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GROUND WATER QUALITY PREDICTION USING CLIMATIC INDICES 1
Author(s) -
McGregor Kent M.,
Marotz Glen A.,
Whittemore Donald O.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1988.tb00878.x
Subject(s) - groundwater recharge , environmental science , water quality , arid , hydrology (agriculture) , aquifer , index (typography) , aridity index , groundwater , quality (philosophy) , water resources , geology , ecology , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , world wide web , computer science , biology , philosophy , epistemology
Drought affects the quality of ground water in certain aquifers used by municipalities in Kansas. Water quality changes occur as a function of the amount of water available for recharge and hence to dilute more mineralized ground waters. Several measures of meteorological drought, including the Palmer Index and Eagleman Aridity Index, were correlated with water quality data to determine the degree of association. Several locations showed sharp delinces in water quality as the drought progressed. These relationships can be used to predict possible variations in present and future well‐water supplies in locations subject to drought induced water quality deterioration.