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Weaber Plain Hydrogeology: Preliminary Results, Richard J. George Dr, John Andrew Simons, Paul Raper, Robert J. Paul, D L. Bennett, Rosemary H. Smith Jun 2011

Weaber Plain Hydrogeology: Preliminary Results, Richard J. George Dr, John Andrew Simons, Paul Raper, Robert J. Paul, D L. Bennett, Rosemary H. Smith

Resource management technical reports

In 2008, the Ord Irrigation Expansion Project was approved by the Western Australian Government to develop irrigated agriculture on the Weaber Plain. Construction of the M2 supply channel connecting the ORIA and Weaber Plain, and the final period of irrigation design, environmental management and related approval processes commenced later in 2009. This process followed a protracted period of public and private industry planning and environmental assessment (Kinhill 2000). As a part of the environmental planning and approvals process, the WA Government was required to prepare a groundwater management plan and a hydrodynamic plan. These plans were to address potential issues …


Comment On ‘‘An Unconfined Groundwater Model Of The Death Valley Regional Flow System And A Comparison To Its Confined Predecessor’’ By R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll And R.L. Hershey [Journal Of Hydrology 373/3–4, Pp. 316–328], Claudia C. Faunt, Alden M. Provost, Mary C. Hill, Wayne R. Belcher Jan 2011

Comment On ‘‘An Unconfined Groundwater Model Of The Death Valley Regional Flow System And A Comparison To Its Confined Predecessor’’ By R.W.H. Carroll, G.M. Pohll And R.L. Hershey [Journal Of Hydrology 373/3–4, Pp. 316–328], Claudia C. Faunt, Alden M. Provost, Mary C. Hill, Wayne R. Belcher

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Carroll et al. (2009) state that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS) model, which is based on MODFLOW, is ‘‘conceptually inaccurate in that it models an unconfined aquifer as a confined system and does not simulate unconfined drawdown in transient pumping simulations.’’ Carroll et al. (2009) claim that ‘‘more realistic estimates of water availability’’ can be produced by a SURFACT-based model of the DVRFS that simulates unconfined groundwater flow and limits withdrawals from wells to avoid excessive drawdown. Differences in results from the original MODFLOW- based model and the SURFACT-based model stem primarily from …