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Purposes of Artificial Recharge: Task Group Report
Artificial recharge may be defined as the practice of increasing, by artificial means, the amount of water that enters a groundwater reservoir. This paper discusses only artificial recharge in relation to water supply problems, although artificial recharge has application in waste disposal, secondary oil recovery, and land subsidence problems. The need for artificial recharge has been brought about by an increasing demand for groundwater as a source of freshwater. In certain areas throughout the world, the withdrawal of groundwater has exceeded the natural recharge. Several different purposes of artificial recharge are discussed and include: conserving and disposing of runoff and flood waters; supplementing the quantity of groundwater available; reducing or eliminating the decline in the water level of groundwater reservoirs; reducing, preventing, or correcting salt water intrusion; storing water to reduce costs of pumping and piping; storing clear, cool water in winter for use during the summer; allowing heat exchange by diffusion through the ground; and, obtaining suspended‐solids removal by filtration through the ground. An artificial recharge installation may serve more than one purpose. In certain areas, for example, artificial recharge not only adds water to the available subsurface supply but also is a means of disposing of storm water runoff. In another instance, artificial recharge to bar salt water is also greatly increasing the available supply of freshwater and alleviating a ground subsidence condition that has been in progress for years. To illustrate each purpose of recharge, an example of an operating or experimental installation made for that purpose is provided.
Purposes of Artificial Recharge: Task Group Report
Artificial recharge may be defined as the practice of increasing, by artificial means, the amount of water that enters a groundwater reservoir. This paper discusses only artificial recharge in relation to water supply problems, although artificial recharge has application in waste disposal, secondary oil recovery, and land subsidence problems. The need for artificial recharge has been brought about by an increasing demand for groundwater as a source of freshwater. In certain areas throughout the world, the withdrawal of groundwater has exceeded the natural recharge. Several different purposes of artificial recharge are discussed and include: conserving and disposing of runoff and flood waters; supplementing the quantity of groundwater available; reducing or eliminating the decline in the water level of groundwater reservoirs; reducing, preventing, or correcting salt water intrusion; storing water to reduce costs of pumping and piping; storing clear, cool water in winter for use during the summer; allowing heat exchange by diffusion through the ground; and, obtaining suspended‐solids removal by filtration through the ground. An artificial recharge installation may serve more than one purpose. In certain areas, for example, artificial recharge not only adds water to the available subsurface supply but also is a means of disposing of storm water runoff. In another instance, artificial recharge to bar salt water is also greatly increasing the available supply of freshwater and alleviating a ground subsidence condition that has been in progress for years. To illustrate each purpose of recharge, an example of an operating or experimental installation made for that purpose is provided.
Purposes of Artificial Recharge: Task Group Report
Journal ‐ American Water Works Association ; 52 ; 1315-1318
1960-10-01
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English