1. Water in The Black Hills Christopher Shaw CE 394K Fall 2005

2. Natural Resources

4. Economic Benefits The Black Hills area Tourism Agriculture Timber Mineral Resources

5. Area Water Use Municipal, Industrial, Agricultural Recreation Aquifer Recharge Population growth, Resource development Periodic drought

7. Area Hydrogeology Area hydrogeology is very complex. Black Hills at the confluence of several major aquifer systems. Concentric rings Headwater springs provide stream base flow

9. Area Aquifers Recharge from precipitation and streamflow Also provide base flow for stream network Provide most of drinking water to W South Dakota Can monitor levels via wells

15. Still To Do DEM Processing Place SNOTEL stations Link Time Series data to Monitoring Points Get population growth data Get water quality data