Documentation of revisions to the regional aquifer system analysis model of the New Jersey coastal plain

Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4268
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The model, which simulates flow in the New Jersey Coastal Plain sediments, developed for the U.S. Geological Survey Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) program was revised. The RASA model was revised with (1) a rediscretization of the model parameters with a finer cell size, (2) a spatially variable recharge rate that is based on rates determined by recent studies and, (3) ground-water withdrawal data from 1981 to 1998. The RASA model framework, which subdivided the Coastal Plain sediments into 10 aquifers and 9 confining units, was preserved in the revised model. A transient model that simulates flow conditions from January 1, 1968 to December 31, 1998, was constructed using 21 stress periods. The model was calibrated by attempting to match the simulated results with (1) estimated base flow for five river basins, (2) measured water levels in long-term hydrographs for 28 selected observation wells, and (3) potentiometric surfaces in the model area for 1978, 1983, 1998, 1993, and 1998 conditions. The estimated and simulated base flow in the five river basins compare well. In general, the simulated water levels matched the interpreted potentiometric surfaces and the measured water levels of the hydrographs within 25 feet.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Documentation of revisions to the regional aquifer system analysis model of the New Jersey coastal plain
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 2003-4268
DOI 10.3133/wri034268
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Year Published 2004
Language ENGLISH
Description 58 p. and 1 plate
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