Resources & References

College Lake

College Lake Multi-Objective Management Project, Final Report, November 2014 (PDF ~ 17.2 MBs). Prepared for the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz by cbec inc.

Modeling

Integrated Hydrologic Model of the Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, California. 2014. Hanson, R. T., Wolfgang Schmid, Claudia C. Faunt, Jonathan Lear, and Brian Lockwood. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5111

Analysis of Projected Water Availability with current Basin Management Plan. 2014. Hanson, R. T., B. Lockwood, W. Schmid. In Journal of Hydrology 519(2014) 131-147

Simulation and Analysis of Conjunctive Use with MODFLOW's Farm Process, 2010 (PDF ~ 3.2 MB)

Simulation of an Aquifer-Storage-and-Recovery (ASR) System for Agricultural Water Supply using the Farm Process in MODFLOW for the Pajaro Valley, Monterey Bay, California, 2007 (PDF ~ 0.4 MB)

Modflow 2005 Documentation:
http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow2005/modflow2005.html

The Farm Process, Version 2:
http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/mf2005_fmp/mf2005_fmp.html

Assessment of Managed Aquifer Recharge Site SuitabilityUsing a GIS and Modeling. 2014. Russo, T., A. T. Fisher, B. Lockwood, in Ground Water, doi: 10.1111/gwat.12213

Geohydrologic Framework of Recharge adn Seawater Intrusion in teh Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, California. USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4096, 2003

Harkins Slough Managed Aquifer Recharge and Recovery

The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Infiltration during Managed Aquifer Recharge, as quantified using Mass Balance and Thermal Methods. 2011, Racz A. J., C. Schmidt, A. T. Fisher, B. Lockwood, and M. Los Huertos, in Ground Water, doi: 10.1111/J1745-6584.2011.00875.x

Linking Denitrification and Infiltration Rates during Managed Groundwater Recharge. 2011, Schmidt, C. M., A. T. Fisher, A. J. Racz, M. Los Huertos, B. Lockwood, in Environmental Science and Technology, dx.doi.org/10.1021/hyp8320

Rapid Nutrient Load Reduction during Infiltration as part of Managed Aquifer Recharge in an Agricultural Groundwater Basin. 2011, Schmidt, C. M., A. T. Fisher, A. J. Racz, M. Los Huertos, B. Lockwood, in Hydrological Processes, 10.1002/hyp8320

Process and Controls on Rapid Nutrient Removal During Managed Aquifer Recharge, 2009 (PDF ~ 1.0 MB)

Watsonville Slough

Watsonville Slough Monitoring: Hydraulic and water quality impacts of Harkins Slough Flood Control Pump Station, 2002 (PDF ~ 27.5 MB)

Watsonville Sloughs Hydrology Study, 2014 (PDF ~ 3.8 MBs). Prepared for the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz by Balance Hydrologics Inc.

Web Casts

Groundwater Resources Association - Web Casts

Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Part 1 - What you need to know, December 10, 2014 (PDF - 26.6 MBs)

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Part 2 - Forming Groundwater Sustainability Agencies, January 21, 2015 (PDF - 1.9 MBs)

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Part 3 - Sustainable Groundwater Management Agency Examples, February 25, 2015 (PDF 6.7 MBs)

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Part 4 - GSA Boundaries: Hydrogeological, Geopolitical, or Geomystical, March 18, 2015 (PDF 5.6 MBs)

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Part 5 - Legal Agreements for SGMA Complicance, April 15, 2015 (PDF 3.4 MBs)

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Part 6 - Public Notification, Public Participation, and Consideration of All Interests of Groundwater Users and Beneficial Uses (PDF 2.8 MBs)

Recharge Series
Case Studies in Successful Surface Recharge, November 14, 2012 (PDF - 4.2 MBs)

Recycled Water Recharge in California, February 20, 2013 (PDF - 15.0 MBs)

Tracers and Groundwater Recharge - Includes Case Study of PVWMA Harkins Sough Facility, March 20, 2013 (PDF - 10.8 MBs)

Salt and Nutrient Management Plan Series
A Developing Approach, February 13, 2013 (PDF - 4.2 MBs)

Workflow for Salt and Nutrient Plans, May 15, 2013 (PDF - 5.9 MBs)

Contrasting SNMPs for Northern California Wine Country and the Southern California Desert October 30, 2013 (PDF - 5.7 MBs)

Wells

PVWMA new well construction requirements

Presentations

Leadership Santa Cruz County, March 24, 2017

California Water Commission, April 20, 2017