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8Thinternational SYMPOSIUM ON th 8 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE Managed Aquifer Recharge: Meeting the Water Resource Challenge 人工含水层补给：迎接水资源挑战 BEIJING, P.R.CHINA OCTOBER 15-19, 2013 中国·北京 2013年10月15日－19日 Contents Welcome 1 Organizations 3 Sponsors 3 Committee 5 Conference Venue 7 Floor Plan 8 General Information 10 Workshops 11 Keynote speaker 16 Field trip 18 Schedule at a glance 19 Detailed Program 20 Poster Abstract 30 Session I 30 Artificial recharge in crestatx aquifer (majorca island, Spain) using springwater surpluses. Previous studies and desing of the artificial recharge plant. 30 Integrated and preventive water management and forest ordenation techniques to mitigate climate change adverse effects 31 A study on classification of groundwater aquifer using the principal component analysis in linpien basin, Pingtung, Taiwan 32 A methodological concept for the identification and subsequent development of potential bank filtration sites in India 33 Managed Aquifer Recharge as a key element inSonora River Basin Management(México) 34 Groundwater natural resources and quality concern in Kabul Basin, AfghanistanPresentation Abstract 35 Towards implementation of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Semi-arid areas of Nigeria: Possible contributions from large irrigation schemes 36 Temporal-spatial variation of ecotoxicity and distribution of heavy metal in the hyporheic zone of Shima catchment, Dongguan, China 37 Applications of Managed Aquifer Recharge to Improve Groundwater Quality in the Khulna-Satkhira Coastal Belt of Bangladesh: Results and Findings 38 Protection of Water Quality of Gaza Coastal Aquifer 39 Effect of silver nanoparticles on the performance of managed aquifer recharge: column study 40 Improved spring water yield via artificial recharge of rainwater (tanzania case study) 41 Assessing the impact of a check dam across a non-perennial river in southern India 42 Experimental study of high sediment-surface water seepage to groundwater in the Nalingguole River 43 Contents Simulation of physical clogging at RBF sites using a laboratory channel experiment 44 Development of Managed Aquifer Recharge in China 45 Study on the Influence of Groundwater Source Heat Pumps on Groundwater Quality 46 Research on Index Scale Method for Suitability Division of Shallow Geothermal in Yinchuan City 47 Removal of dissolved organic matter in municipal effluent with ozonation and soil aquifer treatment 48 Managed aquifer recharge to mitigate fluoride contamination in groundwater in a part of southern India 49 session Ⅱ 50 Tailor-made high-frequency filter sand cleaner for high-capacity MAR basins 50 Numerical assessment of community-scale managed aquifer recharge systems in south-western Bangladesh 51 Combining geophysical and geochemical measurements for subsurface characterization at a full-scale aquifer recharge and recovery site 52 MAR for sustainable water-curtain cultivation method in rural area 53 Management of groundwater quality at spratly islands in context of climate change 54 Groundwater quality at southeast coastal zone in Vietnam 55 Using electrical conductivity measurements to monitor infiltration, recharge rates and clogging during managed aquifer recharge 56 Development of numerical model evaluating withdrawal efficiency due to microbial clogging in riverbank filtration system 57 In-situ Test and Optimization of Saline Groundwater Restoration at the Lower Reach of Dagu River in Qingdao, China 58 Survival of Escherichia coli in Alluvial Aquifer Recharged with River water 59 A case-based reasoning application for mar case-studies 60 MAR in Flanders (Belgium): Overview and Opportunities 61 Development of a catalogue on European Mar sites 62 Effects of inorganic carbon limitation on nitrite oxidizing bacteria 63 Large diameter shallow wells in unconfined aquifer recharge: a new MAR integrated project in Treviso province (northern Italy) 64 Scope for Large Scale Application of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Bangladesh for Sustainable Domestic, Municipal and Irrigation Water Supply 65 Modeling artificial recharge capacity of fractured hard rock under semi-arid conditions in Southern India: Implementing storage basin dynamics into MARTHE code 66 Key legal and regulatory Issues for sustainable Development of large-scale ASR in Korea 67 Presentation Abstract 68 MAR for drinking water quality improvement 68 COUPLING RIVERBANK FILTRATION AND SUBSURFACE IRON REMOVAL 68 THE STUDY OF HOW TOC CHANGING AND SIMULATION FORECASTING UNDER ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE CONDITION 69 Contents LESSONS LEARNED FROM LARGE SCALE FIELD TESTING OF MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN COASTAL AQUIFERS OF BANGLADESH 70 SPRINKLING INFILTRATION AND WELL INFILTRATION IN MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE FOR DRINKING WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 71 IMPACT OF AQUIFER RECHARGE ON THE DRINKING WATER QUALITY OF MADURAI - CASE STUDY 72 MAR for rural and irrigation water supplies 73 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO MITIGATE DROUGHT AND FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CHAO PHRAYA RIVER BASIN, THAILAND, USING ASR METHODS – PART 2 73 MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE AS A KEY ELEMENT INSONORA RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT(MÉXICO) 