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"@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "WebPage", "additionalType": "Project", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center/science/hydrology-and-potential-groundwater-storage-alluvial", "headline": "Hydrology of and potential for groundwater storage in the alluvial aquifer in the Wet Mountain Valley, Colorado", "datePublished": "January 14, 2021", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Connor Patrick Newman", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/connor-patrick-newman", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "propertyID": "orcid", "value": "0000-0002-6978-3440" } } ], "description": [ { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "Hydrologic analysis of the alluvial aquifer in the Wet Mountain Valley has been undertaken using synoptic streamflow and groundwater-level elevation measurements, aquifer tests, water-quality sampling and data analysis, and numerical groundwater-flow modeling. These datasets together provide an encompassing view of the interconnected water resources in the area and allow for quantitative assessments of groundwater storage." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The valley is situated between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the west and the Wet Mountains to the east. Streams sourced in the mountains flow into the valley and recharge the alluvial aquifer. Humans interact with the aquifer by extraction of groundwater through wells and by enhanced evapotranspiration caused by agriculture." }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The goals of this study are to:" }, { "@type": "TextObject", "text": "The alluvial aquifer in the Wet Mountain Valley in Custer and Fremont Counties, Colorado, is the subject of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District to evaluate groundwater hydrology and groundwater-surface-water interactions." } ], "funder": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Colorado Water Science Center", "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/colorado-water-science-center" }, "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Hydraulics" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Energy" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Environmental Health" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Groundwater-flow modeling" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Science Technology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Geology" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "groundwater/surface-water interactions" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "groundwater age and residence" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Information Systems" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Surface Water" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Water Availability" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Modeling" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Methods and Analysis" }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Groundwater" } ]
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