Articles | Volume 21, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4479-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4479-2017
Research article
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08 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 08 Sep 2017

Monitoring and modeling infiltration–recharge dynamics of managed aquifer recharge with desalinated seawater

Yonatan Ganot, Ran Holtzman, Noam Weisbrod, Ido Nitzan, Yoram Katz, and Daniel Kurtzman

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We monitor infiltration at multiple scales during managed aquifer recharge with desalinated seawater in an infiltration pond, while groundwater recharge is evaluated by simplified and numerical models. We found that pond-surface clogging is negated by the high-quality desalinated seawater or negligible compared to the low-permeability layers of the unsaturated zone. We show that a numerical model with a 1-D representative sediment profile is able to capture infiltration and recharge dynamics.