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Dynamic analysis of the infiltration rate of artificial recharge of groundwater: a case study of Wanglong Lake, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Although Pingtung plain is an agriculturally developed region, its limited hydrologic conditions have restrained the maximization of its surface water resources. Due to the lack of proper management and sustainable utilization, groundwater has been overdrawn, causing serious land subsidence and seawater intrusion. The present paper presents a pilot study for artificially recharging groundwater using high-infiltration basins. Results of the geometric factor show that the large basin is ca. 6.8 times the size of the small one, with the infiltration volume almost approaching 1 m3/day/m2. In the groundwater variation, the MW-2 is located immediately below the infiltration basin; therefore, its water level rises more rapidly than that of MW-3. As for the infiltration volume, results of the experiment used the same basin since 2002, which shows that the volumes gradually decreased from 12,136 to 5,555 m3/day. This is particularly evident in 2005 when volume decrease was at a maximum ca. 2,000 m3/day. Finally, the infiltration rate decreased from 22.76 to 7.15 m/day. The difference in infiltration rate between 2003 and 2005 has a maximum variation from to 15.2 to 10.33 m/day. In 2003, the addition of sand caused the infiltration rate to fall to a minimum ca. 5.3 m/day. By extending the recharge time, the infiltration rate fell gradually similar to those identified from 2005 to 2007.

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Yung-Chang Tu, Hsin-Tien Tsai and Jung-Wei Chen contributed equally to the success of the research. The authors wish to thank the Water Resources Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEAWRA0960321) and the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, R.O.C. under the NCKU Project for Promoting Academic Excellence & Developing World Class Research Centre.

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  1. Graduate Institute of Disaster Prevention on Hillslopes and Water Resources Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, 912, Taiwan

    Yung-Chang Tu

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Centre for Water Resources Education and Studies, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, 912, Taiwan

    Cheh-Shyh Ting

  3. Department of Earth Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan

    Hsin-Tien Tsai

  4. Institute of Hot Spring Industry, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, 717, Taiwan

    Jung-Wei Chen

  5. Department of Resources Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan

    Cheng-Haw Lee

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Tu, YC., Ting, CS., Tsai, HT. et al. Dynamic analysis of the infiltration rate of artificial recharge of groundwater: a case study of Wanglong Lake, Pingtung, Taiwan. Environ Earth Sci 63, 77–85 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0670-8

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