Listings of values for the simulation of the regional geohydrology of the Tesuque aquifer system near Santa Fe, New Mexico

Use of environmental tracers to estimate parameters for a predevelopment-ground-water-flow model of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico

“…McAda and Barroll (2002) used a lower value of external recharge of 67,500 acre-feet per year, based partially on data from Anderholm (2001). The current model has 200 ground-water ages to constrain fluxes from external boundaries, and in so doing suggests some of the earlier inflow estimates from adjacent basins (Frenzel and Lyford, 1982;McAda and Wasiolek, 1988;Frenzel, 1995;Hawley and Grant, 1997) may have been too high. In addition, the rainfall-runoff methods used to estimate recharge in the earlier models do not account for runoff that enters the Rio Grande, or evapotranspiration of runoff once it enters the subsurface.…”

Simulation of the effects of ground-water withdrawal from a well field adjacent to the Rio Grande, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

“…The digital three-dimensional ground-water flow model developed for the Santa Fe area by McAda and Wasiolek (1988) was used to demonstrate the use of a basinwide model to evaluate the effects of ground-water withdrawal from wells on flow in nearby rivers. Model simulations of ground-water withdrawal from the Buckman well field were made in order to estimate the magnitude of effects of withdrawal on flow in the Rio Grande, Pojoaque River, and Rio Tesuque.…”

“…As noted earlier in this report, the scope of this study was limited to the use of an existing ground-water flow model developed for the Santa Fe area (McAda and Wasiolek, 1988). The Santa Fe area model is a regional model of the Tesuque aquifer system and was not developed specifically for estimating the effects of ground-water withdrawal from the Buckman well field on streamflow.…”

“…The three simulations of the first series of scenarios were for well 1 pumping (scenario A), well 2 pumping (scenario B), and wells 3, 4, 5, and 6 pumping (scenario C). The initial conditions for each of these simulations were the same"as those obtained from the calibrated steady-state Santa Fe area model (McAda and Wasiolek, 1988).…”

“…The Buckman well basinwide ground-water flow model water withdrawal from wells on field was selected for this study because of its proximity to major rivers, thej existence of a basinwide model that can simulate the interaction between the aquifer and the major rivers, and the availability of detailed pumping records for the well field. The model used in this report was developed for the Santa Fe area of the Espanola Basin by McAda and Wasiolek (1988). i…”