Using a simple soil-water balance model combined with Geographic Information System (GIS) methods, annual recharge rates in a subwatershed of the Kishwaukee River in DeKalb County, IL, an area of rapid urbanization, population growth, and increasing groundwater demands, were estimated for three ...
Hydrologic sciences Groundwater recharge estimation in an urbanizing watershed using GIS and groundwater modelingDekalb CountyIllinois NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Colin J. Booth SinghalAlkaThis study addressed a problem which is increasing worldwide- impact of urbanization on groundwater recharge. The ...
This study combines an older technique (mass-balance equation) with new advanced and sophisticated tools of Geographical Information System (GIS) to determine recharge over the rapidly urbanizing Upper South Branch Kishwaukee Watershed in DeKalb County, Illinois. The two main sources of urban leakages...