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Classifying groundwater systems by their ability to recover from drought
A few days of rain do not change low groundwater levels after a long drought.
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A few days of rain do not change low groundwater levels after a long drought. To better determine how groundwater systems recover after a drought and which groundwater reserves are most vulnerable, hydrologist Sandra Hauswirth developed a method to classify groundwater systems based on their ability to recover from prolonged drought.
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