Jury et al. 1991. Soil physics, 5 th ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Conceptual Model of Water Conceptual Model of Water Dynamics Dynamics
Monitoring Network Monitoring Network • 7 transects over ~ 50 • 7 transects over ~ 50 miles miles • ~ 175 monitoring • ~ 175 monitoring wells wells • 25 surface • 25 surface- -water water- -level level gauges gauges • ~ 70 transducers • ~ 70 transducers taking hourly water taking hourly water level readings level readings
Monitoring Transect Cross Section Monitoring Transect Cross Section Rio Grande Socorro Main Canal LFCC
Groundwater Levels Rise in Winter SRD LFCC Rio Grande Cross Sectional Time series data at Highway 380 (San Antonio) 4548.00 Rio Grande 4546.00 4544.00 Groundwater Wells 4542.00 4540.00 4538.00 LFCC 4536.00 10/01/01 11/20/01 01/ 09/ 02 02/28/02 04/19/ 02 06/08/02 Da t e
Groundwater Levels Rise in Winter LFCC Rio Grande Cross Sectional Time series data at San Marcial 4477.00 Rio Grande Elevation of water table (feet amsl) 4472.00 Groundwater Wells 4467.00 LFCC 4462.00 4457.00 10/01/01 11/20/01 01/09/02 02/28/02 04/19/02 06/08/02 Date
San Acacia Transect Hydrograph for San Acacia Transect Hydrograph for the September 2003 Flood Event the September 2003 Flood Event 4653 River Stage 4652.5 4652 W ater Elevation (ft) 4651.5 Closest Wells 4651 4650.5 Intermediate Well 4650 4649.5 Furthest Wells 4649 9/1/03 9/6/03 9/11/03 9/16/03 9/21/03 9/26/03 Date
Highway 380 Transect: September 2003 Highway 380 Transect: September 2003 Calculated Vertical Gradients Calculated Vertical Gradients River Stage B/C Well Gradient DOWNWARD FLOW UPWARD FLOW A/C Well Gradient A/B Well Gradient
400 ft Legend Stratigraphy 20 ft No Sample Fine to Coarse Sand, Coarse Sand Clay, Sandy Clay Sand and Gravel, Gravel Silt, Silt & Fine Sand Clayey Gravel Fine Sand Santa Fe Group Bedrock Fine to Medium Sand, Medium Sand Water Surface Rio Grande East West 4560 LFCC HWY-W06 HWY-E01HWY-E02 HWY-W07 HWY-W04 HWY-E03 HWY-W02 HWY-W03 4540 L a ye r 1 L a ye r 2 4520 Va lle y a lluvium 4500 L a ye r 3 4480 4460 Sa nta F e F or ma tion
Aquifer Testing Aquifer Testing
Legend Aquife r T e st Instrume nta tion Well 0-20 feet 0.5 mile s no rth o f Hig hway 380 in San Anto nio Well 40-50 feet Well 80-90 feet Staff gage 10 Extraction well So c o rro Rive rside Drain 07 09 L F CC Rio Grande Rio Gra nde CC F L Cla y L a ye r
Legend T ime -drawdo wn o f ne ste d we ll W07A,B,C r o f W07 = 15 fe e t Well 0-20 feet L F CC Rio Gra nde Well 40-50 feet Cla y L a ye r Well 80-90 feet 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 Drawdown (ft) 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10000 Elapsed Time (min)
Basalt formations that compose the Eastern Snake River Aquifer, Idaho
Discharge of the Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer from basalt cliffs above the Snake River gorge
Karstic limestone along the Yangtse River in the Three Gorges region, China
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