74 MAR in conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater 75 BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY: USING MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE TO DOUBLE THE YIELD OF THE ORANGE COUNTY GROUNDWATER BASIN 75 ORIGIN, RECHARGE MECHANISM AND APPARENT AGE OF SHALLOW GROUNDWATER IN THE NDOP PLAIN, NORTH WEST CAMEROON 76 INTEGRATED SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MODELING FOR OPTIMIZING MAR STRUCTURES IN THE CHENNAI REGION 77 Mitigating geological problems using artificial recharge - land subsidence, earth fissures, seawater intrusion 78 ASCE/EWRI STANDARD GUIDELINES FOR LAND SUBSIDENCE CAUSED BY FLUID WITHDRAWAL 78 HYDROCHEMISTRY AND STABLE ISOTOPES DURING SALINITY INGRESS AND REFRESHMENT IN SURFACE- AND GROUNDWATER FROM THE ARANI–KORATALLAI (A-K) BASIN NORTH OF CHENNAI (INDIA) 79 AQUIFER STORAGE RECOVERY: AN ASR SOLUTION TO SALT WATER INTRUSION AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA 80 COMBINING DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION WITH THE WORLDS’ MOST INNOVATIVE COASTAL DEFENCE PROJECT TO KEEP DRY FEET - INSIGHTS ON EFFECTS, INTERCEPTION MEASURES AND DYNAMIC MONITORING PLAN 81 Rainwater and stormwater harvesting via MAR 82 FEASIBILITY OF AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY OF STORMWATER IN A DUNEFIELD IN WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA 82 TOWARDS ROOF RUNOFF REPLENISHMENT OF GROUNDWATER IN JINAN, CHINA 83 Reclaimed water reuse via aquifer 84 MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE WITH RECLAIMED WATER IN UAE 84 A SYNERGISTIC TREATMENT HYBRID OF MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE-OZONE FOR WASTEWATER RECLAMATION AND WATER REUSE 85 COMBINATION OF MIEX® RESIN AND OZONATION FOR REDUCTION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER DURING AQUIFER RECHARGE USING MUNICIPAL EFFLUENT 86 Contents Advanced methods for selection of aquifers, sites and methods 87 PREDICTION OF HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BY MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE IN XINJIANG 87 ADVANCED AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE 88 TOWARDS SUCCESSFUL AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY (ASR) IN COASTAL AQUIFERS: USE OF ASR FEASIBILITY MAPPING AND MULTIPLE PARTIALLY PENETRATING WELLS 89 AN ADVANCED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE OPTIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE DARLING FLOODPLAIN, N.S.W., AUSTRALIA 90 AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DEVELOPING HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONCEPTUAL MODELS TO UNDERPIN ASSESSMENT OF MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE OPTIONS, DARLING FLOODPLAIN, N.S.W., AUSTRALIA 91 IN SITU INFILTRATION TEST USING A RECLAIMED ABANDONED RIVER BED: MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE IN 92 SHIJIAZHUANG CITY, CHINA MODELING STUDIES OF AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY ON ASR RECOVERY EFFICIENCY 93 Alternative recharge systems 94 THE FRESHMAKER: ENABLING AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY (ASR) OF FRESHWATER USING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLED WELLS (HDDWS) IN COASTAL AREAS 94 Cost effectiveness of MAR 95 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF MAR IN VILLAGE SCALE INTERVENTIONS IN RURAL INDIA—SOME INSIGHTS FROM GUJARAT AND RAJASTHAN 95 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF INCORPORATING MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE TECHNIQUE IN WATER MANAGEMENT. RESULTS OF A STUDY CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF AN ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) FOR SPAIN 96 COST-BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY-LED AQUIFER RECHARGE: THE CASE OF MEGHAL RIVER BASIN, SAURASHTRA, INDIA 97 Innovation and integration in MAR 98 ENHANCEMENT OF WADI DAM RECHARGE USING DAMS COUPLED WITH AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY 98 FRESHWATER STORAGE IN LAND RECLAMATIONS; AN INTEGRATED APPROACH IN AN EARLY DESIGN PHASE 99 INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RECHARGE SHAFTS IN COASTAL AQUIFERS OF BANGLADESH 100 Community engagement and awareness in MAR 101 CLASHING COALITIONS: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF A MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE PROJECT IN FINLAND 101 MAR TO MAR-KET. DISSEMINATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CRITERIA APPLIED TO MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE. A STRATEGIC PROPOSITION AND EXAMPLES TO TRANSFER THESE TECHNIQUES TO INDUSTRY 102 Institutional innovation for MAR - waterbanks and groundwater user groups 103 WATER BANKS: USING MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE TO MEET WATER POLICY OBJECTIVES 103 Contents Integrated water resources management 104 MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE: A POTENTIAL COMPONENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE SYRDARYA RIVER BASIN 104 MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE IN CALIFORNIA: SUMMARY OF PROJECTS AND POLICY ISSUES 105 REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A SHALLOW MAR SITE 106 NEAR-STREAM RECHARGE TO PROTECT BASEFLOWS IN THE UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA, USA 107 A NEW ZEALAND APPROACH
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