Abstract
Natural groundwater droughts originate from reduced recharge over a prolonged period of time and these droughts are often enhanced by human activities (e.g. abstractions). Low groundwater heads and small groundwater gradients cause the droughts. Groundwater droughts are mainly associated with low well yields, which affect public water supply and irrigation practices and are related to other droughts (e.g. agricultural droughts). Groundwater drought monitoring and assessment methods are based upon an analysis of time-series of groundwater recharge or groundwater heads and require a threshold or probability occurrence, which can only be derived from a proper evaluation of the effects of groundwater droughts, such as lowering of well levels, reduction of springflow or reduction of capillary rise. Some of these effects are discussed to illustrate how eventually such threshold or probability of occurrence has to be determined.
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Van Lanen, H.A.J., Peters, E. (2000). Definition, Effects and Assessment of Groundwater Droughts. In: Vogt, J.V., Somma, F. (eds) Drought and Drought Mitigation in Europe. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9472-1_4
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