How to Meter Agricultural Pumping at Numerous Small-Scale Wells?—An Indirect Monitoring Method Using Electric Energy as Proxy

The large number of users and the small scale of wells greatly complicate monitoring of groundwater abstraction in areas of intensive pumping by numerous smallholders such as in the North China Plain. This paper presents a study in a typical county in the North China Plain. It discusses the applicat...

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Main Authors: Lu Wang, Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Huaixian Yao, Jakob Steiner, Haijing Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/9/2477