Bobole, Maputo, 14 - 19 October 2013.

CONNECTION ZONES, SURFACE WATER –

GROUNDWATER : AQUIFERS ASSOCIATED
TO NIGER CENTRAL DELTA, IN MALI

SALIF KONE1, 2

1 Department of Geology, at Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs -Abderhamane Baba Touré (ENI-ABT)

410, Av. Van Vollenhoven, BP: 242- Phone: (+223) 76 39 60 09 / (+223) 20 22 27 36 Bamako-
Mali.
2 PhD student at Institut Supérieur de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée (ISFRA)

Sis N'Golonina Road 268, Gate: 238, BP: E475 – Phone/Fax: (+223) 20 21 04 66 /Bamako-Mali.

Email: skonemaat@yahoo.fr
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali

1. Aquifers type

2. Lithostratigraphic groups

3. Superficial / Deep Aquifers

OUTLINES

4. Structural scheme

5. Relief and Hydrography

6. Types of relation surface water/ ground water

7. Simulation on Observation wells in Niger Central Delta (DNH)

8. Attempt to Map the potential pumping rate, in Niger Central Delta

9. Simulation results on Hydraulic Connection Zones, in Niger Central Delta

 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
1. AQUIFERS TYPES
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
2. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC GROUPS
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
3. SUPERFICIAL / DEEP AQUIFERS
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
4. STRUCTURAL SCHEME
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
5. RELIEF AND HYDROGRAPHY
6. TYPES OF RELATION SURFACE WATER/ GROUND WATER
Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
7. Simulation on Observation wells in Niger Central Delta (DNH-PNUD) Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
8a. Attempt to Map the potential rate of pumping capacity
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali
BSH, February 2009.
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
8b. Attempt to Map the potential rate of pumping capacity
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali

BSH, February 2009.

 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger
BSH, Central
FebruaryDelta,
2009. in Mali
9. Simulation results on Hydraulic Connection Zones
Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in Mali

THANK YOU
 Connection Zones, Surface Water –Groundwater : Aquifers
associated to Niger Central Delta, in MaliC

Surface water infiltration recharging Mali aquifers occurs through, underlying

perched hydrogeological networks, lacustrine zones of the Central Delta or
inundation valleys. The mapping of both the Surface water and the Groundwater,
their types and availabilities, are briefly presented, and the focus of the study is
on the types of hydraulic connections between these water bodies. The aquifers
hydraulically connected to the Niger Central Delta flows systems are Continental
Terminal/Quaternary, and they concern some areas where either inundation or
perennial surface water flow occurs. These aquifers belong to the hydrogeological
ABSTRACT

Unit of Central Delta where the recharge by surface water is estimated to be five
percent of the flow loss between the entry and the outlet of this hydrological
system. Some attempts of simulation along with a review based on the first
studies synthetized in “Synthese Hydrogeologique du Mali” would permit to pave
the way to other studies on these hydraulically connected zones in Mali. A
previews simulation study, about mapping the potential rate of pumping capacity,
corroborates some observed structural characteristics and leads to subdivide the
area in two hydrogeological sectors, and the present simulation studies focus on
the sector “Macina –Diaka” where surface water are in hydraulic relation with
groundwater.
Key words: Surface water, Groundwater simulation, Recharge processes,
hydraulic relation.