Has water-saving irrigation recovered groundwater in the Hebei Province plains of China?

abstract

• 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study performed a quantitative evaluation of the impact of water-saving irrigation on the groundwater regime in the Hebei Province plains area. In this work, the change in groundwater regime and the contributions of precipitation and water-saving irrigation development were investigated. The results indicate that the groundwater overdraft has been mitigated to some extent, mainly due to changes in precipitation and the implementation of water-saving irrigation, with contributions of 64.3% and 35.7%, respectively, when considering only these two factors. Water-saving irrigation is accepted as an important means for reducing groundwater depletion, but should be used in conjunction with other measures.

authors

• Singh, Vijay

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Zhang, H., Singh, V. P., Sun, D., Yu, Q., & Cao, W.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Zhang, Hongbo||Singh, Vijay P||Sun, Dongyong||Yu, Qijun||Cao, Wei

publication date

• July 2017

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Water Resources Development  Journal

keywords

• Groundwater Balance
• Groundwater Overdraft
• Plains Area Of Hebei Province
• Policy Implication
• Water-saving Irrigation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/07900627.2016.1192994

start page

• 534

end page

• 552

volume

• 33

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1080%2F07900627.2016.1192994