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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 8. Calculated quarterly withdrawals by pumping region and year based on analysis of additional pumping capacity, 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, upper Klamath Basin, Oregon and California, 1970–2004]

Pumping region and water-year quarter Water year
1970 1973 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1986 1987 1988 1989
KLV, Q3 11,054 21,219 700 22,626 19,670 2,787 8,120 10,047 13,454 14,260 0
Q4 15,762 13,059 818 18,403 6,482 2,336 22,203 11,470 23,919 22,287 1,199
NTL, Q3 391 1,839 0 2,635 1,231 0 917 915 3,681 3,357 269
Q4 739 315 399 1,593 1,390 0 777 1,283 2,656 2,975 610
STL, Q3 0 3,695 554 11,856 10,606 4,731 6,614 9,285 10,184 14,210 0
Q4 0 3,255 3,632 8,304 6,856 3,630 0 2,948 10,691 11,415 3,971
LKL, Q3 560 355 0 1,233 0 461 1,260 0 1,642 360 0
Q4 1,102 1,182 0 1,109 1,286 0 1,133 0 1,142 125 0
KLR, Q3 0 30 0 799 0 0 820 0 842 173 0
Q4 0 0 0 640 0 0 734 0 734 0 0
     Total 29,610 44,949 6,103 69,198 47,521 13,945 42,577 35,948 68,945 69,162 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 25,409 26,353 15,331 7,442 0 703 728 11,754 4,036 2,795 12,774
Q4 17,586 15,544 14,224 15,367 0 848 2,362 9,841 14,516 11,479 5,062
NTL, Q3 7,666 4,683 5,512 5,325 1,025 2,598 227 7,948 5,544 8,258 3,438
Q4 4,333 4,549 4,449 3,784 1,673 3,137 1,718 4,645 3,201 5,681 4,170
STL, Q3 15,207 15,665 13,081 11,417 0 356 0 14,449 16,075 1,518 8,530
Q4 10,570 6,359 9,650 10,571 0 5,727 5,215 8,955 5,615 0 8,594
LKL, Q3 1,612 1,350 0 1,245 0 0 0 1,591 374 1,327 0
Q4 1,259 1,370 0 1,110 0 0 0 1,231 149 1,480 244
KLR, Q3 310 0 0 815 0 793 0 0 546 887 0
Q4 0 0 0 717 0 0 0 0 0 802 0
     Total 83,952 75,873 62,247 57,793 2,698 14,162 10,250 60,414 50,056 34,227 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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