INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

NEW APPROACHES TO

GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY

Ustroń, Poland

4 - 8 June 2018

Organized by:

University of Silesia

UNESCO-IHP

International Association of Hydrogeologists

Association of Polish Hydrogeologists

THIRD CIRCULAR

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chairman: Jacek Różkowski

Secretary: Joanna Czekaj

Members: Sabina Jakóbczyk - Karpierz, Dominika Dąbrowska, Dorota Grabala, Ewa

Kaczkowska, Hanna Rubin, Kinga Ślósarczyk, Krystyn Rubin, Sławomir Sitek, Piotr

Siwek, Marek Sołtysiak, Jacek Wróbel

CONFERENCE TOPICS

1. Development of the vulnerability concept

2. Groundwater vulnerability assessment in urbanised and heavily transformed mining

areas

3. Groundwater vulnerability and groundwater pollution risk

4. Groundwater recharge and its role in vulnerability assessment

5. Vulnerability in karst areas

6. Application of GIS tools and modelling in groundwater vulnerability assessment

7. Groundwater vulnerability assessment in order to climate changes and efficient land

use management

8. Vulnerability assessment role in sustainable water management

9. Groundwater vulnerability mapping and its practical application.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of the Conference will be English.

Andrzej J. Witkowski (Poland) – chairman

Bartolomé Andreo-Navarro (Spain) Stephen Foster (UK) Jacques Mudry (France)

Alice Aureli (UNESCO) Ricardo Hirata (Brazil) Marco Petitta (Italy)

Przemysław Bukowski (Poland) Nico Goldscheider (Germany) Nick Robins (UK)

Barbara Čenčur Curk (Slovenia) Józef Górski (Poland) Jacek Różkowski (Poland)

John Chilton (UK) Andrzej Kowalczyk (Poland) Stanisław Staśko (Poland)

Massimo V. Civita (Italy) Ewa Krogulec (Poland) Teodóra Szőcs (Hungary)

Alain Dassargues (Belgium) Jim LaMoreaux (USA) Jaroslav Vrba (Czech Republic)

Daniela Ducci (Italy) Manuela Lasagna (Italy) Stanisław Witczak (Poland)

Krzysztof Dragon (Poland) Judit Madl-Szőnyj (Hungary) François Zwahlen (Switzerland)

Renata Flakova (Slovakia) Peter Malik (Slovakia) Anna Żurek (Poland)

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

04.06.2018 – MONDAY

15:00 – 17:00 Registration

17:00 – 19:30 FEFLOW presentation

20:00 – 22:00 Welcome reception

05.06.2018 – TUESDAY

08:00 – 09:30 Breakfast

08:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 11:00 Opening speech

11:00 – 12:30 SESSION 1

11:00 – 11:20

Potential changes in vulnerability of fractured carbonate aquifers in Central Italy after the 2016-17 seismic sequence – M. Petita, F. Banzato, D. Barberio, M. Berbieri, A. Lacchini, V. Marinelli, S. Passaretti, C. Sbarbati (Italy)

11:20 – 11:40

ACVM (Aquifer Comprehensive Vulnerability Mapping) - A new wide concept of aquifer vulnerability – S. Carruba, A. Aureli, M. Lagod (Italy)

11:40 – 12:00

Application of the “PRK Plus” approach to evaluate the sensitivity of the coastal aquifer of Ghiss - Nekkour against pollution – H. Cherkaoui Dekkaki, T. Kouz, S. Mansour, T. Mourabit (Morocco)

12:00 – 12:20

Assessing Coastal Aquifer Vulnerability to Seawater Intrusion Using GALDIT Method: Application to the Sidi Moussa Coastal Aquifer, Sahel Doukkala, Morocco – Y. Echelfi, A. El Achheb, S. El Maliki (Morocco)

12:20 – 12:30

Summarizing discussion

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:50 SESSION 2

14:00 – 14:20

Karst aquifer criteria to define contaminant attenuation potential and groundwater vulnerability – A. Pochon, M. Sinreich, F. Zwahlen (Switzerland)

