Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈p〉Publication date: April 2019〈/p〉
〈p〉〈b〉Source:〈/b〉 Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 22〈/p〉
〈p〉Author(s): Johannes Christoph Haas, Steffen Birk〈/p〉
〈h5〉Abstract〈/h5〉
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〈h6〉Study region〈/h6〉
〈p〉Austria.〈/p〉
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〈h6〉Study focus〈/h6〉
〈p〉Using publicly available data for the main components of the hydrological cycle we use standardization to calculate countrywide and regional averages of groundwater levels, stream stages and precipitation. These averages get analyzed for the occurrence of trends, compared with each other and the Austrian water use over time.〈/p〉
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〈h6〉New hydrological insights for the region〈/h6〉
〈p〉It is shown that groundwater levels trend downwards until the 1980s, from whereon they recover. Precipitation follows this track, but the downward trend is much less severe. River stages lack data for the downward trending period, but follow the upward trend too. The trend in groundwater is a reverse of the trends observed in water use and we hypothesize that the discrepancy between average precipitation and average groundwater pre 1980s could be caused by the increasing water use in this period, especially since Austrias water demands are mostly sourced from groundwater.〈/p〉
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Print ISSN:
2214-5818
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
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Geography
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Geosciences
