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Well Name
Army 1 WW (MV-1)
J -11 WW (J-11)
J -12 WW (J-12)
J -13 WW (J-13)
RNM- 2S
U -20 WW (cased)
U -20a 2 WW
U -20n PS 1DD-H (3025 ft)
UE- 1r WW
UE- 2ce
UE- 5c WW
UE-15d WW (5400-6001 ft)
UE-16d WW
UE-19b 1 WW
UE-19c WW
UE-19e WW
UE-19gS (2650-7500 ft)
UE-20h WW
UE-20j WW
WW- 1
WW- 2 (3422 ft)
WW- 3 (1800 ft)
WW- 4
WW- 4A
WW- 5A
WW- 5B
WW- 5C
WW- 8 (30-2031 ft)
WW- A (1870 ft)
WW- C (recompleted)
WW- C-1
Map of the Nevada Test Site and surrounding areas UE-20j WW WW- 1 J -13 WW J -12 WW J -11 WW UE-19c WW UE-19b 1 WW UE-19e WW UE-19gS (2650-7500 ft) WW- 8 (30-1935 ft) UE-16d WW UE-15d WW (5400-6001 ft) WW- C-1 WW- C (recompleted) WW- 4A WW- 4 WW- 3 (1800 ft) WW- 5A WW- 5C WW- 5B RNM- 2S UE- 5c WW WW- A (1870 ft) WW- 2 (3422 ft) UE- 2ceUE- 1r WWArmy 1 WW U-20n PS 1DDH (3025 ft) U -20a 2 WW U -20 WW (cased) UE-20h WW

Graph of annual withdrawals from the Nevada Test Site, 1951 to 2003

Ground-Water Pumpage

USGS in cooperation with DOE developed a transient ground-water flow model of the Death Valley region of southern Nevada and southeastern California to examine the impact of NTS activities on the regional ground-water system. Because ground-water pumpage is the most significant anthropogenic activity affecting regional ground-water flow paths, an initial digital database of spatially and temporally distributed ground-water pumpage throughout the Death Valley region through 1998 was completed (Moreo and others, 2003 http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wrir034245/).

Renewed pumping and increases in the number of water-use applications for large ground-water withdrawals from areas directly south and east of the NTS has occurred in response to population growth in Las Vegas and Pahrump. In anticipation of efforts to evaluate the impact of increased pumpage on regional flow paths, the objective of this study is to extend the pumpage database to include the most recent pumpage data through 2003 (dvrfs_withdrawals_2005_public.zip*).

* Zip file contains a Microsoft Access 2003 database. If you cannot access the database, please contact the Nevada Water Science Center Public Information Assistant by phone (775-887-7649) or email (GS-W-NVpublic-info@usgs.gov)


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