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List of Basin Water Resources Projects

Current Projects
Project	Type	Title	Planned End Date
Big River Wetlands	BWR	Field Characterization and Numerical Simulation of Groundwater and Surface-Water Interactions in Rhode Island Wetlands: Big River Watershed Case Study	2012
Hunt Drought Model	BWR /WS	Evaluation of watershed behavior and stream-aquifer conjunctive management alternatives in response to drought: application to the Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt System, Rhode Island	2008
Plymouth-Carver Aquifer	BWR	Groundwater resources of the Plymouth-Carver Region, Massachusetts: evaluating competing needs and demands	2008
Sustainable Yield	WS/ BWR	Development of a sustainable-yield estimator application for Massachusetts River Basins	2008
Blackstone River Basin Water Resources	BWR	Evaluation of water resource management alternatives for the Blackstone River Basin, Rhode Island and Massachusetts	2007
I495 Scenarios	BWR	Assessment of water-management alternatives in the Interstate-495 Corridor Massachusetts: Effects of innovative alternatives at the local scale	2007
Pawcatuck Optimization	BWR	Groundwater and Surface-water resources of the Pawcatuck River Basin in southern Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut	2007
Sudbury River Basin Water Resources	BWR	Water resources of the Sudbury River Basin, Massachusetts: a cooperative modeling and aquatic habitat investigation	2007
Recently Completed Projects
Project	Type	Title	Completion Date
Hunt (HAP) RI ZOC	BWR	Analysis of the effects of proposed withdrawals in the Annaquatucket River Basin, Central Rhode Island	2007
RI Coastal Groundwater	BWR	Hydrogeologic characterization and flow simulation of the groundwater system of the Rhode Island Salt Pond Region	2006
Charles River Atlas	BWR	Water resources and the urban environment, Lower Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, 1630-2005	2005
Assabet Basin Groundwater	BWR	Evaluation of groundwater management alternatives for the Assabet River Basin, Eastern Massachusetts	2004
Big River Optimization	BWR	Simulation-optimization and modeling of groundwater withdrawals in the Big River Stream-Aquifer System, Central Rhode Island	2004
Lower Cape Cod Water Resources	WS/ BWR /CCS	Simulated interaction between freshwater and saltwater and effects of groundwater pumping and sea-level change, Lower Cape Cod Aquifer System, Massachusetts Potential changes in groundwater flow and their effects on the ecology and water resources of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts Groundwater recharge areas and traveltimes to pumped wells, streams, and coastal water bodies, Cape Cod, Massachusetts	2004
Mid-Cape Water Resources	WS/ BWR /CCS	Simulated water sources and effects of pumping on surface and groundwater, Sagamore and Monomoy Flow Lenses, Cape Cod, Massachusetts	2004
Usquepaug-Queen HSPF Modeling	BWR	A precipitation-runoff model for the analysis of the effects of water withdrawals and land-use change on streamflow in the Usquepaug-Queen River Basin, Rhode Island	2004
Upper Charles Optimization	BWR	Regional-scale simulation-optimization modeling of water-resource management alternatives in the Upper Charles River Basin, Massachusetts	2003

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