Journal article
Rainfall and groundwater use in rural Kenya
- Abstract:
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This study examines the relationship between rainfall and groundwater use in rural Kenya, using automatically-transmitted hourly data from handpumps (n=266), daily rainfall records (n=19), and household survey data (n = 2508). We demonstrate a 34% reduction in groundwater use during the wet season compared to the dry season, suggesting a large shift from improved to unimproved sources in the wet season. By cross-correlating handpump and rainfall time series, we also reveal substantial shor...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Science of The Total Environment Journal website
- Volume:
- 649
- Pages:
- 722-730
- Publication date:
- 2018-08-25
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-08-24
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1879-1026
- ISSN:
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0048-9697
- Pmid:
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30179812
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:912475
- UUID:
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uuid:c5683f00-8339-4988-9407-6145e06ea06c
- Local pid:
- pubs:912475
- Source identifiers:
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912475
- Deposit date:
- 2018-10-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier BV
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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