Groundwater Recharge - Process where water enters the soil and eventually reaches the saturated zone.
The addition of water to the saturated zone is called groundwater recharge. In another context, recharge may refer to the amount of water added per unit of time, e.g. cubic metres per year. The recharge area is simply the geographic area in which recharge occurs.
inflow of water to a groundwater reservoir from the surface. Infiltration of precipitation and its movement to the water table is one form of natural recharge. Also, the volume of water added by this process.
Water that moves below the root zone as "deep percolation" and eventually joins the groundwater.
The return of water to an underground aquifer by either natural or artificial means such as exfiltration of a BMP.
The replenishment of groundwater with surface water.
Increasing the amount of groundwater in storage via percolating rainwater.
the filling of groundwater aquifers by rain and melting snow percolating into the ground and saturating the pores between rock and soil particles.
The natural or intentional infiltration of surface water into the zone of saturation.
The process whereby infiltrating rain, snowmelt or surface water enters and replenishes the ground water stores.
The inflow to a groundwater reservoir.
The process where water enters the soil and eventually reaches the saturated zone. Recharge varies from place to place due to the amount of rainfall, infiltration, and surface vegetation.
The action of increasing groundwater storage by natural conditions or by human activity. See also: Artificial recharge.
Water from precipitation that flows on ground surfaces as runoff or percolates into soils, eventually replenishing natural underground water supplies (aquifers).
The inflow to an aquifer.
The natural process of infiltration and percolation of rainwater from land areas or streams through permeable soils into water-holding rocks that provide underground storage (i.e. aquifers).
process by which external water is added to the zone of saturation of an aquifer, either directly into a formation or indirectly by way of another formation
Replenishment of water that circulates in underground aquifers.
Groundwater recharge refers to an inflow of water to a groundwater reservoir from the surface. Infiltration of precipitation and its movement to the water table is one form of natural recharge.
The process involved in the absorption and addition of surface water to the zone of saturation or aquifer.
The natural renewal of ground water supplies by infiltration of rain or recharge other precipitation through the soil.
The inflow to a ground water reservoir.
replenishing the ground water: example-rainwater entering the Boone formation and raising its water level. Streams, such as the Spring River, may recharge groundwater aquifers during periods of low rainfall.
