Using multiple methods to investigate the effects of land-use  changes on groundwater recharge in a semi-arid area

Barua, Shovon; Cartwright, Ian; Dresel, P. Evan; Daly, Edoardo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-89-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-89-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-89-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 1

Research article

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05 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 05 Jan 2021

Using multiple methods to investigate the effects of land-use changes on groundwater recharge in a semi-arid area

Shovon Barua, Ian Cartwright, P. Evan Dresel, and Edoardo Daly

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RC1: 'Review - Using multiple methods to understand groundwater recharge in a semi-arid area', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 May 2020
- SC1: 'Response to referee 1', Ian Cartwright, 19 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to referee 1', Shovon Barua, 28 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Anonymous Referee #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Jun 2020
- SC2: 'Response to referee 2', Ian Cartwright, 19 Jun 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to referee 2', Shovon Barua, 28 Jul 2020
RC3: 'Text revisions', Anonymous Referee #3, 15 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to referee 3', Shovon Barua, 28 Jul 2020

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (08 Aug 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Ian Cartwright on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Sep 2020) by Nunzio Romano

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (16 Oct 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Nov 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Ian Cartwright on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Nov 2020) by Nunzio Romano

AR by Ian Cartwright on behalf of the Authors (17 Nov 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

We evaluate groundwater recharge rates in a semi-arid area that has undergone land-use changes. The widespread presence of old saline groundwater indicates that pre-land-clearing recharge rates were low and present-day recharge rates are still modest. The fluctuations of the water table and tritium activities reflect present-day recharge rates; however, the water table fluctuation estimates are unrealistically high, and this technique may not be suited for estimating recharge in semi-arid areas.