Hydrogeochemical Fingerprinting and Reactive Transport Modelling for Sustainable Groundwater Management in Ghana’s Mining-Affected Pra Basin

This study, conducted in collaboration with the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, the UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, and the CSIR Water Research Institute, Ghana, investigates groundwater contamination sources and dynamics in Ghana's mining-affected Pra Basin through hydrogeochemical fingerprinting and coupled reactive transport modelling.

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Investigation of hillslope-riparian-stream-groundwater interactions: Monitoring, Modelling and Sensitivity analysis

This study, conducted in collaboration with the Forschungszentrum Jülich, is about the application of the complex integrated coupled model ParFlow-CLM.

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WaRM – Wassersystemmodell Rhein/Main

Sich ändernde Rahmenbedingungen verschärfen die Nutzungskonflikte um die zur Verfügung stehen- den Wasserressourcen und verlangen umfassende Lösungskonzepte für ein nachhaltiges und flexibles Grundwassermanagement.

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MARSoluT

MARSoluT – Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network – is a four-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) funded by the European Commission.

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Nitrate fate assessment, Hessian Ried

Nitrate fate assessment using a combined approach of high-resolution monitoring and numerical modeling at an agricultural site in the Hessian Ried.

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Water resources studies on the Arabian Peninsula

Groundwater dynamics modelling as well as hydrochemical and isotope studies are used to to gain a better understanding of the available water resources, in terms of quantity and water quality, at Arabian Peninsula.

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MAR-DSW

MAR-DSW investigates the storage of ‘excess desalinated water’ in aquifers as a sustainable solution. The formation and fate of toxic disinfection byproducts (DBPs), during this process, are studied using CSIA method.

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Biochar

Biochar effectively sorbs organic contaminants such as trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene. Therefore, it is a potential low-cost option for soil and water remediation. Depending on the target compound, biochar properties could be tailored through the selection of different feedstock materials to fit the contaminant of interest.

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Seawater intrusion in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Characterization and modelling of seawater intrusion in the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Development of Tailored Water Management Concepts – The Cox’s Bazar Case.

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Cr pollution in Dhaka groundwater, Bangladesh

Major drinking water source of Dhaka city is endangered by the Cr pollution from approximately 150 tanneries in Hazaribagh area, in the western side of the capital. Groundwater, surface water and pore water samples, as well as borehole soil samples, were collected in 2012-2013 in order to assess the situation and to describe the Cr behaviour in the soil and groundwater.

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FREEWAT

FREEWAT was a HORIZON 2020 project financed by the EU Commission under the call WATER INNOVATION: BOOSTING ITS VALUE FOR EUROPE. The main result of FREEWAT is an open source and public domain GIS integrated modelling environment (the FREEWAT platform) for the simulation of water quantity and quality in surface water and groundwater with an integrated water management and planning module.

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Hydrogeological study of Taihu Lake, China

Taihu Lake surrounding is one of the most developed regions in China. Thus the serious contaminant input is causing the problems in the lake ecosystem. The aim of the current project is to demonstrate and adopt German water technologies and management concepts in the area.

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Sorption of micropollutants to hyporheic biomass

A training network for enhancing the understanding of complex physical, chemical and biological process interactions in the hyporheic zone was formed in frames of Marie-Skłodowska-Curie program. In our laboratories, a batch and column experimental setup are used to study the sorption of micropollutants to hyporheic biomass in order to gain a mechanistic understanding of sorption processes in the hyporheic zone.

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Hydrogeological studies of Lake Urmia area

Experimental study on evaporation from groundwater of the dried areas of the Lake Urmia.

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MARSOL

Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is an emerging technology for recharging depleted aquifers using alternative water sources. One of our tasks within the MARSOL project was to perform column experiments simulating MAR to investigate water quality changes when treated wastewater is infiltrated through soil from a possible future MAR site in Greece.

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Crude oil and oil brine seeps: the source and detection, Kirkuk NE Iraq

Naturally occurring hydrocarbons in the soil are affecting the environment and the health of the people, who live in Kirkuk region in northeast Iraq. A current project examines the effect of natural hydrocarbon seeps and oil brine seeps on surface water, groundwater and as well as physical and chemical properties of soil.

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