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Impacts of 25 years of groundwater extraction on subsidence in the Mekong delta, Vietnam

ຈັດພິມໂດຍ: Open Development Vietnam

Many major river deltas in the world are subsiding and consequently become increasingly vulnerable to flooding and storm surges, salinization and permanent inundation. For the Mekong Delta, annual subsidence rates up to several centimetres have been reported. Excessive groundwater extraction is suggested as the main driver. As groundwater levels drop, subsidence is induced through aquifer compaction. Over the past 25 years, groundwater exploitation has increased dramatically, transforming the delta from an almost undisturbed hydrogeological state to a situation with increasing aquifer depletion. Yet the exact contribution of groundwater exploitation to subsidence in the Mekong delta has remained unknown. In this study we deployed a delta-wide modelling approach, comprising a 3D hydrogeological model with an integrated subsidence module. This provides a quantitative spatially-explicit assessment of groundwater extraction-induced subsidence for the entire Mekong delta since the start of widespread overexploitation of the groundwater reserves. We find that subsidence related to groundwater extraction has gradually increased in the past decades with highest sinking rates at present. During the past 25 years, the delta sank on average ~18 cm as a consequence of groundwater withdrawal. Current average subsidence rates due to groundwater extraction in our best estimate model amount to 1.1 cm yr−1, with areas subsiding over 2.5 cm yr−1, outpacing global sea level rise almost by an order of magnitude. Given the increasing trends in groundwater demand in the delta, the current rates are likely to increase in the near future.

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E-mail: p.s.j.minderhoud@uu.nl

ຜູ້ຂຽນຮ່ວມ (ບຸກຄົນ) P S J Minderhoud, G Erkens, V H Pham, V T Bui, L Erban, H Kooi and E Stouthamer
ຜູ້ຈັດພິມ IOP Publishing Ltd
ປີຈັດພິມ 2017
ຈຳນວນໜ້າ 14
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Source: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7146

ຄຳສັບຫຼັກ Delta subsidence,sea-level rise,groundwater exploitation,modelling,iMOD,sụt lún đồng bằng,nước biển dâng,khai thác nước ngầm,mô hình hóa
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