Land reclamation is a way to create flat land in coastal areas for coastal urban development. Reclamations affect regional groundwater flow systems, the location of groundwater discharge zones, seepage zones, groundwater divide, the interface between seawater and fresh groundwater and the water chemistry.Hu, L., & Jiao, J. J. (2010). Modeling the influences of land reclamation on groundwater systems: A case study in Shekou peninsula, Shenzhen, China. Engineering Geology, 114(3), 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.04.011 It takes years to decades to reach a new equilibrium after reclamation.
