Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) Regional Water Availability Study

Reports & Data Releases

    Web Applications

  • Interactive Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer (MERAS) Hydrogeologic Framework.
  • Interactive Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer (MERAS) Water Use.
  • Shellmound, Mississippi Geophysical Survey.

    • Data

  • Groundwater data for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • USGS: National Water Information System - Mapper.

    • New Publications

    Abstracts and Presentations

  • AGU
     Abstract ― December 2016
    Development of Monthly Water Budget Estimates for the CONUS and Application to the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
    by Meredith Reitz, Ward E.Sanford, Gabriel B. Senay, Wade H.Kress, and David Ladd

  • AGU
     Abstract ― December 2016
    Using FOSM-Based Data Worth Analyses to Design Geophysical Surveys to Reduce Uncertainty in a Regional Groundwater Model Update
    by Bruce D.Smith, Dr. Jeremy White, Wade H. Kress, and Brian R. Clark, and Dr. Jeannie R.B. Barlow

  • AGU
     Abstract ― December 2016
    Water-borne continuous resistivity profiling data from select streams of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in northwestern Mississippi
    by Benjamin V. Miller, David S. Wallace, and Wade H. Kress

  • Abstract ― April 2017
    Coupling Modeling with Monitoring to Assess Water Availability in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
    by Wade H. Kress, Brian R. Clark, and Dr. Jeannie R.B. Barlow

  • Abstract ― April 2017
    Characterizing groundwater and surface-water interaction throughout the Mississippi Delta using hydrograph-separation techniques combined with near-stream geophysical and groundwater-level data
    by Courtney Killian, Dr. Jeannie R.B. Barlow, Dr. Paul Barlow, Wade H. Kress, and Dr. Darrel Schmitz

  • Surface-Geophysical Surveys to Characterize Lithological Controls on Aquifer Recharge and Surface Water–Groundwater Exchange Abstract ― April 2017
    Surface-Geophysical Surveys to Characterize Lithological Controls on Aquifer Recharge and Surface Water–Groundwater Exchange
    by Benjamin V. Miller, Wade H. Kress, and David Ladd

  • Abstract ― April 2017
    Water Availability in the Mississippi Delta: Initial Assessment of Alternative Water-Supply Scenarios
    by Dr. Jeannie R.B. Barlow, and Connor J. Haugh

  • Estimating water budget components of evapotranspiration, recharge, and runoff for Mississippi and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain Abstract ― April 2017
    Estimating water budget components of evapotranspiration, recharge, and runoff for Mississippi and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
    by Dr. Meredith Reitz, Ward E. Sandord, Gabriel B. Senay, and Wade H. Kress

  • Abstract ― April 2017
    Coupling Monitoring and Modeling to improve understanding of water availability in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain.
    by Drew A. Westerman, Wade H. Kress, Meredith Reitz, and Brian R. Clark

  • Abstract ― December 2017
    Session: Mississippi Alluvial Plain Groundwater.
    by Wade H. Kress, Drew A. Westerman, Meredith Reitz, David Ladd, Courtney Killian, Ryan Adams, Connor Haugh, Brian R. Clark, and others

  • The Use of Waterborne-Resistivity Profiling to Quantify Hydraulic Conductivity of 180 Kilometers of Streambed in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain Poster ― December 2016
    The Use of Waterborne-Resistivity Profiling to Quantify Hydraulic Conductivity of 180 Kilometers of Streambed in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain
    by Benjamin V. Miller, David S. Wallace, and Wade H. Kress

  • Mississippi Alluvial PlainWater Availability Project Presentation ― October 2016
    Mississippi Alluvial PlainWater Availability Project
    Presented by Wade H. Kress

  • Characterizing Delta Aquifers and Streams Presentation ― December 2016
    Characterizing Delta Aquifers and Streams
    Presented by Wade H. Kress

  • Informatics of Groundwater-Level Measurements, Anomalous Data Detection, and Exploratory Long-Term Monitoring Network Identification for the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, USA Poster ― January 2018
    Informatics of Groundwater-Level Measurements, Anomalous Data Detection, and Exploratory Long-Term Monitoring Network Identification for the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, USA
    by William H. Asquith, Ph.D,P.G., Ronald C. Seanor, and Wade H. Kress

