Digital-model simulation of the glacial-outwash aquifer, Otter Creek-Dry Creek basin, Cortland County, New York
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Abstract
The city of Cortland, New York, and surrounding areas obtain water from the highly productive glacial-outwash aquifer underlying the Otter Creek-Dry Creek basin. Pumpage from the aquifer in 1976 was approximately 6.3 million gallons per day and is expected to increase as a result of population growth and urbanization. A digital ground-water model that uses a finite-difference approximation technique to solve partial differential equations of flow through a porous medium was used to simulate the movement of water within the aquifer. The model was calibrated to equilibrium conditions by comparing water levels measured in the aquifer in March 1976 with those computed by the model. Then, from the simulated water-level surface for March, a transient-condition run was made to simulate the surface as measured in September 1976. Computed water levels presented as contours are generally in close agreement with potentiometric-surface maps prepared from field measurements of March and September 1976.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Digital-model simulation of the glacial-outwash aquifer, Otter Creek-Dry Creek basin, Cortland County, New York |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 78-71 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri7871 |
| Year Published | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | vi, 34 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Cortland County |
| Other Geospatial | Otter Creek-Dry Creek basin |
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