Abstract
Over exploitation of Ground Water (GW) has resulted in lowering of water table in the Jedeb watershed. In this study, water storage changes with GRACE satellite data and total annual precipitation with CHIRPS data in the Google Earth Engine system were investigated for the Jedeb watershed during 2003–2017. The groundwater recharge is estimated from a time series of groundwater storage using the water table fluctuation method. According to the results obtained from the GRACE satellite data on the fluctuations of annual water storage between 2003 and 2017, it was found that the biggest annual increase in water levels (15 cm) occurred in 2008, 2013, and 2015, and the biggest annual decrease (12.5 cm) occurred in 2012. The obtained net recharge rate varied from 18 to 25 cm/year for a 14-year period, and the average was 21 cm/year. This study indicates that the GRACE-based estimation of groundwater storage changes is skilled enough to provide monthly updates on the trend of groundwater storage changes for resource managers and policymakers in the Jedeb watershed.
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