Dixie Valley Groundwater Export Study

 

The Dixie Valley Ground Water Export Study is being conducted by an interagency study team consisting of representatives of Reclamation, Churchill County, Nevada, Nevada Division of Water Resources and U.S. Geological Survey. The primary purpose of the study is to quantify the amount of groundwater that could be exported from Nevadaâ₏™s Dixie Valley and conveyed to other locations within Churchill County. Primary study objectives include: 1) quantifying the valleyâ₏™s perennial yield based on groundwater discharge evaluations, and 2) analyzing the impacts of exporting specific quantities of groundwater.The recipientâ₏™s subcontractor, Interflow Hydrology, Inc., is developing a calibrated numeric flow model to be used in the evaluation of potential water supply development by Churchill County (above primary study objective 2).

Deleted 10/29/2015 (Archived.) R16-NOI-DO-001 Agency: Department of the Interior
Office: Bureau of Reclamation Cooperative Agreement 1 Churchill County, NV 10/28/2015 This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements. Irene Hoiby
Grants Management Specialist
Phone 406-247-7615 ihoiby@usbr.gov $50,000.00 Awards up to $50,000.00