Simulation of ground-water level fluctuations using recharge estimated by field infiltrometer measurements

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Abstract

An infiltrometer was used at multiple locations at a site in Lee County, Fl. to define the spatial variability in infiltration parameters. Water-level data from a well at this site were collected hourly and used to determine the temporal variability in recharge. These results were used to define recharge in a representative stochastic numerical model of the aquifer. Model results without recharge compare well with existing analytical solutions for spatial head variability. Simulations with representative recharge events indicate that recharge produces a significant to dominant effect on head variability, which creates dispersion of contaminants, and that small-scale spatial and temporal recharge variations are the predominant mechanism causing the head variations.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Simulation of ground-water level fluctuations using recharge estimated by field infiltrometer measurements
Series title Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(1997)123:10(904)
Volume 123
Issue 10
Year Published 1997
Language English
Publisher ASCE
Description 8 p.
First page 904
Last page 911
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