
%0 Journal Article
%A Carbon, BA 
%A Murray, AM 
%A Bartle, GA 
%T Prediction of depth to water table in bauxite residue ponds
%J Soil Research
%D 1979/08/01
%V 17
%N 2
%P 263-269
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/SR9790263
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/SR9790263 
%X Measurements were taken of the rate of water loss from the water table in columns of bauxite residue. The data were used to develop a simple model to predict the changes in depth to water table, using inputs of weekly rainfall and estimates of potential evaporation. The model was successfully validated against a further experiment and then used to predict water-table behaviour for hypothetical residue ponds in south-west Australia. Evaporative loss from the water table occurred only when the water table was less than 1 m below the soil surface. Unless drained, the water table in many residue ponds would rise above the ground surface in most years. 
