Title
Using a groundwater quality negotiation support system to change land-use management near a drinking-water abstraction in the Netherlands
Author
van den Brink, C.
Zaadnoordijk, W.J.
van der Grift, B.
de Ruiter, P.C.
Griffioen, J.
TNO Bouw en Ondergrond
Publication year
2008
Abstract
A negotiation support system (NSS) was developed to solve groundwater conflicts that arose during land-use management. It was set up in cooperation with the stakeholders involved to provide information on the impact of land use, e.g., agriculture, nature (forested areas), recreation, and urban areas, on the quality of both infiltrating and abstracted groundwater. This NSS combined simulation programs that calculate (1) the concentrations of nitrate in shallow groundwater for each land-use area and (2) the transport of nitrate in the groundwater-saturated zone. The user interface of the NSS enabled scenario analyses. The NSS was validated at a drinking-water abstraction near Holten (the Netherlands) using a spatial planning process aimed at sustainable land-use and groundwater-resource management. Two land-use scenarios were considered: a base scenario reflecting the autonomous development and an adapted land-use scenario. The calculated results for shallow groundwater provided an explicit spatial overview of the impact of historical land use and N application on the quality of abstracted groundwater as well as insight into the impact of changes in land use and N application. Visualization of the conflicting interests of agriculture and the drinking-water abstraction helped all stakeholders accept the necessary changes in land use identified by the adapted land-use scenario of the NSS. These changes were included in the preferred land-use management option in the regional planning process, which has since been formalized. The NSS provided system insight, scoping analyses, and education, in addition to generating quantitative information on the impact of land-use functions on groundwater quality. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Subject
Geosciences
Groundwater quality
Land-use planning
Negotiation support system
Sustainable resource management
Computer simulation
Groundwater flow
Groundwater resources
Infiltration
Interfaces (materials)
Land use
Nitrates
Potable water
Groundwater quality
Land-use planning
Negotiation support system
Sustainable resource management
Water management
Computer simulation
Groundwater flow
Groundwater resources
Infiltration
Interfaces (materials)
Land use
Nitrates
Potable water
Water management
drinking water
groundwater
land use planning
nitrate
phreatic zone
spatial planning
sustainability
water management
water planning
water quality
water resource
Benelux
Eurasia
Europe
Netherlands
Western Europe
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TNO identifier
240662
ISSN
0022-1694
Source
Journal of Hydrology, 350 (3-4), 339-356
Document type
article