Dear colleagues,
International Journal of Water (IJW) has announced a "call for paper"
as Special Issue on "Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions".
You find more information on inderscience website as follows:
http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=675
Please circulate this to your friends who might be interested to
submit an abstract.
Please do not hesitate to ask me for any inquiry.

Best Regards and Wishes
Saeid
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International Journal of Water (IJW)

Call For papers

Special Issue on: "Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions"



Guest Editor: Prof. Saeid Eslamian, Princeton University, USA



Water is vital for all of us. We depend on its good quality - and
quantity - for drinking, recreation, use in industry and growing
crops. It also is vital to sustaining the natural systems on and
under the earth's surface. Groundwater is a hidden resource. At one
time, its purity and availability were taken for granted. Now
contamination and availability are serious issues.

One of the most commonly used forms of groundwater comes from
unconfined shallow water table aquifers. These aquifers are major
sources of drinking and irrigation water. They also interact closely
with streams, sometimes flowing (discharging) water into a stream or
lake and sometimes receiving water from the stream or lake.

An unconfined aquifer that feeds streams is said to provide the
stream's base flow. In fact, groundwater can be responsible for
maintaining the hydrologic balance of surface streams, springs,
lakes, wetlands and marshes. This is why successful watershed
partnerships with a special interest in a particular stream, lake or
other surface water body always have a special interest in the
unconfined aquifer, adjacent to the water body.

The source of groundwater (recharge) is through precipitation or
surface water that percolates downward. Approximately 5-50%
(depending on climate, land use, soil type, geology and many other
factors) of annual precipitation results in groundwater recharge. In
some areas, streams literally recharge the aquifer through stream bed
infiltration, called losing streams. Left untouched, groundwater
naturally arrives at a balance, discharging and recharging depending
on hydrologic conditions.

The aim of this special issue is to preserve, enhance, and restore
water quality through a comprehensive understanding of the hydrologic
cycle, with particular focus on collaborative engagement between
surface water and groundwater researchers, facilitating an increased
knowledge of surface water and groundwater interaction.


Subject Coverage


Papers are welcome on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Contaminated groundwater in tidally influenced areas
Developing quality and quantity mathematical models
Sewage and pollution issues
Determining methods for bridging gaps at the ground and surface water
interaction
Creek restoration in areas of contaminated groundwater
Comprehensive groundwater protection programmes
Development of a long-term, integrated management approach
Wetland restoration projects and groundwater development
Quantifying impacts from groundwater pumping and surface water flows
Sole source aquifer programme
Tsunami impacts of shallow groundwater
Source water protection programme
Efficient groundwater pricing
Wellhead protection programme
Integrating special issues on groundwater
Groundwater management
Water spreading projects
Artificial recharge case studies
Groundwater rights
Economical analysis of water use
Model simulations for the interaction
Recent applications of groundwater management modeling
Assessing nonpoint source contaminated ground water discharge to
surface water
Pesticide, fertilizer and ground water strategy
Pollutant reduction and pollution prevention
Conjunctive use of ground and surface water
Urban area development and groundwater
Well construction/closure standards
Ecological impacts in groundwater
Methods controlling the degree of the interaction
Isotope techniques in water resources development and management
Benthic macro invertebrate responses
Freshwater and saltwater interaction
Controlling saltwater intrusion
Case studies in arid zones
Notes for Intending Authors


Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for
authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting
papers are available on the Author Guidelines page



Important Dates


Manuscript Submission: 30 October 2007

Reviewer Selection: 30 November 2007

Manuscript First Review: 30 December 2007

Author Notification of First Review: 30 January 2007

Paper Resubmission: 28 March 2008

Manuscript Second Review: 30 April 2008

Author Notification of Second Review: 30 May 2008

Paper Resubmission: 30 June 2008

Manuscript Third Review: 30 July 2008

Author Notification of Third Review: 30 August 2008

Acceptance or Rejection: 30 September 2008

Guest Editor Report: 30 October 2008


Editors and Notes


You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-
mail (details in Author Guidelines) with the subject line "IJW Paper
Submission", to the following:


Prof. Saeid Eslamian
Princeton University
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Princeton NJ 08544-5263
USA
Email: m.scholz@..., Prof.Eslamian@...

with a copy to:

IEL Editorial Office
E-mail: ijw@...


Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the
title of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor.