Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Rathay, Sarah; (MSc, in progress); Investigating how a shift in the frequency and magnitude of rainfall could influence the amount and timing of aquifer recharge by characterizing the response of a fractured bedrock aquifer to heavy rainfall events; Simon Fraser University, Dept of Earth Sciences, Groundwater Resources Research Group. |
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| Organization | SFU |
| URL | http://www.sfu.ca/grrg/ResearchProjects2.html |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | Investigating how a shift in the frequency and magnitude of rainfall could influence the amount and timing of aquifer recharge by characterizing the response of a fractured bedrock aquifer to heavy rainfall events. The study site is the Gulf Islands, British Columbia. Both the recharge and discharge environment (using the stable isotopes of water and thermal imagery) will be examined. Historical heavy rainfall events will be correlated to the groundwater level fluctuations in order to determine a threshold rainfall amount that results in a distinguishable response in groundwater level. The historic climate record will then be used to estimate mean annual recharge and numerically model (HYDRUS 1D) how the occurrence of more heavy rainfall events in future could influence groundwater recharge over longer periods of time. |
| Information Type | Thesis (in progress) |
| Regional Watershed | Southern Gulf Islands |
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| Project status | in progress |
| Contact Name | Dr. Diana Allen |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |