Comparative Review and Synthesis of Ground-Water Recharge Estimates for the Great Bend Prairie Aquifer of Kansas
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In this report I briefly outline the importance of and difficulties involved in estimating aquifer recharge and compare reported recharge estimates for the Great Bend Prairie aquifer of central Kansas and associated alluvial-valley aquifers of the Pawnee River and Walnut Creek. Results from 20 studies are reported, including ongoing recharge-related projects. These studies were conducted by three different state agencies, a federal agency, a Kansas University department, and a private consulting firm. The recharge estimates are classified into site-specific, countywide, subregional, and regional estimates. Estimates are consistent among all four spatial scales. The average of all estimates is approximately 2 in./yr (50 mm/yr). with an average recharge range of 1.7-2.5 in./yr (43-64 mm/yr).
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Sophocleous, M. A., Pourtakdoust, S., and Perkins, S. P., 1992, Stream-aquifer numerical modeling of the Kinsley to Great Bend reach of the Arkansas River in Kansas-report of second-year results: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-File Report 92-13, 137 p.
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Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1992, In the matter of designation of an intensive ground-water use control area in Barton, Rush and Ness counties, Kansas: Division of Water Resources, Topeka, Kansas, 115 p.
Doherty, J., 1990, MODINV-MODFLOW parameter optimization manual, version 1.05: Australian Center for Tropical Freshwater Research, Townsville, Queensland, 258 p ..
Fader, S. W., and Morton, R. B., 1972, Ground water in the Middle Arkansas River basin, Kansas and Oklahoma-administrative report prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 75-367, 44 p.
Fader, S. W., and Stullken, L. E., 1978, Geohydrology of the Great Bend Prairie, south-central Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Irrigation Series 4, 19 p.
Gillespie, J. B., and Slagle, S. E., 1972, Natural and artificial ground-water recharge-Wet Walnut Creek, central Kansas: Kansas Water Resources Board, Bulletin 17, 94 p.
Glantz, S. A., 1981, Primer of biostatistics: McGraw-Hill, New York, 352 p.
Hansen, C. V ., 1991, Estimates of freshwater storage and potential natural recharge for principal aquifers in Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4230, 100 p.
Kansas Water Office, 1987, A state supply and demand methodology, Kansas, 1987:
Kansas Water Office, Topeka, 135 p.
Kansas Water Resources Board, 1967, Irrigation in Kansas: State of Kansas, Planning for Development, 70 I Project No. Kans. P-43, Report 16(e), Topeka, 128 p.
Kemblowski, M. W., 1982, Numerical modeling of stream-aquifer systems: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-File Report 82-29, 73 p.
Layton, D. W., and Berry D. W., 1973, Geology and ground-water resources of Pratt County, south-central Kansas: Kansas Geo-logical Survey, Bulletin 205, 33 p.
Luckey, R.R., Gutentag, E. D., Heimes, F. J., and Weeks, J. 8., 1986, Digital simulation of ground-water flow in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geologi-cal Survey, Professional Paper 1400-D, 57 p.
McDonald, M. G., and Harbaugh, A. W., 1988, A modular three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water Resources Investigations, book 6, ch. A I, 586 p.
Moya, P., 1985, Stream-aquifer system of the South Fork Ninnescah River basin in Pratt County, Kansas: M.S. thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 216 p.
Nuzman, C., 1990, Appendix E-Hydrologic impact study for Walnut Creek alluvium; in, Engineering/hydrological study, Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, Barton County, Kansas: Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 71 p.
Prudic, D. E., 1989, Documentation of a computer program to simulate stream-aquifer relations using a modular, finite-difference ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 88-729, 113 p.
Sophocleous, M. A., 1980, Hydrogeologic investigations in the Pawnee Valley, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-File Report 80-6, 168 p.
____ , 1981, The declining ground-water resources of alluvial valleys-a case study: Ground Water, v. 19, no. 2, p. 214-226
____ , 1989, Groundwater resources of Groundwater Management District No. 5-how renewable are they?: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-File Report 89-25, 5 p.
____ , 199la, Combining the soil-water balance and water-level fluctuation methods to estimate natural ground-water re-charge-practical aspects: Journal of Hydrology, v. 124, p. 229-241
____ , 1991 b, Recharge estimation for the Groundwater Management District No. 5-a six-year record: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 91-9, 14 p.
____ , 1992a, Groundwater recharge estimation and regionalization---the Great Bend Prairie of central Kansas and its recharge statistics: Journal of Hydrology, v. 137, p. 113-140
____ , l 992b, Modifications and improvements on the lower Rattlesnake Creek-Quivira marsh stream-aquifer numerical model: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 92-37, 14 p.
Sophocleous, M.A., and McAllister, J. A., 1987, Basinwide water-balance modeling with emphasis on spatial distribution of ground-water recharge: Water Resources Bulletin, v. 23, no. 6, p. 997-1,010
____ , 1990, Hydrologic-balance modeling of the Rattlesnake Creek watershed, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, Ground Water Series 11, 72 p.
Sophocleous, M.A., and Perkins, S. P., 1992, Stream-aquifer and mineral intrusion modeling of the lower Rattlesnake Creek basin with emphasis on the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-File Report 92-6, 208 p.
Sophocleous, M. A., and Perry, C. A., 1984, Experimental studies in natural ground-water recharge dynamics-assessment of re-cent advances in instrumentation: Journal of Hydrology, v. 70, p. 369-382
____ , 1985, Experimental studies in natural ground-water recharge dynamics-the analysis of observed recharge events: Journal of Hydrology, v. 81, nos. 3/4, p. 297-332
____ , 1987, Natural ground-water recharge instrumentation and computation at sites in south-central Kansas: U.S. Geologi-cal Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4097, 48 p.
Sophocleous, M. A., Pourtakdoust, S., and Perkins, S. P., 1992, Stream-aquifer numerical modeling of the Kinsley to Great Bend reach of the Arkansas River in Kansas-report of second-year results: Kansas Geological Survey, Open-File Report 92-13, 137 p.
Stullken, L. E., Watts, K. R., and Lindgren, R. 1., 1985, Geohydrology of the High Plains aquifer, western Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4198, 86 p.
Trescott, P. C., Pinder, G. F., and Larson, S. P., 1976, Finite-difference model for aquifer simulation in two dimensions with results of numerical experiments: U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques of Water Resources Investigations, book 7, ch. Cl, l l 6p.
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Sophocleous, Marios. 1993. “Comparative Review and Synthesis of Ground-Water Recharge Estimates for the Great Bend Prairie Aquifer of Kansas”. Current Research in Earth Sciences 235 (July): 41-54. https://doi.org/10.17161/cres.v0i235.11843.
