| Abstract: | The Salinas Valley ground-water basin is in central coastal California. The ground-water basin extends from Monterey Bay southeastward along the Salinas River to San Ardo, a distance of about 70 miles, and has a maximum thickness of about 2,000 feet. Annual recharge to the ground-water basin, which is derived mostly from the Salinas River, is about 290,000 acre-feet. Annual discharge, which is mostly from pumpage but also includes the consumptive use of ground water by riparian vegetation along the Salinas River, is about 507,000 acre-feet. About 45 percent of the pumpage, or about 217,000 acre-feet of water annually, returns to the ground-water system. A system of interacting hydrologic models was developed for the Salinas Valley. These models include the small-stream model, river model, two-dimensional ground-water model, and three-dimensional ground-water model. The small-stream model simulates ground-water recharge from small streams that are tributary to the Salinas River. The river model simulates ground-water recharge from the surface-water discharge in the Salinas River. The two-dimensional and three-dimensional ground-water models simulate hydraulic head in the ground-water basin. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 26896 |
| Citation Author: | Durbin, T. J.; Kapple, G. W.; Freckleton, J. R. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | xi, 134 p. :ill., maps (some fold. in pocket) ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 78-113 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Two-dimensional and three-dimensional digital flow models of the Salinas Valley ground-water basin, California; 1978; WRI; 78-113; Durbin, T. J.; Kapple, G. W.; Freckleton, J. R. |
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| Text: | Two-dimensional and three-dimensional digital flow models of the Salinas Valley ground-water basin, California; 1978; WRI; 78-113; Durbin, T. J.; Kapple, G. W.; Freckleton, J. R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, |
