Modeling of Infiltration from An Artificial Recharge Basin with a Decreasing Ponded Depth

Abstract

The first important physical process in basin recharge is the infiltration of water from the basin's bed to the water table below. The Green and Ampt approach was applied to model infiltration from an artificial recharge basin with a decreasing ponded depth. Several field experiments were carried out. Results of one experiment were used to calibrate the model. The suggested approach was then used to predict infiltration for the other experiments and its results were compared to field values.