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BARCAS

Basin and Range Regional Carbonate-rock Aquifer System


The BARCAS study was conducted to assess the water resources of the alluvial and carbonate aquifers in White Pine County, Nevada, and surrounding areas. As a part of this study, reports describing (1) the water quality in the BARCAS study area, recharge altitudes, groundwater flow paths and groundwater residence time; (2) chloride mass balance recharge estimates; (3) DSC models that account for groundwater recharge, discharge, and inter- and intra-basin flow; (4) uncertainty analysis of groundwater discharge estimates; (5) methods for mapping desert shrubs in groundwater discharge areas; (6) assessment of evapotranspiration mapping units; and (7) comparison of evapotranspiration rates from phreatophytic vegetation using different eddy correlation techniques. Detailed project reports are provided in the following links.