOR THE SIMULATION OF GROUNDWATER FLOW AT THE TIRNAVOS (CENTRAL GREECE) ALLUVIAL BASIN AQUIFER SYSTEM

PDF
Published: Jan 25, 2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.11360
Keywords:
FEFLOW numerical modelling groundwater flow simulation hydrogeology Thessaly
I. Koukidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Inter-departmental of Biology, Geology and Civil Engineering
A. Panagopoulos
National Agricultural Research Foundation, Land Reclamation Institute
Abstract
FEFLOW is a relatively new simulation code that was applied and tested systematically for the first time in Greece at Tirnavos alluvial basin, which is part of the eastern Thessaly plain. The aim of this exercise is to apply and test the applicability and versatility of FEFLOW in the simulation of groundwater flow of the Tirnavos basin aquifer system, which is located in eastern Thessaly-central Greece. From the compilation and calibration of the mathematical model, it can be concluded that FEFLOW is a very powerful tool with many practical applications and capabilities. Application of FEFLOW at Tirnavos basin was successful. As deduced by field data analysis, groundwater resources of the study area are overexploited, a fact which bears negative effects not only for the study area, but also for the surrounding area, which is much greater in extent. This fact was well reproduced in the simulation. It is therefore of utmost importance to rationally manage regional groundwater resources aiming at aquifer restoration (quantity and chemical quality) and the environmental protection of both the aquifer system and the depended and interrelated ecosystems, in accordance to the water related EC Directives.
Article Details
  • Section
  • Hydrology and Hydrogeology
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (preferably in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
References
Anderson, M., Woessner, W., 1992. Applied groundwater modeling. Simulation of flow and advective
transport. Academic Press, London 381pp.
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique, 1972. Reconnaissance par prospection electrique dans la Plaine
de Thessalie (Grece). Grenoble: CGG.
Constandinidis, D., 1978. Hydrodynamique d’ un systeme aquifere heterogene. Hydrogeologie de la Thessalie
Orientale. Ph.D. thesis, Universite Scientifique et Medicale de Grenoble, 288pp.
Diersch, H.G., 1998. FEFLOW interactive, graphics-based finite-element simulation system for modeling
groundwater flow, contaminant mass and heat transport processes. WASY Institute for Water
Resources Planning and System Research Ltd., Berlin, Germany, 401-425.
Electrowatt Engineering Services, 1967. Development of the plains of Thessaly. Preliminary study and feasibility
report. Ministry of Public Works, Athens, (in Greek).
FEFLOW 5.4, 2009. Finite element subsurface flow and transport simulation system. User’s manual.
WASY Institute for Water Resource Planning and Systems Research Ltd., Berlin, Germany, 202pp.
Hatzidiamantis, A., Zalidis, G., Alexandridis, Th., Gakis, K., Galanis, G., Partozis, A., Panagopoulos, A.,
Panoras, A., Arampatzis, G., Hatzigiannakis, E., Vrouchakis, J., Alexiou, G., Kalfountzos, D., Kotsopoulos,
S., 2009. Study for irrigation water pricing at Pinios River Basin (Tirnavos sub-basin).
Phase C.
Karyotis, Th., Charoulis, A., Panagopoulos, A., Tziouvalekas, M., Georgiou, Th., Karyoti, K., Mitsimponas,
Th., 2008. Groundwater quality and threshold values for irrigation in the river Basin of Pinios,
Greece. Session: Soil and Water – Practical Applications. Abstracts, Int. Conference “EUROSOIL
”, Vienna, 333pp.
Katsilouli, Ir., Karyotis, Th., Georgiou, Th., Mitsimponas, Th., Panagopoulos, A., Panoras, A., Pateras,
D., Haroulis, G., Argyropoulos, G., Toulios, M., 2004. Nitrates in soils and water originated from
agricultural sources: a case study in Thessaly, central Greece. Proceedings 12th Nitrogen Workshop
“Controlling nitrogen flows and losses”, Wageningen Academic Publishers, 447-448.
Mountrakis, D., 1985. Geology of Greece. University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 207pp (in Greek).
Panagopoulos, A., 1996. A methodology for groundwater resources management of a typical alluvial
aquifer system in Greece. Ph.D. thesis, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, 251pp.
Panagopoulos, A., Karyotis, A., Georgiou, Th., Tsitouras, Al., 2006. Groundwater natural background
levels and threshold definition in the Eastern Thessaly groundwater body (Pinios River Basin, Central
Greece). Greek Case Study Report, BRIDGE Project, 23 pp.
Panagopoulos, A., Lloyd, J., Fitzsimons, V., 1995. Groundwater evolution of the Tirnavos alluvial basin,
central Greece, as indicated by hydrochemistry. 3rd Hydrogeological Conference of the Hellenic ChapXLIII,
No 4 – 1756
ter of IAH, Heraklion, Crete, 232-244.
Panagopoulos, A., Pechlivanidou, S., Vrouhakis, Y., Karyotis, Th., Arampatzis ,G., Hatzigiannakis, E.,
Panoras, A., 2008. Determining reference conditions for groundwater bodies using simple historical
data; the case of eastern Thessaly, Greece. E-Proc. 36th Int. Congress of the International Association
of Hydrogeologists, Toyama, 1-7.
Rapantova, N., Grmela, A., Vojek, D., Haril, J., Michlek, B., 2007. Groundwater flow modelling applications
in mining hydrogeology, 532pp.
Sogreah. “Final report”. Groundwater development project of the plains of Thessaly, (in Greek). Athens:
Land Reclamation Services of Greece, 1974.
Syllaios, N., Zalidis, G., Alexandridis, Th., Galanis, G., Christoforou, M., Strati, S., Cherif, I., Partozis,
A., Panagopoulos, A., Vrouchakis, J., Pechlivanidou, S., Alexiou, G., Kalfountzos, D., Kotsopoulos,
S., 2009. Study for irrigation water pricing at Pinios River Basin (Tirnavos sub-basin). Phase B.
Most read articles by the same author(s)