How does a peat bog affect groundwater recharge ?
Peat bogs occur in depressions where the water table 2 meets the land surface. Sometimes the peat bog begins as a small pond or lake that gradually fills with humus. Wherever the water table comes close to the land surface, water draining from the surface of the landscape quickly enters the groundwater 1. This process replenishes the groundwater, but it can also lower groundwater quality if contaminants are dissolved in the runoff 2.
