Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Salinity Intrusions in Coastal South Carolina and Georgia

Abstract

Proceedings of the 2013 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 10-11, 2013, Athens, Georgia.This paper summarizes findings from Water Research Foundation Project 4285, which was sponsored the Foundation and Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (Roehl et al. 2012). The project’s thesis is as follows. Coastal fresh water intakes are at risk due to sea-level rise (SLR) and climate change. Because of past storms and droughts, long-term historical data already contains information about how a hydrologic system will respond. A predictive model that is accurate across a site’s full range of historical forcing can be used to assess risk.Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute; The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty.This book was published by Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2152. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-307) or the other conference sponsors

    Similar works