Water Budget
Staff are presently processing data and writing material for a conceptual water budget. The water budget will quantify the inputs, outputs and flows of water through our watershed region. At the same time, a consulting firm has been hired to develop a three-dimensional groundwater model that will provide an understanding of how groundwater moves in our planning region.
The water budget report will contain the following table of contents:
Table of Contents
3.0 CONCEPTUAL WATER BUDGET
3.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Goals and Anticipated Use of the Water Budget
3.1.2 Definition of Uniform Areas
3.2 Surface Water System
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Background
3.2.3 Climate
3.2.3.1 Precipitation
3.2.3.2 Air Temperature
3.2.3.3 Wind
3.2.3.4 Barometric Pressure
3.2.3.5 Solar Radiation
3.2.3.6 Evaporation and Transpiration
3.2.4 Land Use and Land Cover
3.2.5 Soils
3.2.6 Runoff and Streamflow
3.2.7 Topography and Watercourses
3.2.8 Inland Lakes, Reservoirs and Wetlands
3.2.9 Groundwater Recharge Estimates
3.2.10 Surface Water Characterization
3.3 Groundwater System
3.3.1 Geology
3.3.1.1 Precambrian Basement Rocks
3.3.1.2 Paleozoic Carbonate Rocks
3.3.1.3 Pleistocene Glacial Deposits
3.3.1.4 Holocene Erosion and Deposition
3.3.2 Hydrogeology
3.3.2.1 Bedrock Aquifers
3.3.2.2 Overburden Aquifers
3.3.2.3 Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions
3.4 Water Use
3.4.1 Data Sources
3.4.2 Municipal Water Takings
3.4.3 Agricultural Water Takings
3.4.4 Consumptive Industrial Water Takings
3.4.5 Non-consumptive Industrial Water Takings
3.4.6 Private Domestic Water Takings
3.4.7 Recreational Water Usage
3.5 Conceptualization of the Hydrologic System
3.5.1 Key Components and Processes
3.5.2 Major Data Gaps
3.6 Preliminary Numeric Water Budget Analysis
3.6.1 Water Distribution Calculations for Surface Water Systems
3.6.2 Surface Water Allocation versus Availability
3.6.3 Groundwater Recharge versus Allocation
3.7 Summary and Recommendations for Further Work
3.7.1 Summary
3.7.2 Recommendations for Further Work
3.7.3 Screening Decisions
