From mountains to cities: a novel isotope hydrological assessment of a tropical water distribution system.

Water use by anthropogenic activities in the face of climate change invokes a better understanding of headwater sources and lowland urban water allocations. Here, we constrained a Bayesian mixing model with stable isotope data (2018-2019) in rainfall ( = 704), spring water ( = 96), and surface water ( = 94) with seasonal isotope sampling (wet and dry seasons) of an urban aqueduct ( = 215) in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. Low O rainfall compositions corresponded to the western boundary of the study area, whereas high values were reported to the northeastern limit, reflecting the influence of moisture transport from the Caribbean domain coupled with strong orographic effects over the Pacific slope.

Isotopic composition in precipitation and groundwater in the northern mountainous region of the Central Valley of Costa Rica.

The linkage between precipitation and recharge is still poorly understood in the Central America region. This study focuses on stable isotopic composition in precipitation and groundwater in the northern mountainous region of the Central Valley of Costa Rica. During the dry season, rainfall samples corresponded to enriched events with high deuterium excess.