ENRTF ID: 103-B

Project Title: Timing is everything: When is Groundwater in MN Recharged?

Category: B. Water Resources

Summary: The goal of this project is to collect robust field data that allow us to determine when groundwater in Minnesota is recharged and quantify the amount of recharge.

Total Project Budget: $ 520,164
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2024 (4 yrs)

Name: Salli Dymond
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN -Duluth
Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Address: 217 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Dr.
Duluth MN 55812
Telephone Number: (218) 726-6582
Email sdymond@d.umn.edu

Location: Statewide

Alternate Text for Visual: Groundwater recharge is assumed to happen after snowmelt, yet frozen soils can impede this. Alternatively, recharge may occur in the autumn, when soils are not frozen.