FROM CORDIS

Objective: The GREM Project has three main objectives :

• quantification of natural recharge in four different hydro-climatic environments in the Eastern Mediterranean in Greece, Cyprus, Israel and Jordan;
• comparison of the suitability of different methods for groundwater recharge estimation in the Eastern Mediterranean;
• development of an integrated model for groundwater resources evaluation including water quality and water quantity.

General Information: The work will be carried out in selected study areas along a hydro-climatic profile through the Eastern Mediterranean region. The key activities are :

• Field work on groundwater recharge within the four individual study basins using the main estimation techniques water balance, halogen profiles and flow mixing modelling.
• GIS integration of the different methods. This part of the study aims at building regional databases on Geographic information systems for mapping and regionalization. Quantitative estimation techniques will be implemented in an GIS environment. Special efforts will be made to investigate regionalization techniques.
• Work on groundwater recharge modelling. The mixing cell approach, integrating quantitative and qualitative aspects of groundwater resources evaluation, will be further developed and applied in the different study basins.
• Finally, comparative studies on the suitability and performance of several methods in the Eastern Mediterranean environments will be made. This activity will involve the combined application of methods in each of the basins and the definition of criteria for their applicability.