Water table mounding beneath stormwater infiltration basins

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 67-79

  Nimmer, Mike ^a,c   Thompson, Anita ^a   Misra, Debasmita ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Foth Infrastructure and Environment LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Infiltration; Management practice; Model; Recharge; Urban

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODEL; GROUND-WATER INFILTRATION; INFILTRATION BASINS; INFILTRATION RATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBSERVED DATA; PRIMARY FACTORS; PROPER DESIGN; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATER INFILTRATION BASINS; STORMWATERS; URBAN SETTINGS; VARIABLY SATURATED; WATER TABLE LEVEL; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SEEPAGE; STORMS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; STORMWATER; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER TABLE;

OCONOMOWOC; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77952817965     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.15.2.67     Document Type: Article

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