Real-time monitoring of nitrate transport in the deep vadose zone under a crop
field – implications for groundwater protection

Turkeltaub, Tuvia; Kurtzman, Daniel; Dahan, Ofer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3099-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3099-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3099-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 8

Research article

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02 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 02 Aug 2016

Real-time monitoring of nitrate transport in the deep vadose zone under a crop field – implications for groundwater protection

Tuvia Turkeltaub, Daniel Kurtzman, and Ofer Dahan

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Manuscript review', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to comments - Anonymous Referee #1', Tuvia Turkeltaub, 10 May 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to comments - Anonymous Referee #1', Tuvia Turkeltaub, 10 May 2016
RC2: 'Refree review', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to comments - Anonymous Referee #2', Tuvia Turkeltaub, 10 May 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (07 Jun 2016) by Graham Fogg

AR by Tuvia Turkeltaub on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (28 Jun 2016) by Graham Fogg

AR by Tuvia Turkeltaub on behalf of the Authors (01 Jul 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Jul 2016) by Graham Fogg

AR by Tuvia Turkeltaub on behalf of the Authors (13 Jul 2016)

Short summary

Efficient groundwater protection from pollution originating in agriculture requires effective monitoring means capable of tacking pollution processes in the vadose zone, long before groundwater pollution turns into an unavoidable fact. In this study, a vadose zone monitoring system that was installed under a crop field fertilized by dairy slurry enabled real-time tracking of nitrate plum migration down the vadose zone from the land surface to the water table at 18m depth.