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Presentation Of Water Budget For Spring & Nittany Creeks On March 20 In Centre
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The ClearWater Conservancy in Centre County is hosting a special presentation on the water budget for Spring and Nittany Creeks on March 20 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Patton Township Municipal Building in State College.
The Spring Creek basin has experienced rapid growth and development resulting in land-use change and increased water use. These landscape changes influence (1) the quantity and quality of runoff and groundwater, (2) surface-water and groundwater interactions, and (3) aquatic resources in the basin.
The USGS partnered with ClearWater Conservancy and the Department of Environmental Protection to develop a coupled-regions computer model of the groundwater and surface-water system. To assist water management agencies in assessing the effects on surface-water and groundwater resources, the coupled Groundwater and Surface-water flow model (GSFLOW) was used.
The model is a product of the integration of the USGS Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) and the USGS Modular Groundwater Flow Model (MODFLOW). The objectives of this effort are to (1) establish a water balance for the Spring Creek basin using GSFLOW for calendar years 2000-2007 and (2) quantify recharge capacities for regions within the basin.
The presentation will offer an update on the status of the project and the results of the modeling effort.
For more information, contact Nick Schipanski, Water Resources Coordinator, by sending email to: nick@clearwaterconservancy.org.
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3/19/2012 |
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