Supplemental Data: Surface Infiltration and Unsaturated Zone Characterization in Support of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Bedell Flat, Washoe County, Nevada

Publication Date

2021-12-23

Start Date

2017

End Date

2019

Smith, D.W., Naranjo, R.C., Caldwell, T.G., and O'Connor, K.E., 2021, Supplemental Data: Surface Infiltration and Unsaturated Zone Characterization in Support of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Bedell Flat, Washoe County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9OAF8L8.

Type: Related Primary Publication

Datasets were collected as part of a cooperative U.S. Geological Survey study with the Truckee Meadows Water Authority in Bedell Flat Hydrographic Area, Nevada. The study purpose was to investigate two types of potential MAR in an alluvial basin (1) natural infiltration along an ephemeral channel and (2) infiltration through engineered rapid infiltration basins (RIBs). Natural infiltration was investigated by estimating seepage loss rates at six study sites along the ephemeral channel. Infiltration through RIBs was estimated by evaluating characteristics of the unsaturated zone at selected locations. The intended use of these datasets include, but are not limited to, determining the during of a runoff event, modeling infiltration of surface water in an ephemeral channel, and evaluating potential change in the vertical movement of infiltrated surface water through the unsaturated zone.

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• USGS Data Release Products
• USGS Nevada Water Science Center