Analytical Solutions in Coupled Streamflow and Groundwater Modelling

There is a growing interest in coupled modelling of Groundwater-Surface water Interaction (GSI) due to the increased stresses on available water resources from population growth and various developments (agricultural and industrial among others). Policies and technologies for integrated water management and conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water are attracting researchers and investigators worldwide. Here we will shed light on the possible reasons that retarded considering groundwater and surface water in tandem; and the importance of studying such interaction. Some selected fundamental analytical approaches that tackle this topic will be reviewed with comments about their inherent idealisations and oversimplification of real-world situations. Such limitations will lead to the search for numerical models that can take into account the in situ conditions of connected aquifer-stream systems in the next phase of this research.