Retention of aquifer recharge and recovery water in a shallow unconfined aquifer
Subtitle: simulations of a basin recharge and recovery facility in Grand Forks County, North Dakota
By: by William M. Schuh and Jon Patch
Contributors: Patch, Jon Charles; North Dakota State Water Commission
Series: Water resources investigation -- no. 48; Water-resources investigation (Bismarck, N.D.) -- no. 48.
Publisher: North Dakota State Water Commission
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bismarck, N.D.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Artificial groundwater recharge; Groundwater flow
Description: An aquifer recharge and recovery project (ARR) was implemented by the Forest River Hutterite Community near Fordville, North Dakota, from 1993 through 2009. Water was pumped each spring from the Forest River, and piped about a half mile to two infiltration basins (a total of 7 acres). Recharge was conducted from March through the middle of June, with the starting date depending on thaw conditions and river flows. Annual recharge varied from as little as 180 acre-feet, to as much as 1,069 acre-feet. Recharged water was then pumped from the aquifer for irrigation using wells constructed near the basin... A hydrologic model, using MODFLOW(TM) was used to evaluate potential natural losses and retention characteristics of recharged waters. --Executive summary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 69).

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