14:20 – 14:40

Use of karst springs’ master recession curves in vulnerability assessment and its validation by transfer of precipitation δ18O signal – P. Malík (Slovakia)

14:40 – 15:00

Coupling intrinsic vulnerability with bacteria-specific concepts – M. Sinreich, A. Pochon (Switzerland)

15:00 – 15:20

Vulnerability assessment and hydrodynamic analysis for areas with scarce input data - case study of karst aquifer "Grapa" in SE Serbia – D. Nešković, M. Krmpotić, M. Milinović, D. Tadić, A. Šoškić, V. Pavlović (Serbia)

15:20 – 15:40

The effect of drought on the Pabdeh karstic aquifer, southwest Iran – N. Kalantari, A. Nadri, H. Zarei (Iran)

15:40 – 15:50

Summarizing discussion

15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break

16:10 – 18:20 SESSION 3

16:10 – 16:30

Assessing groundwater vulnerability for nitrate pollution in the Brussel’s Capital Region (Belgium) using statistical modelling approaches - S. Petit, P. Bogaert, A. Lietaer, M. Vanclooster (Belgium)

16:30 – 16:50

Nitrate vulnerability assessments on local scale for half a country – A. Pytlich (Denmark)

16:50 – 17:10

Scale effects in statistical based groundwater vulnerability models? A case study on continental-scale of Africa – I. Ouedraogo, M. Vanclooster (Belgium)

17:10 – 17:30

Aquifer vulnerability assessment to nitrate contamination using GIS-based DRASTIC and solute transport model – Jahangeer, A. Thomas, P.K. Gupta and B.K. Yadav (India)

17:30 – 17:50

Assessing irrigation impact on Souss-Massa groundwater vulnerability using DRASTIC method – T. Tagma, Y. Hsissou, M. Hsaissoune, Z. Lgourna, J. Moustadraf, S. Boutaleb, L. Bouchaou (Morocco)

17:50 – 18:00

Summarizing discussion

18:00 - 19:30 Leisure time

19:30 – 22:30 Barbecue party

06.06.2018 – WEDNESDAY

07:30 - 08:15 Breakfast for the participants of the excursion

08:15 - 09:00 Regular breakfast

08:30 - 19:00 Excursion

19:30 - 21:00 Dinner

07.06.2018 – THURSDAY

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 - 11:00 SESSION 4

09:00 – 09:20

Groundwater vulnerability maps based on a modified AVI model: case studies in southern Italy – D. Ducci, M. Sellerino (Italy)

09:20 – 09:40

Groundwater vulnerability mapping approach at spring / well catchment scale as a tool to better forecast the impact of contamination in porous media – A. Pochon, M. Sinreich (Switzerland)

09:40 – 10:00

Complexity vs feasibility in aquifer vulnerability mapping – challenges and potentials – S. Broda, M. Liebhold, J. Reichling (Germany)

10:00 – 10:20

EDIT: a novel geoelectrical and geomorphological based method for groundwater vulnerability in alluvial fans – A. Gonzales Amaya (Sweden / Bolivia)

10:20 – 10:40

Groundwater vulnerability and risk assessment in Kaduna Metropolis, Northwest Nigeria – M. S. Ahmed, A. Tanko, M.M. Badamasi, A. Abdulhamid (Nigeria)

10:40 – 11:00

Summarizing discussion

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 13:10 SESSION 5

11:30 – 11:50

Groundwater vulnerability to pollution. Climate change scenarios in Yucatan, Mexico – R. Gonzalez-Herrera, B.S. Albornoz Euán, I. Sánchez y Pinto, H. Osorio Rodríguez, R. Casares Salazar (Mexico)

11:50 – 12:10

Vulnerability of water resources to climate change in South-East Europe – B. Cencur Curk (Slovenia)

