Long-term groundwater recharge rates across India by in situ measurements

Bhanja, Soumendra N.; Mukherjee, Abhijit; Rangarajan, R.; Scanlon, Bridget R.; Malakar, Pragnaditya; Verma, Shubha

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-711-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-711-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-711-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 2

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07 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 07 Feb 2019

Long-term groundwater recharge rates across India by in situ measurements

Soumendra N. Bhanja, Abhijit Mukherjee, R. Rangarajan, Bridget R. Scanlon, Pragnaditya Malakar, and Shubha Verma

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RC1: 'groundwater', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Jul 2018
- RC2: 'The manuscript is not suitable for publication in this form', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Aug 2018
  - AC2: 'Responses to comments of Reviewer 2', Soumendra Bhanja, 09 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Responses to comments of Reviewer 1', Soumendra Bhanja, 09 Sep 2018
SC1: 'comments', Ghulam Jeelani, 07 Aug 2018
- AC3: 'Responses to comments of Prof. Jeelani', Soumendra Bhanja, 09 Sep 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (19 Dec 2018) by Graham Fogg

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Dec 2018) by Graham Fogg

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Jan 2019) by Graham Fogg

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Short summary

Groundwater depletion in India has been a much-debated issue in recent years. Here we investigate long-term, spatiotemporal variation in prevailing groundwater recharge rates across India. Groundwater recharge rates have been estimated based on field-scale groundwater-level measurements and the tracer injection approach; recharge rates from the two estimates compared favorably. The role of precipitation in controlling groundwater recharge is studied.