This fantastic resource, known as NoCKHD for short, is a simple-to-use online database and catalogue of water-tracing experiments performed across our region.
Many clubs and individuals over the decades have performed experiments across our region to map the underground routes of water. Techniques have ranged from advanced to relatively simple, and results have been reported in scientific papers, club journals or even just personal notes. Dr Phil Murphy, with help from Graham Proudlove and Tom Calpin, have established this online resource to catalogue these results, and have scoured decades of club journals to help populate the database with over 500 entries. These are easily searchable by area, detection method, tracer, injection or detection point. There is also a really useful area map showing directions of water flow across our region.
This is an invaluable resource for any diggers or researchers, but also quite a fun and interesting tool to browse for any caver interested in where water goes.
Most importantly, if you know of any historic tracing experiments which are not in the database, or if you are performing any water tracing work in the future, you are strongly encouraged to enter the results onto the site, where they can be easily seen by others.
The CNCC is proud to provide webhosting for this amazing resource.
Go to the Hydrology Database website
