USGS hydrologists address groundwater resources assessment tool

The Association of California Water Agencies conference Dec. 1-4 in San Diego included a December 2 presentation by three U.S. Geological Survey hydrologists on a new system to assess groundwater resources in the Central Valley and likely elsewhere in North America.

Claudia Faunt, Randy Hanson, and Steve Phillips collaborated on the presentation “California’s Central Valley Groundwater Study: A New Tool to Assess Water Resources in the Central Valley”. The Central Valley Hydrologic Model helps predict water supply scenarios. “It also provides a tool for local, state, and federal agencies to ad...