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Using Numerical Modeling for Assessment of Pollution Probability of Drinking Water Resources in Borjomi Region (Southern Georgia)

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Climate Change and its Effects on Water Resources

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Abstract

Borjomi mineral waters field is a source of famous mineral water, which is exported to dozens of countries and forms a significant part of budget of Georgia. Currently, in connection with construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline by British Petroleum (BP), serious concerns arise with respect to vulnerability of water supply of the city of Borjomi to possible oil spills related to operation of the pipeline. In this paper, we consider mainly the interaction between surface water and groundwater of the Bakuriani-Borjomi lava flow and the possibility of their pollution with hydrocarbons in case of oil spilling. In order to define the possible pollution propagation, we apply stable isotope technology and other modern hydro-geophysical methods that we have created.

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  1. Seismic Monitoring Centre, Ilia State University, 77, Nuthubidze Str., 0177, Tbilisi, Georgia

    George I. Melikadze

  2. Mikheil Nodia Institute of Geophysics, 1, M. Alexidze Str., 0193, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Tamaz Chelidze & Natalia Zhukova

  3. Department of Hydrogeology & Geothermal Energy SGUDS, Geological Survey of Slovak Republic, Mlynska dolina 1, 817 04, Bratislava 11, Slovakia

    Peter Malik

  4. Isotope Hydrology Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400, Vienna, Austria

    Tomas Vitvar

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Correspondence to George I. Melikadze .

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  1. Engineering Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Turkey

    Alper Baba

  2. Engineering Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Turkey

    Gökmen Tayfur

  3. Engineering Faculty, Department of Environmental Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Kaynaklar Campus, Buca, 35160, Turkey

    Orhan Gündüz

  4. University of Toronto, Military Trail 1265, Scarborough, M1C 1A4, Canada

    Ken W.F. Howard

  5. Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, 80225, USA

    Michael J. Friedel

  6. Geophysics Centre of Evora, Department of Geosciences, University of Evora, Apartado 94, Evora, 7000-671, Portugal

    Antonio Chambel

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Melikadze, G.I., Chelidze, T., Zhukova, N., Malik, P., Vitvar, T. (2011). Using Numerical Modeling for Assessment of Pollution Probability of Drinking Water Resources in Borjomi Region (Southern Georgia). In: Baba, A., Tayfur, G., Gündüz, O., Howard, K., Friedel, M., Chambel, A. (eds) Climate Change and its Effects on Water Resources. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1143-3_29

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