Rethinking groundwater age
Grant Ferguson, Mark Cuthbert, Kevin M. Befus, Tom Gleeson, Jennifer C. McIntosh
Abstract
It is commonly thought that old groundwater cannot be pumped sustainably, and that recently recharged groundwater is inherently sustainable. We argue that both old and young groundwaters can be used in physically sustainable or unsustainable ways.- Cite:
- Grant Ferguson, Mark Cuthbert, Kevin M. Befus, Tom Gleeson, and Jennifer C. McIntosh. 2020. Rethinking groundwater age. Nature Geoscience, Volume 13, Issue 9, 13(9):592–594.
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[Rethinking groundwater age](https://gwf-uwaterloo.github.io/gwf-publications/G20-11001) (Ferguson et al., GWF 2020)
- Rethinking groundwater age (Ferguson et al., GWF 2020)
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- Grant Ferguson, Mark Cuthbert, Kevin M. Befus, Tom Gleeson, and Jennifer C. McIntosh. 2020. Rethinking groundwater age. Nature Geoscience, Volume 13, Issue 9, 13(9):592–594.