Technical Notes: Groundwater Recharge and Water Table Rise Under Equilibrium Condition

Water table level is an important feature in subterranean hydrology and is relatively easy to observe. Groundwater recharge is a cause of water table rise and the carrier of contaminants to groundwater. However, groundwater recharge is an elusive quantity because accurate field measurements are difficult to obtain. A study of the relationship between groundwater recharge and water table rise is advantageous because it will allow the evaluation of groundwater recharge based on field-measured water table rise.