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Groundwater quantity and quality of shallow aquifers have deteriorated in recent years due to rapid development that has created an increased demand for drinking water, which is increasingly being fulfilled by groundwater abstraction. The study evaluates the hydrogeological framework of the Quaternary aquifer of the Kabul basin, Afghanistan, and the impact of urbanization on the groundwater resources around the Kabul city plain.

The abstract presents a 2D modelling approach alternative to a 3D variable saturated groundwater model of solute or heat transport at the regional scale. We use FEFLOW to represent processes in the saturated zone, coupled with various models describing the unsaturated zone. The choice of the latter depends on modelling needs, i.e. simulation of the movement of seepage water and nitrate fate with respect to crop rotation patterns and dynamic characteristics of heat gradients, respectively.

atural water-rock interaction processes and anthropogenic inputs from various sources usually influence groundwater chemistry. There is a need to assess and characterise groundwater quality monitoring objectives and background values to improve groundwater resource monitoring, protection and management. This study aims to determine monitoring objectives and characterise monitoring background values for all monitoring points within the Soutpansberg region. This study used long-term groundwater quality monitoring data (1995- 2022) from 12 boreholes and 2 geothermal springs.