The cost of ending groundwater overdraft on the North China Plain

Davidsen, Claus; Liu, Suxia; Mo, Xingguo; Rosbjerg, Dan; Bauer-Gottwein, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-771-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-771-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-771-2016

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

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

Research article

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19 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 19 Feb 2016

The cost of ending groundwater overdraft on the North China Plain

Claus Davidsen, Suxia Liu, Xingguo Mo, Dan Rosbjerg, and Peter Bauer-Gottwein

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RC C2852: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jul 2015
- AC C3096: 'response to Anonymous Referee #1', Claus Davidsen, 16 Aug 2015
RC C3916: 'Comments 2nd reviewer', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Sep 2015
- AC C4537: 'response to Anonymous Referee #2', Claus Davidsen, 30 Oct 2015

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Nov 2015) by Florian Pappenberger

AR by Claus Davidsen on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Jan 2016) by Florian Pappenberger

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (24 Jan 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Jan 2016) by Florian Pappenberger

AR by Claus Davidsen on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In northern China, rivers run dry and groundwater tables drop, causing economic losses for all water use sectors. We present a groundwater-surface water allocation decision support tool for cost-effective long-term recovery of an overpumped aquifer. The tool is demonstrated for a part of the North China Plain and can support the implementation of the recent China No. 1 Document in a rational and economically efficient way.