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22 nd Salt Water Intrusion Meeting: Salt Water Intrusion in Aquifers: Challenges and PerspectivesIDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF GROUNDWATER INFLOW INTO ABRACKISH LAGOON: FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING OF SEASONALCHANGES IN DISCHARGEKinza Haider 1 ; Peter Engesgaard 1 , Torben Obel Sonnenborg 2 ; Sabrina Jensen, Carlos Duque 1kha@geo.ku.dk1 Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; 2 Departmentof Hydrology, Geological survey of Denmark and Greenland, DenmarkDepartment of Geography and Geology, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen, DenmarkAbstract: Groundwater discharge into a brackish lagoon (Ringkøbing Fjord, Denmark) hasbeen studied using a combination of hydrogeological field investigations and variable-densityflow and transport modeling. A conceptual model of the dynamics controlling the interactionsbetween the more saline lagoon water and fresher groundwater is being developed on thebasis of different tracers with the objective of quantifying where, when, and how muchshallow groundwater discharges to the lagoon. Sampling of groundwater every two months inthe upper 2-3 m have been carried out and EC-depth profiles have been used to estimatechanges in the width of the groundwater discharge zone. Furthermore, temperature as atracer was used to estimate groundwater discharge indirectly. Field observations show thatthe salinity of the lagoon is highest in summer (~ 12 permil), when groundwater discharge islowest and, vice versa, lowest (~ 5 permil) when the discharge is highest (winter). Thisindicates that the forces of the saline intrusion and freshwater discharge are offset in timecreating a dynamic saltwater-freshwater interface (SWI)with maximum and minimum intrusions in the summer andwintertime, respectively. The Hydrogeosphere code wasapplied to simulate the transient conditions in the SWI. Thesimulations are based on the observed dynamic boundaryconditions of hydraulic head on landside and salinity/waterstage in the lagoon. The simulation results compare wellwith field observations: (1) the significant width of dischargezone lies around 20 m depending on the season with amaximum discharge near the shoreline, and (2) themaximum discharge is on the order of a few cm/daydecreasing rapidly off-shore with winter discharge being~15% of that during summer (~0.03 m/d).Key words: Lagoon, groundwater discharge, dynamic,saltwater-freshwater1. INTRODUCTIONFigure 1: Area of StudyThe main objective of this study is to locate, outline and estimate groundwater discharge(GWD) into a brackish lagoon, Ringkøbing Fjord in Western Denmark (Fig. 1). This will helpin closing the water balance of the Skjern river catchment by quantifying one outflowmechanism. The area of study is a bar-built estuary (~300 km 2 ) of controlled salinity (5-12permil) and water level (

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