Tracing groundwater recharge sources in the northwestern Indian alluvial aquifer using water isotopes (δ18O, δ2H and 3H)

Joshi, Suneel Kumar; Prakash, Shive; Sinha, Rajiv; Gupta, Sanjeev; Densmore, Alexander L.; Rawat, Yadhvir Singh; Shekhar, Shashank

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.056

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“…Groundwater isotope compositions have been applied to evaluate processes and identify recharge sources in many tropical aquifers (Adomako et al, , ; Ayenew et al, ; De Vries et al, ; Fantong et al, , ; Faye et al, ; Gibrilla et al, ; Joshi et al, ; Kamtchueng et al, ; Mukherjee et al, ; Njitchoua et al, , ; Olaka et al, ; Sánchez‐Murillo et al, ; Shamsuddin et al, ; Taylor & Howard, ; Yeh & Lee, ). Evidence is mounting in support of the following hypothesis: that high‐intensity rainfall contributes disproportionately to recharge—that is, recharge ratios of intensive rainfall exceed recharge ratios of less intensive rainfall.…”

Section: Threshold Rainfall Intensities For Rechargementioning

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Global Isotope Hydrogeology―Review

Jasechko

2019

Reviews of Geophysics

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Groundwater 18O/16O, 2H/1H, 13C/12C, 3H, and 14C data can help quantify molecular movements and chemical reactions governing groundwater recharge, quality, storage, flow, and discharge. Here, commonly applied approaches to isotopic data analysis are reviewed, involving groundwater recharge seasonality, recharge elevations, groundwater ages, paleoclimate conditions, and groundwater discharge. Reviewed works confirm and quantify long held tenets: (i) that recharge derives disproportionately from wet season and winter precipitation; (ii) that modern groundwaters comprise little global groundwater; (iii) that “fossil” (>12,000‐year‐old) groundwaters dominate global aquifer storage; (iv) that fossil groundwaters capture late‐Pleistocene climate conditions; (v) that surface‐borne contaminants are more common in younger groundwaters; and (vi) that groundwater discharges generate substantial streamflow. Groundwater isotope data are disproportionately common to midlatitudes and sedimentary basins equipped for irrigated agriculture, but less plentiful across high latitudes, hyperarid deserts, and equatorial rainforests. Some of these underexplored aquifer systems may be suitable targets for future field testing.

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Section: Threshold Rainfall Intensities For Rechargementioning

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Global Isotope Hydrogeology―Review

Jasechko

2019

Reviews of Geophysics

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“…Alluvial aquifers are a major source of water globally due to their size and accessibility by shallow wells, and often are associated with sedimentary basins composed of fluvial deposits with large storage capacities (Fetter, ; Joshi et al, ; Robson, ). Growing demands on groundwater for irrigation and industrial use have put many alluvial aquifers at risk, with current or projected withdrawals significantly outpacing natural recharge (Döll, Müller Schmied, Schuh, Portmann, & Eicker, ; Joshi et al, ; Wada, van Beek, & Bierkens, ). In the United States, the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer (MRVAA) has been identified as one of the top three overdrafted aquifers, along with the multi‐state High Plains Aquifer and the Central Valley Aquifer of California (Konikow, ).…”

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“…significantly outpacing natural recharge (Döll, Müller Schmied, Schuh, Portmann, & Eicker, 2014;Joshi et al, 2018;Wada, van Beek, & Bierkens, 2012). In the United States, the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer (MRVAA) has been identified as one of the top three overdrafted aquifers, along with the multi-state High Plains Aquifer and the Central Valley Aquifer of California (Konikow, 2013).…”

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Groundwater recharge from an oxbow lake‐wetland system in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Gratzer

