Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-117-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-117-2024
Research article
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02 May 2024
Research article |  | 02 May 2024

An underground drip water monitoring network to characterize rainfall recharge of groundwater at different geologies, environments, and climates across Australia

Andy Baker, Margaret Shanafield, Wendy Timms, Martin Sogaard Andersen, Stacey Priestley, and Marilu Melo Zurita

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National Groundwater Recharge Observing System (NGROS) Andy Baker, Martin Andersen, Marilu Melo Zurita, Wendy Timms, Margaret Shanafield and Stacey Priestley https://groundwater.unsw.edu.au/

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Short summary
Much of the world relies on groundwater as a water resource, yet it is hard to know when and where rainfall replenishes our groundwater aquifers. Caves, mines, and tunnels that are situated above the groundwater table are unique observatories of water transiting from the land surface to the aquifer. This paper will show how networks of loggers deployed in these underground spaces across Australia have helped understand when, where, and how much rainfall is needed to replenish the groundwater.