→ Two Powerpoint slides that you present in two minutes that should include your watershed location, watershed boundaries, the stations you will use to solve your water budget, type of vegetation, range in elevation, underlying geology.
→ 2 page overview of your project must be submitted (either through email or in class).
Name and location of watershed (with a map)
Description of lithology and aquifer systems
Description of major streams
Monthly graphs of total ET, precipitation, Groundwater levels, and Surface water inputs and outputs. (List all sources where you are deriving your data).
→ 2 Slide five minute talk comparing the annual/month precipitation and evapotranspiration to the 30 year climate averages. What might this mean for the water budget.
→ Presentation → 10 min + Questions
Background on watershed and description of geology/aquifers
Groundwater flow map
Figures depicting water balance parameters
Does the watershed balance on your annual cycle? If not, please describe why?
Presentation style
Legible font (including axis on graphs)
Logical flow
Distinguishable colors on figures
→Report → Maximum 10 pages.
Style & Grammar/Punctuation & Formatting/References
12 pnt font, times, appropriate headers, page numbers, figure numbers, table numbers
Sections: Background, Water Budget Components, Discussion on Annual Water Budget Outcome
Report should include the follow
Map of watershed area, delineating watershed boundaries and show the location of known groundwater wells for observation and pumping
Characterization of the watershed size, elevation range, major waterway, cities, towns, etc.
Description of geology of the watershed and the aquifer system.
Table and figures that quantify they monthly water budget value for the following parameters:
ET
Precip
GW
SW
Pumping
Change in Storage
Figures depicting GW and SW levels over the year.
Groundwater flow direction map
Does the watershed balance on your annual cycle? If not, please describe why?
Online resources:
USGS web site and Water Resources Investigation Publications: http://water.usgs.gov/ EPA Surf Your Watershed: http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
NOAA or NCDC web site: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html Ameriflux: http://ameriflux.ornl.gov/
CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System (HIS) i: http://his.cuahsi.org/ LTER https://www.lternet.edu/
CZO http://criticalzone.org/naitonal
