Thesis
The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie groundwater flow model: a tool to update the flow and head boundary package
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103654
Abstract
The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie (SVRP) aquifer is a sole source aquifer. It spans over the State of Idaho and the State of Washington. The two states, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), developed a model to properly manage this groundwater resource and mitigate interstate dispute, if there was any. The model was designed to simulate conditions between September 1990 and September 2005. The resulting model needs to be updated to properly simulate conditions beyond 2005. This paper presents a tool to update one of the packages, the flow and head boundary (FHB) package. The tool more accurately predicts the FHB values by using more accurate approximation of mean annual precipitation in the tributary basins. This improvement caused flow regime to be somewhat different in a localized area in the Northern Rathdrum Prairie. Recalibration of the model with new FHB approximation, however, minimized the localized variation in the flow regime.
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- Title
- The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie groundwater flow model
- Creators
- Towsif Ahammad Bhuiyan
- Contributors
- Akram Hossain (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525121101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis