Nevada Water Science Center

Hydrology of the Walker River Basin

Schedule

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Review and Reconnaissance

Previous studies,
existing data

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Streamflow synoptic

 

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Pre/Post irrigation
ground-water synoptics

 

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Streamflow and Lake Data

Streamflow gaging

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Walker Lake levels

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Lake bathymetry

 

 

 

 

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Evapotranspiration Investigation

Walker Lake station

 

 

   

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Native vegetation and alfalfa stations

 

 

 

 

 

 

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High resolution imagery, LIDAR Mason V-Hawthorne

 

 

   

 

 

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Classify/map vegetation

 

 

 

     

 

 

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SW/GW Relations

Install shallow wells

 

 

 

 

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Establish water-level network

 

 

 

 

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Water-level measurements

 

 

 

 

 

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Sample wells, springs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gain/loss studies in selected areas

       

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Walker Lake Water Budget

Estimate Precipitation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Estimate ungaged runoff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Calculate ET losses Walker Lake, Wabuska to Walker Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Install wells north, east of Walker Lake

                         

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Slug and aquifer tests

                             

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Geophysics north/south of Walker Lake, Darcy calculation

                   

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Compute water budget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Technical Support and Knowledge Exchange

Walker Lake Web site

 

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Planning, logistics, meetings

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Reports

Progress reports

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Project Fact Sheet

     

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Bathymetry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hydrologic setting/ conceptual hydrologic model

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

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ET losses in the lower Walker Basin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

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Water budget of the lower Walker Basin and Walker Lake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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