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In 1992, the EPA Section 319 National Monitoring Program (NMP) provided funding for the establishment of two demonstration fields within the Idaho Snake River Plain Water Quality Demonstration Project area in southern Minidoka County. A...
1999-12-01
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The objective of this paper is to evaluate the application of aquatic habitat variables to water quality objectives under the authority of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The project is limited to freshwater, lotic aquatic habitats in the Pacific...
1999-07-01
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The water resources of the eastern Snake River Plain are often at the forefront of water issues in Idaho. The Snake River Plain aquifer, underlying the eastern Snake River Plain, is hosted in layered basalts and interbedded sediments and is an...
1999-05-01
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The ground-water flow model of the Snake River Plain aquifer developed and used by the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and University of Idaho has been modified and calibrated several times since its creation in the 1970s. This report...
1999-06-01
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Conjunctive management of surface and ground water is complicated by two basic physical phenomena: (1) effects of ground-water stress (pumping or recharge) propagate in all directions (assuming the aquifer is continuous in all directions), and (2)...
1999-05-01
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The Snake River Basin, located in Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah, is experiencing increasing demands on a finite amount of water. The complexity of water allocation is magnified by the size of the basin and the varied types of interests...
1999-03-01
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In the 1980's, growing concern over the declining ground-water levels in the Mud Lake area prompted development of a ground-water flow model by the U.S. Geological Survey (Spinazola, 1994a). The model was applied to estimate the long-term change...
1995-01-01
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Climatic information is essential to every citizen of Idaho. Whether these citizens are farmers or recreationalists, researchers or corporate executives, engineers or planners, climate plays a key role in planning and every day study. This...
1995-12-04
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Environmental Management*Power is: An Environmental Stewardship 4-H curriculum that uses a process-oriented approach to empower youth to take action on local waste management issues. Purpose: EM*Power provides youth (grades 6-9) with hands-on...
1995-12-04
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This scenario, Sources of Drawdown Beneath the A&B Irrigation District (also known as the A&B Scenario), is one of the many Snake River Plain aquifer model scenarios being developed to provide technical information that will be useful in...
1995-05-01
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In 1994, the University of Idaho conducted a third year of research on the water quality-limited section of the middle Snake River from Twin Falls downstream to Upper Salmon Falls Dam (RM 614.8 - 581.0). This study focused on the highly productive...
1996-06-01
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This study was one component of the general Eastern Snake Hydrologic Modeling Committee strategy to refine and enhance the conceptual and computer models of the Eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) hydrologic system. Information gathered during this...
2003-08-15
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Recharge from surface-water irrigation is the largest component of aquifer recharge on the Eastern Snake River plain, supplying about 60% of the total aquifer recharge. Net ground-water withdrawals for irrigation represent about 14% of the total...
2004-08-31
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This report summarizes a study of hydrologic conditions in the Boise Front geothermal aquifer system conducted for the City of Boise, Idaho and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The summary is based on the following two reports: (1)...
2003-10-01
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Design documents are a series of technical papers addressing specific design topics on the eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer Model upgrade. Each design document will contain the following information: topic of the design document, how that topic...
2004-09-02
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Design documents are a series of technical papers addressing specific design topics on the eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer Model upgrade. Each design document will contain the following information: topic of the design document, how that topic...
2002-09-01
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Appendix H uses full color photos to document the exact measurement points on geothermal monitoring wells used in the report: Hydrologic conditions in Boise Front geothermal aquifer (Petrich 2003), including measurements and arrows to identify the...
2003-09-26
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This addendum describes the process and software used to produce the scenario: Hydrologic Effects of Continued 1980-2002 Water Supply and Use Conditions (Base Case Scenario). It describes how to run the base case and contains a description of the...
2004-11-01
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Design documents are a series of technical papers addressing specific design topics on the eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer Model upgrade. Each design document will contain the following information: topic of the design document, how that topic...
2004-09-01
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Ground water in a regional system of deep, confined aquifers is increasingly targeted for the Treasure Valley’s growing municipal and industrial water needs. Additional development of these aquifers requires greater knowledge about ground water...
2002-12-01
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This scenario, Hydrologic Effects of Changes in Surface-water Irrigation Practices (also known as the No Changes in Surface-water Practices Scenario), is one of many simulations using the Snake River Plain aquifer model to provide information and...
2004-11-14
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This document describes how to use the numerical model RADFLOW for pumping test analysis. The intent of this document is to provide users with a description of model operation, input preparation and output interpretation. More information on the...
2001-06-01
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This scenario, Managed Recharge in the Thousand Springs Area (also known as the Recharge Scenario), is one of many Snake River Plain aquifer model scenarios being developed to assist in resolution of conflicts among water users and guide future...
2004-11-01
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The effectiveness of flow augmentation in aiding conservation and recovery of Snake River salmonid populations listed under the Endangered Species Act is questionable. The purpose of flow augmentation has been largely to increase the velocity...
2000-09-01
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Simulations of the Boise are geothermal aquifer were conducted to determine if increased injection at the City of Boise injection well would affect the temperatures and/or water levels in other primary geothermal wells. The simulations were...
2003-10-01
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