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    SVSim: Sacramento Valley Groundwater-Surface Water Simulation Model

    Metadata Updated: March 30, 2024

    The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has developed a new model, the Sacramento Valley Groundwater-Surface Water Simulation Model (SVSim). This new model will support two important DWR programs and has two main goals: 1) Water Transfer Program - develop a tool that meets essential modeling requirements for evaluating project-specific impacts of groundwater substitution transfers on stream depletion in the Sacramento Valley and: 2) Sustainable Groundwater Management Program - develop a tool for evaluating water budgets, surface water-groundwater interactions, and sustainable groundwater management scenarios in the Sacramento Valley. The intended users of SVSim are DWR, water transfer projects, Groundwater Sustainability Agencies, local agencies, and all other interested parties.

    SVSim is an application of the Integrated Water Flow Model (IWFM-2015) numerical code and is based on DWR’s C2VSim model (2013). SVSim provides an updated analysis of geologic and hydrogeologic data for the Sacramento Valley and adjacent areas. The model domain includes the Sacramento Valley Groundwater Basin, the Redding Area Groundwater Basin, and the Delta. The southern model boundary lies between the Mokelumne and Calaveras Rivers. SVSim includes nine (9) layers of variable thickness that span the entire groundwater system. The base period of the model simulates conditions from 1973 to 2015.

    A calibrated version of SVSim Version 1.0 is now available. The model input files, output files/data, and the executable program for SVSim Version 1.0 are available for download below. Version 1.0 supersedes the SVSim Beta Version released in April 2020). Documentation of SVSim model design, input data development, and model calibration and sensitivity analysis is also available.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date October 20, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 20, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024
    Publisher California Department of Water Resources
    Maintainer
    Identifier 56e4766d-9eaa-4fe1-b07d-72a9aea43e76
    Data First Published 2019-07-15T23:56:38.897006
    Data Last Modified 2023-11-01T19:47:32.885756
    Category Natural Resources, Water
    Public Access Level public
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    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e2c87bd06bd7c13086bfaeefdef858de5b0a404a51bdfce467ff00f5ab38cdd6
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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