Calculation of groundwater recharge at the old SRP burial ground using the CREAMS model (1961-1986)

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5917909

Hubbard, J E; Englehardt, M

The CREAMS computer simulation model was used to calculate a water balance for the old SRP burial ground for the period 1961 to 1986. Daily rainfall records from F-Area Separations were used in the simulation; soils, vegetation, and climatic characteristics of the burial ground site were used for the hydrologic parameters in the model. Average annual recharge is 14.7 inches as calculated by CREAMS, about the same as the normal recharge for the site and slightly less than one-third the normal rainfall. The extremes are 32 inches in 1964 and 4 inches in 1968, and 8.7 inches of recharge in the recent drought year 1986. CREAMS results confirm that most recharge occurs in winter and spring months. In some years large amounts of recharge have occurred in summer months. 4 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York, Brockport (USA). Dept. of Earth Sciences; Arizona Univ., Tucson (USA). Dept. of Geological Engineering; Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5917909
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-87-126; ON: DE88000790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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