Groundwater Models | South Carolina Department of Environmental Services

Groundwater models are used to simulate groundwater flow and assess groundwater availability.

Overview

Effective water planning and management requires an accurate assessment of the location and quantity of the State’s groundwater resources. The United States Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with SCDES, the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES), and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, is developing a computer model to simulate groundwater flow in the Coastal Plain province of South Carolina.

The MODFLOW model is expected to be completed and available for use before the end of 2019.

The model can be used to:

Determine groundwater availability.
Evaluate the impact pumping has on groundwater and surface water resources and on other groundwater users.
Evaluate future withdrawal scenarios to help maximize groundwater use and minimize undesirable effects of pumping.
Support the development of State and regional water plans.

For more information about the groundwater modeling project, contact Andy Wachob at andy.wachob@des.sc.gov or Joe Gellici at joe.gellici@des.sc.gov.

Project Documents and Related Information

For additional information on the USGS groundwater model, visit the USGS project website.

For information about stakeholder meetings, please visit Clemson's stakeholder website.

Newcome, Roy, Jr., 2005, Pumping tests of the Coastal Plain aquifers in South Carolina: South Carolina Water Resources Open-File Report 10, 28 p.
Campbell, B.G., and Coes, A.L., eds., 2010, Groundwater availability in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1773, 241 p., 7 pls.
Gellici, J.A., and Lautier, J.C., 2010, Hydrogeologic framework of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, North and South Carolina, in Campbell, B.G., and Coes, A.L., eds., Groundwater availability in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1773, 241 p., 7 pls.
Wachob, Andrew, Gellici, J.A., and Czwartacki, Brooke, 2017, Potentiometric Surface Maps of the South Carolina Coastal Plain Aquifers, November – December 2016: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Report 60, 35 p., 3 plates.

Duffie TAC June 2018 - What constitutes negative impacts of overdrafting?

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