Ecological Health Report (2nd Annual) 2022 | Page 20

Water cycle summary for the annual period between July 2021 and August 2022 . ( Top ) Calculated water budget for Kiawah Island using groundwater levels , throughfall rain accumulation , and potential evapotranspiration ( Kassabian et al ., 2015 ). ( Center ) Percent area covered by drought conditions in Charleston County from NOAA ’ s National Integrate Drought Information System . Yellow denotes abnormal drought conditions and orange denotes moderate drought conditions . ( Bottom ) Weekly totals for accumulated rainfall from the Timber ’ s Weather Station generally showing the respective growing seasons and markers for the beginning and end of moderate drought conditions .
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