Recent trends of groundwater temperatures in Austria

Benz, Susanne A.; Bayer, Peter; Winkler, Gerfried; Blum, Philipp

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3143-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3143-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3143-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 6

Research article

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06 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 06 Jun 2018

Recent trends of groundwater temperatures in Austria

Susanne A. Benz, Peter Bayer, Gerfried Winkler, and Philipp Blum

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript: Recent trends of groundwater temperatures in Austria by S. Benz et al - HESS-2017-663.', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Susanne Benz, 02 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Recent trends of groundwater temperatures in Austria"', Randy Hunt, 29 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Susanne Benz, 02 May 2018

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (05 May 2018) by Brian Berkowitz

AR by Susanne A. Benz on behalf of the Authors (07 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 May 2018) by Brian Berkowitz

AR by Susanne A. Benz on behalf of the Authors (14 May 2018)

Short summary

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges modern society faces. Increasing temperatures are observed both above ground and, as discussed here, in the groundwater – the source of most drinking water. Within Austria average temperature increased by 0.7 °C over the past 20 years, with an increase of more than 3 °C in some wells and temperature decrease in others. However, these extreme changes can be linked to local events such as the construction of a new drinking water supply.