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List of Water Supply Projects

Current Projects
Project	Type	Title	Planned End Date
RI Contributing Areas	WS	Areas contributing recharge and sources of water to public-supply wells in complex settings	2009
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
Sustainable Yield	WS/ BWR	Development of a sustainable-yield estimator application for Massachusetts River Basins	2008
Recently Completed Projects
Project	Type	Title	Completion Date
Firm Yield I	WS	Firm yield assessment of streamflow-dominated drinking-water supply reservoirs	2006
Firm Yield II	WS	Determination of ground-water contributions to drinking-water-supply reservoirs and the effect on firm-yield estimates	2006
Great Sandy Bottom Pond	WS	Simulated ground-water flow for a pond-dominated aquifer system near Great Sandy Bottom Pond, Pembroke, Massachusetts	2004
Ipswich Scenarios	WS	Simulated effects of the 2003 permitted withdrawals and water-management alternatives on reservoir storage and firm yields of three surface-water supplies, Ipswich River Basin, Massachusetts	2004
Lower Cape Cod Water Resources	WS/ BWR /CCS	Simulated interaction between freshwater and saltwater and effects of ground-water pumping and sea-level change, Lower Cape Cod Aquifer System, Massachusetts Potential changes in ground-water flow and their effects on the ecology and water resources of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts Ground-water 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 ground water, Sagamore and Monomoy Flow Lenses, Cape Cod, Massachusetts	2004
RI Contributing Areas in Complex Settings	WS	Delineation of areas contributing recharge to selected public-supply wells in glacial valley-fill and wetland settings, Rhode Island	2004
Public-Supply Springs	WS	Public-water supply springs in Massachusetts-Characterization and delineation of contributing areas	2003

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