The Impact of a Check Dam on Groundwater Recharge and Sedimentation in an Ephemeral Stream
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.1.1. Transient Zone
2.1.2. Check Dam Zone
2.2. Field Monitoring
2.3. Water Balance Computations
2.4. Uncertainty Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Transient Zone
3.2. Check Dam Zone
3.3. Water Balance Components
3.4. Sediment Build-up in the Check Dam Reservoir
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | Precip. a (106 m3) | Transient Zone | Check Dam Zone | |||||||||
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Flow at PB (Observed) | Flow at AS (Modelled) | Flow at OB = Qin (Modelled) | Qr | Qe | Qout | |||||||
(106 m3) | (106 m3) | (106 m3) | (106 m3) | (106 m3) | (106 m3) | |||||||
B b | L-U b | B | L-U | B | L-U | B | L-U | B | L-U | |||
2011–2012 | 75.56 | 23.99 | 23.13 | 19.56–28.74 | 23.84 | 20.24–30.43 | 5.86 | 0.26–13.04 | 0.007 | 0.014–0.014 | 17.98 | 17.38–19.96 |
2012–2013 | 52.38 | 8.61 | 7.22 | 4.46–12.65 | 6.25 | 3.97–12.62 | 2.93 | 0.04–8.56 | 0.004 | 0.014–0.013 | 3.31 | 4.05–3.92 |
2013–2014 | 37.95 | 1.63 | 0.41 | 0.01–6.26 | 0.04 | 0.00–6.90 | 0.04 | 0.00–6.87 | 0.001 | 0.004–0.017 | 0.00 | 0.01–0.00 |
2014–2015 | 65.54 | 13.39 | 11.95 | 8.99–18.09 | 11.54 | 8.91–18.74 | 3.62 | 0.07–10.14 | 0.004 | 0.008–0.013 | 7.91 | 8.57–8.83 |
Total | 231.43 | 47.62 | 42.72 | 33.03–65.73 | 41.66 | 33.13–68.69 | 12.44 | 0.37–38.61 | 0.02 | 0.004–0.06 | 29.21 | 30.00–32.71 |
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Djuma, H.; Bruggeman, A.; Camera, C.; Eliades, M.; Kostarelos, K. The Impact of a Check Dam on Groundwater Recharge and Sedimentation in an Ephemeral Stream. Water 2017, 9, 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9100813
Djuma H, Bruggeman A, Camera C, Eliades M, Kostarelos K. The Impact of a Check Dam on Groundwater Recharge and Sedimentation in an Ephemeral Stream. Water. 2017; 9(10):813. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9100813
Chicago/Turabian StyleDjuma, Hakan, Adriana Bruggeman, Corrado Camera, Marinos Eliades, and Konstantinos Kostarelos. 2017. "The Impact of a Check Dam on Groundwater Recharge and Sedimentation in an Ephemeral Stream" Water 9, no. 10: 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9100813