12:10 – 12:30

Nitrates migration in regional groundwater recharge zone (Lwówek region, Poland) – K. Dragon (Poland)

12:30 – 12:50

Placing a reserve drinking water source in an urban area - crazy idea or necessity? – B. Bracic Zeleznik, B. Cencur Curk (Slovenia)

12:50 – 13:10

Summarizing discussion

13:10 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:20 SESSION 6

14:30 – 14:50

Groundwater vulnerability maps for policy support on pesticides – G. Heuvelmans, I. Joris, J.Dams, K. Van den Belt (Belgium)

14:50 – 15:10

The migration of pesticide residues in groundwater in case of bank filtration site (Mosina-Krajkowo well scheme, Poland) – K. Dragon, D. Drożdżyński, J. Górski (Poland)

15:10 – 15:30

Meander Effect on River-Aquifer Interactions – U. Boyraz, C. Melek Kazezyılmaz-Alhan (Turkey)

15:30 – 15:50

Assessment of contaminated shallow drinking groundwater in an agricultural area of South Korea – M. Kim, M. Lee, I. Shin, J. Hwang, H. Jo, S. Park, H. Kim (Republic of Korea)

15:50 – 16:10

Groundwater management with deep sealing walls – T. Reimann, R. Liedl, P.-W. Graeber, J. Guo, S. Fisch (Germany)

16:10 – 16:20

Summarizing discussion

16:20 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 18:30 POSTER SESSION

1

The Twofold Exploit of Drainage Characteristics in Groundwater Potential Modelling Using

Remote Sensing and GIS: An Example from Dengi Area, Northcentral Nigeria –

A. S. Arabi, O. A. Adeyeye, A. E. Ikpokonte (Nigeria)

2 The vulnerability to pollution of the Main Groundwater Reservoir (MGR) No 417 - Kielce –

K.Białecka, D. Kaczor – Kurzawa (Poland)

3 Risk perception and communication of Arsenic contaminated groundwater: Ballia, Uttar

Pradesh, India – C. Biswas (India)

4 Simulation of River - Aquifer Interactions via Experimental Methods - U. Boyraz, C. Melek

Kazezyılmaz – Alhan (Turkey)

5 Complexity vs feasibility in aquifer vulnerability mapping – challenges and potentials –

S. Broda, M. Liebhold, J. Reichling (Germany)

6 Groundwater recharge vulnerability connected to meteorological and hydrological drought

– M. Fendekova, D. Vrablikova, L. Blaskovicova, M. Fendek, V. Slivova, L. Labudova (Slovakia)

7

Initial assessment of groundwater pollution in the Puck Municipality area – D. Potrykus,

A. Gumuła - Kawęcka, B. Jaworska - Szulc, M. Pruszkowska - Caceres,

A. Szymkiewicz (Poland)

8

Groundwater recession curve analysis and recharge estimation for the mountainous

fractured rock environment: a case study in the mid- and upper-Jhuoshuei river basin in

central Taiwan – S. M. Hsu, J. F. Lee (Taiwan)

9 Groundwater Pollution Assessment in Urban Areas of Qom City Iran – N. Kalantari,

M. H. Rahimi (Iran)

10 Design and maintenance of a recharge well to prevent clogging – T. Shimizu (Japan)

11 Practical estimating method of groundwater level variation for urban foundation structures

near the fluvial area – I. Kim, G. Kim, J. Kim, W. Choi, J. Lee (Republic Of Korea)

12 Interpretation of groundwater level fluctuations in terms of vulnerability – A. Kowalczyk

(Poland)

13 Assessing vulnerability of groundwater to contamination in response to groundwater depth

variability - E. Krogulec, S. Zabłocki, D. Zadrożna (Poland)

14

Hydraulic characterization and modelling contaminant transport in a Permian dolomitic

limestone, the Spen Farm study case (NE England, UK) – G. Medici, L. J. West,

S. Banwart (UK)

15 Risk of groundwater contamination from hydrocarbon sources in Kaduna metropolis,

Northwest Nigeria – M. S. Ahmed, A.I. Tanko, M.M. Badamasi, A. Abdulhamid (Nigeria)

