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Language | English |
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Pages | 133-139 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 1997 |
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Keywords
- aquifer
- groundwater
- hydrogeology
- water quality
- water supply
- well head protection
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Groundwater resources in the Lagan Valley Sandstone aquifer, Northern Ireland. / Kalin, Robert; Roberts, C.
In: Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, Vol. 11, No. 2, 04.1997, p. 133-139.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Groundwater resources in the Lagan Valley Sandstone aquifer, Northern Ireland
AU - Kalin, Robert
AU - Roberts, C.
PY - 1997/4
Y1 - 1997/4
N2 - Beneath Belfast and the Lagan Valley lies Northern Ireland's most important aquifer, the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone. Up to 300 m in thickness and with a total abstraction of around 31 000 m(3)/d, it is a modest aquifer by UK and world standards; nonetheless, it is an important local water source. The use of this aquifer system as a water supply will undoubtedly increase as growth of industry and population continues in the Belfast metropolitan area. Even with the mesic climate of Ireland, groundwater mining of this aquifer system is already occurring, and thus there is a need for detailed aquifer planning and protection to be implemented in order to preserve this resource for the future.
AB - Beneath Belfast and the Lagan Valley lies Northern Ireland's most important aquifer, the Triassic Sherwood Sandstone. Up to 300 m in thickness and with a total abstraction of around 31 000 m(3)/d, it is a modest aquifer by UK and world standards; nonetheless, it is an important local water source. The use of this aquifer system as a water supply will undoubtedly increase as growth of industry and population continues in the Belfast metropolitan area. Even with the mesic climate of Ireland, groundwater mining of this aquifer system is already occurring, and thus there is a need for detailed aquifer planning and protection to be implemented in order to preserve this resource for the future.
KW - aquifer
KW - groundwater
KW - hydrogeology
KW - water quality
KW - water supply
KW - well head protection
U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00104.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb00104.x
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 133
EP - 139
JO - Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
T2 - Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
JF - Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
SN - 0951-7359
IS - 2
ER -