Table of Contents:
  • DEFINITION OF THE INTERACTION: Part of hydrological cycle considered
  • Recharge of groundwater
  • Groundwater component of river flow
  • Influence of the interaction on water quality
  • METHODS OF ASSESSING THE INTERACTION: Channel water balance
  • Hydrograph analysis
  • Groundwater table fluctuations
  • Use of isotopes as tracers
  • Use of mathematical models
  • ACCURACY OF METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: Surface water flow
  • Aquifer characteristics
  • Relative accuracy of the methods of assessment
  • CASE STUDIES: Temperate area: Great Ouse Pilot Scheme, UK
  • Temperate Area: The Moscow Artesian Basin, USSR
  • Arid Area with Irrigation: Chu Valley, USSR
  • Arid Area: Groundwater Replenishment by Surface Water, Tunisia.