scholarly journals Overview and bibliography of methods for evaluating the surface-water infiltration component of the rainfall-runoff process

1992 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Rainfall Runoff

Effects of Hillslope Trenching on Surface Water Infiltration in Subalpine Forested Catchments

Hydrology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Matthew C. LaFevor ◽  
Carlos E. Ramos-Scharrón
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Rainfall Runoff ◽  
Soil Infiltration ◽  
Infiltration Capacity ◽  
Forested Catchments ◽  
Total Runoff

Concerns over freshwater scarcity for agriculture, ecosystems, and human consumption are driving the construction of infiltration trenches in many mountain protected areas. This study examines the effectiveness of infiltration trenches in a subalpine forested catchment in central Mexico, where public and private organizations have been constructing trenches for ~60 years. We rely on empirical data to develop rainfall-runoff models for two scenarios: a baseline (no trenches) and a trenched scenario. Field measurements of infiltration capacities in forested and trenched soils (n = 56) and two years of meteorological data are integrated into a semi-distributed runoff model of 28 trenched sub-catchments. Sensitivity analysis and hydrographs are used to evaluate differences in total runoff and infiltration between the two scenarios. Multiple logistic regression is used to evaluate the effects of environmental and management variables on the likelihood of runoff response and trench overtopping. The findings show that soil infiltration capacity and rainfall intensity are primary drivers of runoff and trench overtopping. However, trenches provided only a 1.2% increase in total infiltration over the two-year period. This marginal benefit is discussed in relation to the potential adverse environmental impacts of trench construction. Overall, our study finds that as a means of runoff harvesting in these forested catchments, trenches provide negligible infiltration benefits. As a result, this study cautions against further construction of infiltration trenches in forested catchments without careful ex ante assessment of rainfall-runoff relationships. The results of this study have important implications for forest water management in Mexico and elsewhere, where similar earthworks are employed to enhance runoff harvesting and surface water infiltration.

scholarly journals The Hydrologic Response of The Eaton River Basin, Quebec

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Carson ◽  
E. A. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Parametric Study ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Hydrologic Response ◽  
Rainfall Runoff ◽  
Channel Network ◽  
Storm Rainfall ◽  
Runoff Production

This paper reports a parametric study of rainfall–runoff relations for 38 storms in the Eaton basin, southeastern Quebec, between 1950 and 1966. In addition to storm rainfall amounts, water table levels in the vicinity of the channel network, as indicated by baseflow prior to storms, appear to be very important in controlling the amount of response of the basin in different storms. Storm runoff is viewed as the product of direct interception by, and subsurface seepage into, expanded surface water systems in the valley floor areas of the basin. This is in agreement with the variable (partial) source area model developed over the last ten years by a number of hydrologists as an alternative to the Horton theory of runoff production.

scholarly journals A New Conceptual Model for Slope-Infiltration

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Morbidelli ◽  
Corrado Corradini ◽  
Carla Saltalippi ◽  
Alessia Flammini ◽  
Jacopo Dari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Unsolved Problem ◽  
Threshold Value ◽  
Water Velocity ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Infiltration Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Steep Slopes

Rainfall infiltration modeling over surfaces with significant slopes is an unsolved problem. Even though water infiltration occurs over soil surfaces with noticeable gradients in most real situations, the typical mathematical models used were developed for infiltration over horizontal surfaces. In addition, recent investigations on infiltration over sloping surfaces have provided conflicting results, suggesting that our understanding of the process may still be lacking. In this study, our objective is to specifically examine if the surface water velocity that is negligible over near horizontal soil surfaces can affect the infiltration process over steep slopes. A new conceptual model representing a wide range of experimental results is proposed. The model represents water flow as an ensemble of infinitesimal “particles” characterized by specific velocities and assumes that only “particles” with velocity less than a threshold value can contribute to the infiltration process. The velocity distribution and the threshold value depend on slope and soil type, respectively. This conceptual model explains observed results and serves as a foundation for developing further experiments and refining models that offer more realistic representations of infiltration over sloping surfaces.

scholarly journals Using Wavelet Coherence to Characterize Surface Water Infiltration into a Low‐Lying Karst Aquifer

Ground Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Schuler ◽  
Èlia Cantoni ◽  
Léa Duran ◽  
Paul Johnston ◽  
Laurence Gill
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Karst Aquifer ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Wavelet Coherence

scholarly journals Assessment of river water infiltration conditions based on both chloride mass-balance and hydrogeological setting: the Krajkowo riverbank filtration site (Poland)

Geologos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Jozef Gorski ◽  
Krzysztof Dragon ◽  
Roksana Kruc-Fijalkowska ◽  
Magdalena Matusiak
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
River Water ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Riverbank Filtration ◽  
Superficial Zone ◽  
Well Production ◽  
Lower Chloride ◽  
Average Contribution ◽  
Strong Erosion ◽  
Chloride Concentrations

Abstract In the present work measurements of chloride concentrations were used to assess the variability of infiltration conditions and contributions of surface water and local groundwater to the discharge of wells at Krajkowo riverbank filtration site (western Poland). Tests were performed on samples from 26 wells located in a well gallery close to the River Warta. Due to higher chloride concentrations in river water in comparison with local groundwater, significant differences in concentrations in samples from individual wells were noted. In particular, lower chloride concentrations in 11 wells were recorded, which can be linked to the local occurrence of low-permeability deposits in the superficial zone; a locally higher degree of riverbed sediment clogging in the highly convex meandering zone, where strong erosion of the riverbed occurred, which in turn led to increased clogging; the occurrence of a more intensive groundwater inflow into the river valley due to water infiltration from a smaller river entering the River Warta valley, as well as unfavourable conditions for the infiltration of surface water to the lower part of the aquifer with a greater thickness. Differences in chloride concentrations observed were also used to quantify approximately river water contribution to the well production. The average contribution of the River Warta to the recharge of the entire well gallery was estimated at 59.8%.

Reactivation of a huge ancient landslide by surface water infiltration

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 806-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-xiang Tu ◽  
Da Huang ◽  
Hui Deng
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Infiltration ◽  
Ancient Landslide

Perhitungan ketersediaan air permukaan di Indonesia berdasarkan data satelit

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhika Radhika ◽  
Rendy Firmansyah ◽  
Waluyo Hatmoko
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
River Flow ◽  
Rainfall Data ◽  
Rainfall Runoff ◽  
Satellite Technology ◽  
Rainfall Runoff Model ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Runoff Model

Information on water availability is vital in water resources management. Unfortunately, information on the condition of hydrological data, either river flow data, or rainfall data is very limited temporally and spatially. With the availability of satellite technology, rainfall in the tropics can be monitored and recorded for further analysis. This paper discusses the calculation of surface water availability based on rainfall data from TRMM satellite, and then Wflow, a distributed rainfall-runoff model generates monthly time runoff data from 2003 to 2015 for all river basin areas in Indonesia. It is concluded that the average surface water availability in Indonesia is 88.3 thousand m3/s or equivalent to 2.78 trillion m3/ year. This figure is lower than the study of Water Resources Research Center 2010 based on discharge at the post estimated water that produces 3.9 trillion m3/year, but very close to the study of Aquastat FAO of 2.79 trillion m3 / year. The main benefit of this satellite-based calculation is that at any location in Indonesia, potential surface water can be obtained by multiplying the area of the catchment and the runoff height.

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