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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Data Series 340

Update to the Ground-Water Withdrawals Database for the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water Flow System, Nevada and California, 1913–2003

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office, under Interagency Agreement, DE-AI52-07NA28100, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Nye County

By Michael T. Moreo and Leigh Justet

The information and database in this report is an update to the previously published report "Estimated ground-water withdrawals from the Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California, 1913-98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4245, and can be accessed at https://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wrir034245/. Subsequent updates to the database associated with this report can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.5066/F75H7FH3

Table of Contents

Conversion Factors and Datums

Abstract

Introduction

Methods for Database Update

Discussion of Database Update

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendix A. Ground-Water Withdrawal Data For The Death Valley Regional Ground-Water Flow System, 1913–2003

Figures

Figure 1. Boundaries of Death Valley regional ground-water flow system model, Nevada Test Site, and hydrographic areas, Nevada and California.

Figure 2. Total ground-water withdrawals by water-use class in the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system model area, Nevada and California, 1913–2003.

Figure 3. Ground-water withdrawals for significant water-use classes for selected hydrographic areas and Nevada Test Site, Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California, 1994–2003.

Tables

Table 1. Estimated application rates for high-water-use crops by hydrographic area from the original database and revised application rates developed for the updated database, Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California.

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