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Enhancing Groundwater Management in the Northern Shenandoah Valley Region

Since 2003, the USGS and partners have focused on the Northern Shenandoah Valley to improve groundwater availability, quality, and sustainability. This collaborative effort gathers expertise from federal, state, and local agencies, alongside universities and public interest groups to investigate water resources. Key activities include assessing hydrologic data, understanding geological controls on groundwater, identifying trends, and developing predictive models. Continued research is needed to fill data gaps and address the impacts of land use and population growth on water resources in West Virginia and neighboring states.

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Enhancing Groundwater Management in the Northern Shenandoah Valley Region

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  1. USGS West Virginia Water Science Center Research Goals, Activities, and Recommendations for theNorthern Shenandoah Valley Region Hugh E. Bevans Center Director

  2. Great Valley Water Resources Science Forum • Formed in January 2003 by USGS and partners to enhance the integration of USGS science programs for addressing the availability, vulnerability, and quality of ground water in the Great Valley • Includes representatives of USGS, universities, state and local agencies, and public interest groups from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. • Will focus initial efforts in the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia, and contiguous areas of Maryland and Pennsylvania. • http://va.water.usgs.gov/GreatValley/Index.htm

  3. West Virginia Water Science Center Research Goals • Since 1990, USGS has published 10 reports on ground water in the Great Valley of WV • Goal is to investigate the availability of water for human needs and aquatic ecology • To collect hydrologic information for assessing the availability and quality of water, identifying trends, and evaluating natural and human impacts • To understand geologic controls on the occurrence, movement, and availability of ground water • To identify stream/aquifer interactions • To understand relations among land use, point sources, and water quality • To develop and apply ground-water models for quantifying water availability and predicting natural and human impacts

  4. West Virginia Water Science CenterRecent Research • Berkeley and Jefferson County • Fracture-trace and aquifer pump tests • Stream/aquifer interaction (base-flow discharge surveys) • Streamgages (4) • Fecal waste source tracking • Opequon Creek Ground-Water Model • Water Budgets (planning for natural and human impacts) • Flow paths • Stream/aquifer interaction • Leetown Science Center Hydrogeology • Geologic controls on ground water • Geophysical methods • Aquifer hydraulic properties • Ground-water model • Water quality

  5. West Virginia Water Science Center Data Gaps and Research Needs • Data gaps • Networks for determining status, trends, and natural and human impacts • Land use, water use, and population growth; point and non-point sources • Detailed geologic mapping (structure) • Aquifer hydraulic properties • Hydraulic conductivities • Ground-water age dating • Flow rates • Depth of circulation • Remote sensing tools • LiDAR and high-resolution digital elevation models • Surface Geophysics • Stream/aquifer interaction • Base-streamflow surveys • Chloride balances • In-stream flow and quality requirements for aquatic ecosystems • Impacts of point and non-point sources on water quality • Ground-water models • Steady State • Transient (storage)

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