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The City of Twin Falls, Idaho, located in south central Idaho along the south side of the Snake River, is rapidly outgrowing its current municipal water supply. The city is experiencing the greatest growth of any city in Idaho, with an estimated annual growth rate of 2.5 percent. Water supply and water quality are of great concern to the city water department and city planners. To plan for future needs, the City of Twin Falls contracted with the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute of the University of Idaho to design and implement a numerical ground-water flow model. The model is intended to represent the current hydrological conditions of the city and to be used as a planning tool to assist in predicting the impact of projected growth and changes in local water use. The study was done in two phases. Phase 1 was the design, implementation, calibration and verification of a steady state numerical ground-water flow model for the Twin Falls area (Cosgrove et al., 1997). Phase 2 included conversion of the numerical model to a transient model to be used for growth projections and future planning. This report covers the work done in Phase 2.

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Title:
Development of a transient ground-water model for the Twin Falls area, Idaho. Research technical completion report
Authors:
Cosgrove, Donna M.; Johnson, Gary S.; Brockway, Charles E.; Robison, Clarence W.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1998-06
Description:
The City of Twin Falls, Idaho, located in south central Idaho along the south side of the Snake River, is rapidly outgrowing its current municipal water supply. The city is experiencing the greatest growth of any city in Idaho, with an estimated annual growth rate of 2.5 percent. Water supply and water quality are of great concern to the city water department and city planners. To plan for future needs, the City of Twin Falls contracted with the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute of the University of Idaho to design and implement a numerical ground-water flow model. The model is intended to represent the current hydrological conditions of the city and to be used as a planning tool to assist in predicting the impact of projected growth and changes in local water use. The study was done in two phases. Phase 1 was the design, implementation, calibration and verification of a steady state numerical ground-water flow model for the Twin Falls area (Cosgrove et al., 1997). Phase 2 included conversion of the numerical model to a transient model to be used for growth projections and future planning. This report covers the work done in Phase 2.
Subjects:
Water budget Municipal water Pumping Groundwater availability Computer models Computer simulation
Location:
Twin Falls; Snake River Basin; Southern Idaho
Latitude:
42.56
Longitude:
-114.46
Collection:
Boise Basin
IWRRI number:
199802
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT
Date Digitized:
2017-09-26

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"Development of a transient ground-water model for the Twin Falls area, Idaho. Research technical completion report", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-199802.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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