Estimates of groundwater recharge rates and sources in the East Mountain area, Eastern Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 2005-12

Abstract

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Landscape and climatic influences on actual evapotranspiration and available water using the Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) Model in eastern Bernalillo County, New Mexico, 2015

“…Concerning groundwater sustainability, a recent study of groundwater recharge in the East Mountain area found that "the mechanisms for recharge and groundwater movement in the East Mountain area are complex and that factors such as climatic variability, the extent and interconnection of structural features such as faults and fractures, and potential solution enhancement of the aquifers all play important roles in the rates and timing of recharge" (Rice and Crilley, 2014, p. 1). Isotopic analyses indicated the leading source of groundwater recharge was winter P (primarily snow) at higher elevation areas, with a lesser contribution of monsoonal rainfall (Rice and Crilley, 2014).…”