Mathematical model of the Tesuque aquifer system near Pojoaque, New Mexico

Hearne, Glenn A.

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“…Storage changes for the Española alluvial basin were estimated for an area of approximately 386 mi 2 (16 percent of the basin). Changes in storage were based on specific yield estimates of 0.1 to 0.2 (Hearne, 1985;McAda and Wasiolek, 1988;Frenzel, 1995). Smaller specific yield values contributed to more subdued changes, and larger specific yield values contributed to larger changes in storage.…”

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Hydrogeologic framework and groundwater characterization in selected alluvial basins in the upper Rio Grande basin, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, United States, and Chihuahua, Mexico, 1980 to 2015

Houston¹,

Thomas²,

Foster³

et al. 2021

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Increasing demand for the limited water resources of the United States continues to put pressure on resource management agencies to balance the competing needs of ecosystem health with municipal, agricultural, and other uses. To meet these needs, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a multiyear study to evaluate water resources in the upper Rio Grande Basin in the southwestern United States. The upper Rio Grande Basin extends from south-central Colorado, through New Mexico, into west Texas near Fort Quitman, including parts of Chihuahua, Mexico. The upper Rio Grande Basin consists of a sequence of alluvial basins that formed in the Rio Grande rift approximately 30 million years ago.This report describes the hydrogeology of the upper Rio Grande Basin and how the groundwater resources in the basin have changed from 1980 to 2015. The hydrogeologic framework includes the horizontal delineation of the alluvial basins within the upper Rio Grande Basin from the headwaters in Colorado to Fort Quitman, Texas, including part of Mexico. Groundwater-level measurements from existing State and Federal data were used to construct groundwater-level altitude and groundwater-level change maps.Of the 2,699 wells with groundwater-level data used in this study, 1,055 wells had data for only a single 5-year period, 703 wells had data for 50 percent or more of the 35 years of the study, and only 57 wells have 5-year groundwater-level data for the entire study period. The median decline in water levels in the upper Rio Grande Basin was 0.13 foot (ft) per 5-year period, and declines were measured in 53 percent of the 703 wells that contained data for 50 percent or more of the study period. Rates of groundwater-level decline greater than 1 ft per 5-year period were measured in 17 percent of the wells, greater than 2 ft per 5-year period, in 3 percent of the wells, and greater than 3 ft per 5-year period, in 1 percent of the wells. Overall, groundwater levels rose in 6 percent of the 703 wells that contained data for 50 percent or more of the study period, and in 4 percent of the wells, groundwater levels rose by 1 ft or more per 5-year period.

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Hydrogeologic framework and groundwater characterization in selected alluvial basins in the upper Rio Grande basin, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, United States, and Chihuahua, Mexico, 1980 to 2015

Houston¹,

Thomas²,

Foster³

et al. 2021

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Hydrologic activities of the U.S. Geological Survey related to Indian water rights

Gilbert¹,

Buchanan²

1986

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Conversion and comparison of the mathematical, three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground-water flow model to the modular, three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground-water flow model for the Tesuque aquifer system in northern New Mexico

Umari¹,

Szeliga²

1989

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The mathematical, three-dimensional, finite-difference, groundwater flow model of the Tesuque aquifer system in northern New Mexico was converted to run using the U.S. Geological Survey's modular groundwater flow code. Results from the final versions of the predevelopment and 1947 to 2080 transient simulations of the two models are compared. A correlation coefficient of 0.9905 was obtained for the match in block-by-block constanthead fluxes and 0.9845 was obtained for the match in block-by-block headdependent fluxes for predevelopment conditions. There are, however, significant differences in at least two specific cases. In the first case, a difference is associated with the net loss from the Pojoaque River and its tributaries to the aquifer. The net loss by the river is given as 1.134 cubic feet per second using the original groundwater model, which is 38.1 percent less than the net loss by the river of 1.8319 cubic feet per second computed by the new model in this study. In the second case, the large difference is computed for the transient decline in the hydraulic head of a model block near Tesuque Pueblo. The hydraulic-head decline by 2080 is, using the original model, 249 feet, which is 14.7 percent less than the hydraulic head of 292 feet computed by this study. In general, the differences between the two sets of results are not large enough to lead to different.conclusions regarding the behavior of the system at steady state or when pumped.

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Mathematical model of the Tesuque aquifer system near Pojoaque, New Mexico

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Hydrogeologic framework and groundwater characterization in selected alluvial basins in the upper Rio Grande basin, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, United States, and Chihuahua, Mexico, 1980 to 2015

Hydrogeologic framework and groundwater characterization in selected alluvial basins in the upper Rio Grande basin, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, United States, and Chihuahua, Mexico, 1980 to 2015

Hydrologic activities of the U.S. Geological Survey related to Indian water rights

Conversion and comparison of the mathematical, three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground-water flow model to the modular, three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground-water flow model for the Tesuque aquifer system in northern New Mexico

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