16 Considerations for groundwater flow conservation methods in underground construction

works – M. Nishigaki (Japan)

17 An assessment of the open loop heat pump operation by the TOUGH2 modelling software

– D. Krčmář, T. Kovács, R. Fľaková, Z. Ženišová, K. Hodasová, D. Rusnáková (Slovakia)

18 Adsorption and desorption parameters of erythromycin migration in saturated porous

media based on column tests - M. Okońska, K. Pietrewicz (Poland)

19

Laboratory and numerical investigations of biodegradation potential during combined

treated wastewater and rainwater infiltration to minimize pollution risk – T. Fichtner,

F. Haendel, C. Engelmann, R. Pinzinger, P.-W. Graeber, R. Blankenburg, C. Kuke, R. Liedl,

B. Maertner, H. Mansel (Germany)

20 Origin of nitrate in chalk groundwater from nitrate N and O stable isotopic signatures –

J. McSherry, J. West, S. Bottrell (UK)

21 Importance of geological aspects of karstic aquifer for vulnerability assessment: case study

of Učja Valley, NW Slovenia – P. Žvab Rožič (Slovenia)

22 Aquifer vulnerability and risk assessment in the Pannonian part of Croatia – O. Larva,

T. Marković, Ž. Brkić (Croatia)

23 Groundwater risk assessment by lwpi due to landfill leachate impact – V. Nourani,

D. Dąbrowska, M. Sołtysiak (Iran / Poland)

24

Initial estimation of aquifer vulnerability based on artificial tracer experiment (Brda outwash

plain, Pomeranian region, Northern Poland) – A. Gumuła - Kawęcka,

A. Szymkiewicz, B. Jaworska - Szulc, M. Pruszkowska - Caceres, W. Gorczewska - Langner

(Poland)

25 Assessing O2 reduction rates to evaluate nitrate vulnerability of a porous aquifer – L. Wild,

B. Mayer, F. Einsiedl (Germany / Canada)

26

Assessment of groundwater resources vulnerability of part of Akure metropolis, South

Western Nigeria from electrical resistivity measurement – A. Akinsunmade,

S. Tomecka - Suchoń (Poland)

27 Groundwater recharge estimation and irrigation water management using soil moisture

index across variability saturated zone – A. Thomas, B. Kumar Yadav, V. Singh (India)

18:30 - 20:00 Leisure time

20:00 … Gala dinner

08.06.2018 – FRIDAY

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 - 10:45 Field session

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 SPECIAL SESSION

11:00 – 11:20

WATERPROTECT – Innovative tools enabling drinking WATERPROTECTion in rural and urban environments – M. Nowakowska, A. Kuczyńska, M. Woźnicka (Poland)

11:20 – 11:40

Tracking of geological structures and detection of thermal intrusion by geoelectrical methods in the highlands of Bolivia – E. Gómez, E. Svensson, T. Dahlin, G. Barmen, J.-E. Rosberg (Sweden/ Bolivia)

11:40 – 12:00

The Kozłowa Góra drinking water reservoir's catchment as a pilot area in a multi aspect survey in order to assess an impact of land use management and climate change on groundwater resources – J. Czekaj, M. Skrzypczak, D. Grabala, E. Kaczkowska, S. Jakóbczyk – Karpierz, H. Rubin, K. Rubin, K. Ślósarczyk, A. Witkowski, S. Sitek, P. Siwek (Poland)

12:00 – 12:20

Use of mine water from the Koehler shaft for supplying drinking water to the inhabitants of Tarnowskie Góry – H. Schlagner (Poland)

12:20 – 12:30

Summarizing discussion

12:30 - 13:00 Closing word

13:00 Lunch

PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Oral presentation should not exceed 15 min, after each presentation short discussion, up to 5 min, is planned. Presentation should be prepared in MsOffice PowerPoint 2013 format (.pttx) and should be delievered to organisers before the session. Posters should be prepared in A1 format, in portrait orientation. For each poster special space will be provided.

