Analytical Methods for Assessment of Land-Use Change Effects on Stream Runoff
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 20, Issue 7
Abstract
Effects of groundwater use and land-cover change on stream runoff are major concerns of integrated water-resource management in agriculture-dominated watersheds. Stream depletion-rate analyses commonly utilize various analytical approaches, but little progress was made in analytical evaluation of land-use change effects on stream runoff. The purpose of this note is to revise and generalize analytical solutions for stream-aquifer exchange rates and volumes that account for different geometries of the land uses and aquifers. This approach utilizes integration of point-source solutions. Results are illustrated by sensitivity analyses using parameters that are typical of many watersheds. New solutions incorporate and extend previously known results and are sufficient to cover the entire range of practical applications.
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Acknowledgments
This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation’s IGERT Program (Grant DGE-0903469).
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 20 • Issue 7 • July 2015
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Received: Jan 3, 2014
Accepted: Aug 11, 2014
Published online: Sep 5, 2014
Discussion open until: Feb 5, 2015
Published in print: Jul 1, 2015
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