Description
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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequently Asked Questions about the Water Budget Handbook | frequently-asked-questions-about-the-water-budget-handbook.pdf | Open resource | |
| Water Budget Development Practitioner’s Handbook – Errata Sheet v1.0 | The Errata sheet for the Water Budget Development Practitioner’s Handbook contains updates and corrections to content available in the handbook. Corrections to broken links that have been brought to our attention can be found here. | Open resource | |
| Crosswalk between MODFLOW-OWHM and the Water Budget Accounting Template from Section 8 of the Water Budget Handbook | XLS | section-8-modflow-owhm.xlsx | Open resource |
| Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models | handbook-for-water-budget-development-with-or-without-models.pdf | Open resource | |
| Water Budget Accounting Template from Section 1 of the Water Budget Handbook | XLS | section-1-water-budget-accounting-template.xlsx | Open resource |
| Non modeling approach case study from section 6 of the Water Budget Handbook | XLS | section-6-non-modeling-approach.xlsx | Open resource |
| Crosswalk between IWFM and The Water Budget Accounting Template from Section 7 of the Water Budget Handbook | XLS | section-7-iwfm.xlsx | