A Groundwater Flow Model for the Great Bend Aquifer, South-central Kansas
Author: Patrick M. Cobb
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 269
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The unconsolidated Quaternary aquifer which underlies the Great Bend Prairie in south-central Kansas has undergone a significant increase in irrigation development during the past several decades. In 1974, about 1,160 irrigation wells withdrew roughly 270,000 acre-feet of groundwater from the unconfined aquifer. Optimal allocation of irrigation withdrawals over the long term will require a fundamental understanding of the dynamics of the groundwater aquifer. With this goal in mind, the Geohydrology Section of the Kansas Geological Survey contracted with the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey to simulate flow in the aquifer using finite difference algorithms developed from continuity principles"--Summary