Davidson

O’Reilly

et al. 2020

Hydrological Processes

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The Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer ranks among the most overdrafted aquifers in the United States due to intensive irrigation. Concern over declining water levels has increased focus on understanding the sources of recharge. Numerous oxbow lakes overlie the aquifer that are often considered hydraulically disconnected from the groundwater system due to fine‐grained bottom sediments. In the current study, groundwater levels in and around a 445‐ha oxbow lake‐wetland in Mississippi were monitored for a 2‐year period that included an unusually long low‐water condition in the lake (>17 months), followed by a high‐water event lasting over 4 months before returning to earlier low‐water levels. The high‐water pulse (>4 m rise) provided a unique opportunity to track the impact in the underlying alluvial aquifer. During low‐water conditions, groundwater flowed westward beneath the lake. Following the lake rise, groundwater beneath and near the perimeter responded as quickly as the same day, with more delayed responses moving away from the lake. Within 2 months, a groundwater mound formed near the centre of the oxbow (>3 m increase), with a reversal in the local hydraulic gradient towards the east. Flow returned to a westward gradient when the lake level dropped back below 0.3 m. Analysis of precipitation and nearby river stage could not account for the observed behavior. Recharge to the aquifer is attributed to rising water levels spreading over point bar deposits and into the surrounding forested wetlands where preferential flow pathways are likely to exist due to buried and decomposing tree remains. An earlier study in the wetland demonstrated an increasing redox potential in isolated zones, consistent with the existence of preferential flow pathways through the bottom sediments (Lahiri & Davidson, 2020). Retaining high‐water levels in oxbow lakes could be a relatively low‐cost water management practice for enhancing aquifer recharge.

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“…Over the past several decades, conjunctive use of geochemical and environment isotopic techniques has acted as an effective means to elucidate the formation mechanism of brackish water (Abid et al., ; Cardenal et al., ; Cartwright et al., ; Edmunds et al., ; Gil‐Márquez et al., ; Petrides et al., ; Portugal, Izquierdo, Truesdell, & Álvarez, ; Skrzypek et al., ; Wilson & Long, ). Environmental isotopes form a very neoteric and powerful diagnostic tool, which has been applied in hydrologic cycle studies in recent decades (Bradd, Henderson‐Sellers, & Airey, ; Bradd, Turner, & Waite, ; Clark & Fritz, ; Criss & Davisson, ; Edmunds et al., ; Farid et al., ; Joshi et al., ; Portugal et al., ). In particular, hydrogen and oxygen isotopes can directly participate in the hydrologic cycle, as H and O are parts of the water molecule and therefore are good natural tracers (Andreo et al., ; Cartwright et al., ; Dincer, Payne, Florkowski, Martinec, & Tongiorgi, ; Farid et al., ; Fontes, ; Turner, Bradd, & Waite, ).…”

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Origin and formation mechanism of salty water in Zuli River catchment of the Yellow River

Liu

Tan

Shi

et al. 2019

Water Environment Research

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The Zuli River is one of the branches of the upper Yellow River, as an inland catchment with semiarid climate in northwestern China, and the formation, evolution, and development of brackish water at such a large scale have remained unclear. This study aims to find clues about the origin and formation mechanism of salty water through multiple methods of hydrochemistry and isotope hydrology. The results show that groundwater is dominantly recharged by precipitation, and the river water was mainly recharged by groundwater discharge. The relatively high tritium content of groundwater (>5.0 TU) clearly suggests the occurrence of a modern recharge and rapid circulation. The dissolution of evaporate minerals, followed by incongruent dissolution of carbonate minerals (dolomite), constituted the main processes controlling groundwater salinization. In addition, the intense evaporation and unreasonable use of fertilizers further increase the TDS of the river, which should be the primary external mechanism of water salinization. • Practitioner points• The authors aimed to find clues about the formation mechanism of salty water in an inland catchment of the Yellow River. • The results of this research shows that the dissolution of dissolved minerals constituted the main processes controlling groundwater salinization. In addition, the intense evaporation and unreasonable use of fertilizers, which should be the primary external mechanism of water salinization. • This work would provide a theoretical basis for government to develop rational utilization of brackish water resources in the study area, which is also significant for understanding the mechanism of water salinization in an inland mountain watershed and even in similar inland watersheds around the world.

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Tracing groundwater recharge sources in the northwestern Indian alluvial aquifer using water isotopes (δ18O, δ2H and 3H)

Cited by 137 publications

References 43 publications

Global Isotope Hydrogeology―Review

Global Isotope Hydrogeology―Review

Groundwater recharge from an oxbow lake‐wetland system in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain

Origin and formation mechanism of salty water in Zuli River catchment of the Yellow River

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