in partnership with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and the Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB), we are developing a numerical groundwater-flow model of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area. Resource managers will use the model to simulate potential human and climatic effects on groundwater for water-supply planning and management.
As a prelude to developing the groundwater-flow model, we developed an updated hydrogeologic framework model of the aquifer system using information collected during the last two decades, as well as new data collected for this study. Please click the Publications tab above to access the hydrogeologic framework report. For the framework model, model animation, and well data, please click the Data and Tools tab.
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The following publications are associated with this project.
Hydrogeologic framework of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area, Idaho and Oregon
A groundwater-flow model for the Treasure Valley and surrounding area, southwestern Idaho
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in partnership with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and the Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB), we are developing a numerical groundwater-flow model of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area. Resource managers will use the model to simulate potential human and climatic effects on groundwater for water-supply planning and management.
As a prelude to developing the groundwater-flow model, we developed an updated hydrogeologic framework model of the aquifer system using information collected during the last two decades, as well as new data collected for this study. Please click the Publications tab above to access the hydrogeologic framework report. For the framework model, model animation, and well data, please click the Data and Tools tab.
Still image from Treasure Valley hydrogeologic framework animation - Multimedia
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- Publications
The following publications are associated with this project.
Hydrogeologic framework of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area, Idaho and Oregon
Most of the population of the Treasure Valley and the surrounding area of southwestern Idaho and easternmost Oregon depends on groundwater for domestic supply, either from domestic or municipal-supply wells. As of 2017, 41 percent of Idaho’s population was concentrated in Idaho’s portion of the Treasure Valley, and current and projected rapid population growth in the area has caused concern aboutA groundwater-flow model for the Treasure Valley and surrounding area, southwestern Idaho
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and Idaho Water Resource Board (IWRB), will construct a numerical groundwater-flow model of the Treasure Valley and surrounding area. Resource managers will use the model to simulate potential anthropogenic and climatic effects on groundwater for water-supply planning and management. As part of mo - News
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We thank the following partners for their support with this project