LEISURE TIME

We encourage Participants to use pool area of the Ustroń Health Resort during leisure time.

People who use pools should be equipped with swimming suit, swim slippers and, most

probably, swim cap. The pool area is situated approx. 500 m from Conference Center.

FEFLOW PRESENTATION AND WORKSHOP

Introduction to FEFLOW and usage of groundwater models

for aquifer vulnerability assessment

Guaranteeing the quantity and quality of available water is a common challenge in urban

areas and for industrial installations. Groundwater provides one of the most reliable and

robust sources of potable water today. Retention times between production facilities and

potential contamination sources makes the groundwater quality predictable.

A sound knowledge of the flow paths of the groundwater (including travel time) plays an

important role in assessing the vulnerability of planned and existing groundwater sources.

Groundwater models are a common tool to investigate these flows path at a high level of

detail. FEFLOW is one of the industry - leading software packages for groundwater

modelling. It is applied in water resource planning, contaminant transport modelling,

capture zone delineation and other relevant applications.

This workshop is designed to provide an overview about using FEFLOW capabilities for

groundwater-resources management and vulnerability assessment. The course is a 4-hours

lecture including live presentation on the following topics:

governing processes in contamination transport,

numerical solution methods for flow and transport modelling,

an introduction to FEFLOW,

calculation of contamination transport,

calculation of capture zone delineation,

calculation of retention time.

Different approaches for calculation will be shown, including traditional particle tracking and

novel approaches like reverse advective - dispersive transport models.

Access to training material (manual, exercise data and software) for hands-on training will

be provided to all course participant for post-course self-studies.

About the instructor:

Alexander Renz is a Senior Engineer with DHI Munich. He has more than 10 years of

professional experience having worked with the FEFLOW developers and as a groundwater

consultant in Germany and Australia. Alex has performed more than 70 FEFLOW courses

worldwide, and has completed a wide range of groundwater modelling projects ranging

from water resources, water supply, mining and water supply.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Accepted abstracts will be published in a special conference volume. As post-conference

publications, 40 most outstanding papers will be published in the special volume of IAH

selected papers (30 papers) and Environmental Earth Sciences (10 papers).

The final paper must be no longer than 10 single-line-spaced type pages (Font Times New

Roman 12 points) including figures and tables. Deadline for manuscript submission

is 1st June 2018. Papers will be subjected to international reviewers. Authors may be asked

to revise their papers according to the reviewer‘s recommendations.

Please note that in order to have the accepted paper published, the full registration fee

needs to be paid. Payment should be done by the author or at least by one of

the co-authors.

EXCURSION

Conference Field Trip – full day visit Upper Silesia industrial region (lunch included).

The theme of the trip includes problems of exploitation of coal deposits and the functioning

of industrial and service-residential space in the region. The tour will start from the historic

Guido Mine in Zabrze.

The exploitation in the coal mine lasted from 1871 until 1996. Two excellently preserved

mining levels are waiting for visitors 170 and 320 meters below the surface. You will go there

with the authentic elevator, the same that is used in active coal mines. The main attractions

of the mine are the large-scale mining machines presented in operation (roadheader and

longwall coal-cutting machine) and the ride in suspended electric rail. The underground

museum presents the development of mining technology from the end of the 19th century

up to modern times. Tour duration lasts 2.5 hours and the route length is 3.5 km. The tour

of Guido Coal Mine ends in the deepest located pub in Europe, which is situated in a pump

hall. There is served “Guido” beer – a fantastic drink, brewed by the local brewery from

Gliwice, coming in two versions: lager and stout. A dinner is planned at the underground

restaurant in the Guido Mine.

