Global perspectives on groundwater infiltration to sewer networks: A threat to urban sustainability.

While existing studies on sewer networks have explored topics such as surface water inflow, limited research has delved into groundwater infiltration (GWI). This study aims to fill this void by providing a comprehensive overview of quantitative analyses of GWI in sewer networks plus current status, limitations and future perspectives, considering the most relevant peer-reviewed research, including 83 studies. We propose dividing the existing research into two main groups: (1) phreatic zone, and (2) vadose zone.

An overview of the methods for evaluating the resilience of groundwater systems.

Currently, groundwater resources are under anthropogenic and natural pressures. Depending on various factors, aquifers have diverse responses toward stresses. Resilience is among the performance criteria determining the ability of an aquifer to withstand unfavorable circumstances and to recover to a steady state after a failure.

A proposed modelling towards the potential impacts of climate change on a semi-arid, small-scaled aquifer: a case study of Iran.

Several studies have evaluated the impact of climate change on the alluvial aquifers; however, no research has been carried out on a small-scale aquifer without any human influences and pumping wells. The object of this study is to assess the response of such an aquifer to the climate change to observe if it can preserve its storage or not. Pali aquifer, southwest Iran, is solely discharged by Taraz-Harkesh stream and geological formations.

Prediction of the karstic spring flow rates under climate change by climatic variables based on the artificial neural network: a case study of Iran.

Few studies have evaluated the impact of climate change on groundwater resources for a region with no pumping well. Indeed, the uncertainty of pumping wells may undesirably influence the results. Therefore, a region without any pumping well was selected to assess the impact of climate change on the karstic spring flow rates.