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Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5054


Evaluation of Alternative Groundwater-Management Strategies for the Bureau of Reclamation Klamath Project, Oregon and California


Table 2. Calculated quarterly withdrawals by pumping region and year for the base-case groundwater-management analysis, upper Klamath Basin, Oregon and California, 1970–2004. 


[Shading used to emphasize years in which groundwater demand is not met. All withdrawal volumes are in acre-ft. Abbreviations: KLV, Klamath Valley wells; NTL northern Tule Lake wells; STL, southern Tule Lake wells; LKL, Lower Klamath Lake wells; KLR, Klamath River wells; Q3, third quarter; Q4, fourth quarter]

Pumping region and water-year quarter Water year
1970 1973 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1986 1987 1988 1989
KLV, Q3 3,777 8,917 0 10,078 9,654 1,197 4,981 6,866 9,903 9,422 0
Q4 3,744 8,940 741 8,341 8,960 1,686 5,676 7,950 9,135 9,413 0
NTL, Q3 4,648 5,235 12 8,602 4,714 1,510 3,212 3,397 5,256 4,361 278
Q4 4,950 5,847 797 5,139 4,261 1,646 2,974 5,944 3,889 4,322 1,427
STL, Q3 5,371 4,850 2,082 13,543 8,995 3,714 12,290 6,510 10,304 14,470 705
Q4 5,488 7,916 2,471 8,099 9,659 3,572 9,494 5,082 10,915 11,469 3,639
LKL, Q3 527 1,610 0 1,591 353 620 1,260 0 1,642 1,670 0
Q4 1,105 1,217 0 1,250 124 0 1,134 200 1,261 1,314 0
KLR, Q3 0 417 0 799 0 0 820 0 843 815 0
Q4 0 0 0 708 801 0 736 0 737 0 0
     Total 29,610 44,949 6,103 58,150 47,521 13,945 42,577 35,948 53,885 57,256 6,049
     Demand 29,610 44,949 6,103 69,198 47,521 13,945 42,577 35,948 68,945 69,162 6,049
Pumping region and water-year quarter Water year
1990 1991 1992 1994 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
KLV, Q3 10,127 10,276 5,152 4,850 1,311 5,676 278 8,738 8,576 1,242 4,444
Q4 8,954 9,290 9,062 5,388 1,387 3,934 1,036 7,330 8,325 472 5,074
NTL, Q3 7,564 4,668 4,756 4,993 0 343 9 7,515 5,332 5,409 1,967
Q4 5,328 4,201 4,259 3,860 0 2,405 1,700 3,629 6,110 5,203 3,438
STL, Q3 15,024 15,529 13,672 11,917 0 0 1,955 13,775 9,081 10,351 13,288
Q4 10,894 12,341 12,892 10,803 0 1,050 5,273 9,394 10,737 8,125 13,263
LKL, Q3 1,614 1,161 0 1,243 0 0 0 1,590 1,747 1,730 1,338
Q4 124 167 0 1,108 0 0 0 1,235 148 0 0
KLR, Q3 829 0 0 813 0 754 0 0 0 887 0
Q4 0 0 0 716 0 0 0 0 0 809 0
     Total 60,458 57,633 49,793 45,691 2,698 14,162 10,250 53,206 50,056 34,228 42,812
     Demand 92,415 102,466 69,198 83,686 2,698 14,162 10,250 66,463 50,056 34,228 42,812

First posted April 23, 2014

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