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Andy Baker, Professor, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney

How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground

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You would have learned about the “water cycle” in primary school – water’s journey, from evaporation to rainfall to flowing in a stream or sinking into the ground to become groundwater.

Despite how simple it sounds, there are actually some large unknowns in the cycle – especially concerning groundwater.

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