Assessment of water resources in the porous formations from Muong Thanh value by numerical modelling

Abstract

Muong Thanh valley located in the middle of Dien Bien is home to 80.000 people, including Kinh, Thai, Dao, and H'Mong ethnic groups. Here, underground water is the main source of food and drink for local people. The groundwater in porous formations in the Muong Thanh valley area mainly exists in two aquifers qh, qp belonging to Holocene (aQ₂^1-2) and Pleistocene (aQ₁³, apQ₁³) formations...