 The City of Riverside, in cooperation with Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) and other local groundwater producers, is expanding its groundwater management activities, including expanding groundwater level monitoring, developing recharge basins, and updating a groundwater management plan.
A cornerstone element of this management plan is the development, construction, and calibration of a transient numerical groundwater flow model of the Riverside Basin. Data collection and refinement of the conceptual Riverside Basin model is currently underway by Riverside Public Utilities, Water Resources Division staff.
Riverside is seeking supplemental funding to support this effort, and is requesting a grant through the Department of Water Resources (DWR) Local Groundwater Assistance Program pursuant to AB 303 in order to complete this task.
The study area covers approximately 175 square miles in and around the City of Riverside. Groundwater model development will focus on the Riverside North and Riverside South Basins (collectively designated as the Riverside Basin), with a small portion of the Rialto-Colton Basin and the Rialto-Colton Fault serving as the northern model boundary.
Part of the scope of work will be to integrate the Riverside Basin model with the Arlington Basin model (directly south of the Riverside Basin) which was recently completed for WMWD. The new (integrated) model will be used by Riverside, WMWD, and other producers to simulate groundwater resource management strategies in the basin.
The project benefits numerous entities in the Riverside and Arlington Basin areas, including Riverside, WMWD, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, Rubidoux Community Services District, Gage Canal Company, UC Riverside, regional recreation facilities, and private and agricultural interests in the region. Calibration of the model and submission of the final report is anticipated by April 2009.
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