Digital model of the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer near Casper, Wyoming
Water-Resources Investigations Report
82-4068
By: K. C. Glover
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Abstract
A digital model was used to simulate ground-water flow within the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer, southwest of Casper, Wyoming. Hydrologic data collected during 1977 and 1978 were used to develop the flow model under steady-state and transient conditions. Three scenarios for operating the stream-aquifer system were evaluated with the digital model. The scenarios represent no ground-water pumping, pumping by all existing wells , and pumping by all existing and proposed wells. The model simulations used average values of stream discharge, ground-water pumpage and water use as input parameters. A decrease in the quantitity of ground-water discharge to Bates Creek is predicted to occur through 1988 as a result of pumping. The magnitude and timing of the predicted decrease in ground-water discharge may differ from actual ground-water discharge if hydrologic conditions through 1988 vary significantly from the averaged input values used in the simulations. (USGS)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Digital model of the Bates Creek alluvial aquifer near Casper, Wyoming |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 82-4068 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri824068 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Contributing office(s) | WY-MT Water Science Center |
| Description | v, 50 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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