A regional, two-dimensional, areal ground-water-flow model was developed to simulate the ground-water-flow system and ground-water/surface-water interaction in the Rock River Basin. The model was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Rock River Coalition. The objectives of the regional model were to improve understanding of the ground-water-flow system and to develop a tool suitable for evaluating the effects of potential regional water-management programs. The computer code GFLOW was used because of the ease with which the model can simulate ground-water/surface-water interactions, provide a framework for simulating regional ground-water-flow systems, and be refined in a stepwise fashion to incorporate new data and simulate ground-water-flow patterns at multiple scales.

...Water withdrawals from the Ipswich River Basin affect aquatic habitat, water quality, and recreational use of the river; describes the development, calibration and limitations of a precipitation-runoff model, and simulations made with the model to determine the effects of water use and land use patterns on streamflows; also describes the study area, the data used in the model and the methods used to obtain those data and the methods used to estimate the effects of the pumping of wells on streamflow...