After visiting the Guido Mine we will go to one of the Katowice district - Nikiszowiec. It is an

authentic workers' settlement, built in 1908-1918. This settlement adjacent to the mine

shaft "Nikischacht". Nikiszowiec consists of unique buildings made of red bricks and

connected with each other, neo-baroque church and public facilities. The district has a

unique charm and is one of the main tourist attractions in Katowice. It is counted among the

Industrial Monuments Route since 2006.

ACCOMPANYING PERSONS

Tuesday, 5th July

In the morning:

Visiting at Foresty park and zoo in Ustroń - flight demonstrations and skills of birds of prey

(eagle, falcon, owl). More information on the website.

In the afternoon:

Mountain hike to the summit of Czantoria Hill (995 m asl) - transfer by a cable car and

pedestrian approach to the observation tower; for bolders: 710 meters downhill on specially

prepared carts imitating sleds

Thursday, 7th July

In the morning:

Visiting Cieszyn – an old historical, border city with a lot of historical monuments

(St. Nicholas from the XIth century, castle tower – XIVth century, old town with a lot of

interesting buildings and churches, the Cieszynska Venice, old Zamkowy brewery from 1846)

In the afternoon:

Bus trip around Wisla town – visiting a ski jump in Wisła Malinka and the Polish president's

castle.

VENUE

The Conference

traditionally will be

held in Ustroń, Poland.

Ustroń is one of the

best known Polish

resorts and spas in the

Beskidy Mts. The town

is located 90 km south

of Katowice in the

southern part of

Poland. There are

several possibilities of

travelling to Katowice:

by air, by train or by

bus. Special buses from

main airport to Ustroń

will be provided by the

Conference organisers.

ACCOMMODATION

All participants will be accommodated at the Conference Centre (Hotel Jaskółka***) in

Ustroń. For practical reasons booking of hotel rooms will be done by the organisers of

the conference.

Double room – 240 PLN* (120 PLN* per person)

Double room for single use – 200 PLN*

Double room lux – approx.. 400PLN*

Studio (two rooms with shared bathroom):

- single room – 150 PLN*

- double room – 220 PLN* (110 PLN* per person)

Single room – 170 PLN*

* - breakfast and VAT included

Current rate of exchange is ~4.2 PLN for 1 €

TRANSFERS

Participants are suggested to arrive to Ustroń on Monday, June 4th, 2018. There are several

possibilities of travelling to Conference venue:

by air (to Katowice - Pyrzowice airport or to Krakow - Balice airport, both situated

about 120 km from Ustroń),

by train,

by car.

For more detailed information see the website: http://en.e-podroznik.pl/ or Google Maps.

Transport with shuttle bus will be provided from Krakow airport to Ustroń as follows:

Monday, June 4th, 2018 departure time extra charge

Krakow Airport – Ustroń 18:00 approx. 30€

In other cases, members of the organising committee will assist in the organisation of individual transport.

While using a train, please choose destination station as Ustroń Zdrój. From Railway station

you can get to Jaskółka Hotel on foot or using taxi or local buses. The walk will take about 20

min (1.6 km, mainly uphill).

PAYMENT / REGISTRATION FEE

IAH member: 450 €

Non-member: 500 €

Early Career Hydrogeologist (IAH): 350 €

Student IAH member: 250 €

Student: 300 €

Accompanying Person: 300 €

Registration fee includes: admittance to all sessions, proceedings (only for participants), ice breaker party,

refreshments during breaks, lunches (4), dinner, barbecue party, conference banquet and field trip.

Early Career Hydrogeologist – member of IAH and Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network.

Student is obliged to confirm its status by presenting an appropriate document.

Payment is now only possible at arrival during registration on site – CASH ONLY. Please take

into account that Participant who made a payment after 1st May might be asked to show a

bank transfer confirmation at check in.

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

Joanna Czekaj

Secretariat of the Conference

University of Silesia

Będzińska Str., 60 Tel. +48 32 3689 481

41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland E. Mail: vulnerability@us.edu.pl

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