Estimated Ground-Water Availability in the Delaware River Basin, 1997-2000
Sloto RA and Buxton DE. 2014. Estimated Ground-Water Availability in the Delaware River Basin, 1997-2000. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report. Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5125. U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, VA
Ground-water availability using a watershed-based approach was estimated for the 147 watersheds that make up the Delaware River Basin. This study, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), supports the DRBC’s Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin. Different procedures were used to estimate ground-water availability for the region underlain by fractured rocks in the upper part of the basin and for surficial aquifers in the region underlain by unconsolidated sediments in the lower part of the basin. The methodology is similar to that used for the Delaware River Basin Commission’s Ground-Water Protected Area in Pennsylvania. For all watersheds, ground-water availability was equated to average annual base flow.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sloto, Ronald; Buxton, Debra
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Units
- DEWA , UPDE
- Keywords
- availability, Delaware Basin, ground-water, Watershed