Water Budget Handbook

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released a draft "Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models" (Water Budget Handbook), a single-volume, technical reference that systematically presents existing information on various methods and data sources for developing water budgets. The Water Budget Handbook can help in the development of water budgets for any geographic area and time period, and uses modeling and non-modeling approaches.

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Water Budget Development Practitioner’s...PDF
The Errata sheet for the Water Budget Development Practitioner’s Handbook...
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Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or...PDF
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Water Budget Accounting Template from Section...XLS
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Non modeling approach case study from section...XLS
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Crosswalk between IWFM and The Water Budget...XLS
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Crosswalk between MODFLOW-OWHM and the Water...XLS
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Water...PDF
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notes	The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released a draft "Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models" (Water Budget Handbook), a single-volume, technical reference that systematically presents existing information on various methods and data sources for developing water budgets. The Water Budget Handbook can help in the development of water budgets for any geographic area and time period, and uses modeling and non-modeling approaches.
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