    • Data Releases

  • Waterborne resistivity surveys for streams in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 2017 Data Release
    Waterborne resistivity surveys for streams in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 2017
    by Benjamin V. Miller, Ryan F. Adams, Jordan L. Wilson, and Wade H. Kress

  • Water-borne continuous resistivity profiling data from select streams of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in northwestern Mississippi Data Release
    Water-borne continuous resistivity profiling data from select streams of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in northwestern Mississippi
    by Benjamin V. Miller, David S. Wallace, and Wade H. Kress

  • Digital surfaces of the bottom altitude and thickness of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer and site data within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain project region Data Release
    Digital surfaces of the bottom altitude and thickness of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer and site data within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain project region
    by Torak, L.J., and Painter, J.A, 2019

    • Expected Future Data Releases

  • Published: Geophysical logs and hydrogeologic unit altitudes for boreholes within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Hydrogeologic framework representing the altitude and thicknesse of units within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Discretized grids representing recharge from 1900 to 2015 within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Digitized Geomprophology polygons within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Modeled Surface-water streamflow estimates for streams within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain from 1900 to 2015.
  • Compilation of water-use data from 1900-2015 for surface and groundwater within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Compilation of water-quality data for groundwater within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Potentiometric map of the ground water levels for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

    • Expected Future Reports

  • Scientific Investigations Report on the hydrogeologic framework.
  • Scientific Investigations Report describing water-use model aimed to esmiate irrigation water use.
  • Scientific Investigations Report documenting the update to the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS) numerical groundwater model including model input datasets and uncertainity analysis.
  • Professional Paper describing trends and projections in groundwater availability for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
  • Fact Sheet describing key findings.

    • More Information

  • Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS)
  • Yazoo Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District
  • Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality: Land and Water Resources

    • Past Publications

  • Enhancements to the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS) groundwater-flow model and simulations of sustainable water-level scenarios Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5161
    Enhancements to the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS) and simulations of sustainable water-level scenarios
    Sby B.R. Clark, D.A. Westerman, and D.T. Fugitt

  • Effects of groundwater withdrawals associated with combined-cycle combustion turbine plants in west Tennessee and northern Mississippi Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5072
    Effects of Groundwater withdrawals associated with combined-cycle combustion turbine plants in west Tennessee and northern Mississippi
    by C.J. Haugh

  • Simulation of the effects of groundwater withdrawals on water-level altitudes in the Sparta aquifer in the Bayou Meto-Grand Prairie area of eastern Arkansas, 2007-37 Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5215
    Simulation of the effects of groundwater withdrawals on water-level altitudes in the Sparta aquifer in the Bayou Meto-Grand Prairie area of eastern Arkansas, 2007-37
    by B.R. Clark, D.A. Westerman and D.T. Fugitt

  • A New Tool to Assess Groundwater Resources in the Mississippi Embayment Fact Sheet 2011-3115
    A New Tool to Assess Groundwater Resources in the Mississippi Embayment
    by B.R. Clark and D.A. Freiwald

  • Professional Paper 1785
    Groundwater Availability of the Mississippi Embayment
    by B.R. Clark, R.M. Hart, and J.J. Gurdak

  • Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5019 Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5019
    Simulation of Water-Use Conservation Scenarios for the Mississippi Delta Using an Existing Regional Groundwater Flow Model
    by J.R.B. Barlow and B.R. Clark

  • Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5172 Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5172
    The Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS): Documentation of a Groundwater-Flow Model Constructed to Assess Water Availability in the Mississippi Embayment,
    by B.R. Clark and R.M. Hart

  • Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5192 Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5192
    Geophysical Log Database for the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS),
    by R.M. Hart and B.R. Clark

  • SIR2008-5098 Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5098
    Digital Surfaces and Thicknesses of Selected Hydrogeologic Units within the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS),
    by R.M. Hart, B.R. Clark, and S.E. Bolyard

  • SIM3014 Scientific Investigations Map 3014
    Potentiometric Surface in the Sparta-Memphis Aquifer of the Mississippi Embayment Regional, Spring 2007,
    by T.P. Schrader

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