A Conceptual Model of Ground-Water Flow in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer at the Idaho National Laboratory and Vicinity with Implications for Contaminant Transport

Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5122

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5122

Table 4. Summary of conceptual model boundary characteristics and estimated 1980 inflows and outflows, Idaho National Laboratory and vicinity, Idaho.

[Abbreviations: ft³/s, cubic foot per second]

Boundary	Boundary characteristics			Estimated 1980 flow (ft³/s)
Boundary	Type	Spatial	Temporal	Estimated 1980 flow (ft³/s)
Physical Boundaries
Water-table boundary
Precipitation recharge	Inflow	Uniform	Constant	70
Streamflow-infiltration recharge	Inflow	Nonuniform	Variable	95
Ground-water withdrawals	Outflow	Nonuniform	Variable	45
Industrial wastewater return	Inflow	Nonuniform	Variable	6
Irrigation infiltration	Inflow	Nonuniform	Variable	24
Change in storage	Inflow	Uniform	Variable	80
Base of the aquifer	Noflow	Uniform	Constant	44
Northwest mountain-front boundary	Inflow	Nonuniform	Constant	695
Artificial boundaries
Northeast boundary	Inflow	Nonuniform	Constant	1,225
Southeast-flowline boundary	Noflow	Uniform	Constant	0
Southwest boundary	Outflow	Nonuniform	Variable	2,037

Back to Table of Contents

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Persistent URL: https://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir20065122
Page Contact Information: Publications Team
Page Last Modified: Thursday, 01-Dec-2016 19:10:49 EST