Groundwater Flow Modeling of the Arlington Basin to Evaluate Management Strategies for Expansion of the Arlington Desalter Water Production

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-41

  Manghi, Fakhri ^a   Williams, Dennis ^b   Safely, Jack ^a   Hamdi, Moshrik R ^c  

^a Western Municipal Water District   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCE Support Services Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arlington groundwater Basin; Groundwater desalinization; Groundwater management scenarios; Groundwater numerical modeling; Local water supply development; MODFLOW; Water supply reliability

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER BASINS; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; LOCAL WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT; MODFLOW; WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PUMPS; RELIABILITY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS; ZONING;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; DESALINATION; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; RIVERSIDE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955161527     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9899-6     Document Type: Article

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