
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Carbon, BA 
A1  - Murray, AM 
A1  - Bartle, GA 
T1  - Prediction of depth to water table in bauxite residue ponds
JF  - Soil Research
JO  - Soil Res.
Y1  - 1979
VL  - 17
IS  - 2
SP  - 263
EP  - 269
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/SR9790263 
N2  - 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. 
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