Water budgets for selected watersheds in the Delaware River Basin, eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey
Sloto RA and Buxton DE. 2005. Water budgets for selected watersheds in the Delaware River Basin, eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report. Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5113. U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, Virginia
This pilot study, done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission, developed annual water budgets using available data for five watersheds in the Delaware River Basin with different degrees of urbanization and different geological settings. A basin water budget and a water-use budget were developed for each watershed. The basin water budget describes inputs to the watershed (precipitation and imported water), outputs of water from the watershed (streamflow, exported water, leakage, consumed water, and evapotranspiration), and changes in ground-water and surface-water storage. The water-use budget describes water withdrawals in the watershed (ground-water and surface-water withdrawals), discharges of water in the watershed (discharge to surface water and ground water), and movement of water of water into and out of the watershed (imports, exports, and consumed water). The water-budget equations developed for this study can be applied to any watershed in the Delaware River Basin.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sloto, Ronald; Buxton, Debra
- Date of Issue
- 2005
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Units
- DEWA , UPDE , VAFO
- Keywords
- river basin, Water Budget, Watershed