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Water-Table Fluctuation (WTF) Method

Recent Case Studies of Water-Table Fluctuation Method

Table 1. Recent studies illustrate the application of this method -- click site name for details:

 

Minnesota Surficial Aquifers

Delin and others, (2007)

North Carolina Coastal Plain

Coes and others, (2007)

Pennsylvania Fractured Rock Site

Risser and others (2005)

Description

Humid, flat to rolling hills, glacial deposits, agricultural and forested land

Humid, coastal plain physiographic province, low relief, sandy soils, mixed urban and agricultural land

Humid, rolling hills in Appalachian Plateaus province, fractured rock, agricultural and forested land

Depth to water table

1-15 m

~1-8 m

1-30 m

Mean annual precipitation

70 cm

127 cm

107 cm

WTF recharge
(as % of precip)

6-56

(21)

25-94

(56)

19-48

(24)

Age-dating of groundwater recharge
(as % of precip)

7-49

(24)

2-36

(12)

NA

Rorabaugh equations
(as % of precip)

8-44

(19)

16-27

(24)

(33)

NA, not available

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