MODFLOW 6 model of two hypothetical stream-aquifer systems to demonstrate the utility of the new Water Mover Package (MVR) available only with MODFLOW 6

Release Date

2021-01-01

Start Date

1989-10-01

End Date

1990-09-30

Publication Date

2023-09-15

Morway, E.D., Langevin, C.D., and Hughes, J.D., 2021, MODFLOW 6 model of two hypothetical stream-aquifer systems to demonstrate the utility of the new Water Mover Package (MVR) available only with MODFLOW 6: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GQETP9.

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The hypothetical models are used to demonstrate flexibility and utility of the MODFLOW6 Water Mover Package. A number of common natural connections are demonstrated; for example, streams and rivers draining into lakes (SFR to LAK), lakes outflowing to a stream (LAK to SFR), and overland runoff returning to streams and lakes (UZF to SFR or UZF to LAK) to name a few. Non-natural connections representative of management features are also demonstrated by the model, including irrigation pumping wells provided water to irrigated fields (WEL to UZF), or surface-water diversions from an irrigation ditch to an irrigated field (SFR to UZF), among others. The hypothetical models are made available in order to provide interested readers with working model input in order to get a sense of the flexibility of the MVR package and how they might be able to apply it to their respective hydrologic settings. The development of the model input and output files included in this data release are documented Groundwater Journal (https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13117)

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