期刊
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
卷 563, 期 -, 页码 1135-1146出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.09.058
关键词
Urban hydrogeology; Groundwater recharge; Urbanization; Surface sealing; Water budget calculation; Switzerland
资金
- European Union 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [675120]
- Competence Centre Environment and Sustainability (CCES)
- ZBL-Foundation (Foundation for the Promotion of the Scientific School Zunker-Busch-Luckner)
Groundwater, as the world's most important reserve of available fresh water, is known to be affected by urbanization. Managing this resource in a sustainable way is critical for water resource management. Groundwater recharge rates in urban areas remain however still poorly understood and under researched and knowledge about these rates and their expected changes under increasing urbanization is therefore of primary importance. This study aims to give insight into urban groundwater recharge by performing water budget calculations for four different time periods for an urban study site in northern Switzerland. In order to take into account uncertainty in parameter values a Monte Carlo (MC) approach was carried out. Our study highlights a strong positive correlation between groundwater recharge rates and the extent of the urban area. In detail, at the study site urban areas expanded from 6% in 1880 to 44% in 2009, leading to an increase in the mean groundwater recharge rate. However, the increase amount in recharge remains uncertain and varies between 29% and 67% depending on the parameter combination originating from the MC approach. Based on our water budget calculations, the transformation of natural landscapes into impervious areas leads to an increase in groundwater recharge rates due to the reduction of evapotranspiration that more than compensates for the increase in runoff. Furthermore, water main leakages contribute to an increase in recharge rates. Overall, we demonstrate that a better understanding of groundwater recharge changes in urban areas is required to move towards a sustainable water management. We hope that this example will encourage the hydrogeological community to pay more attention to urban groundwater recharge. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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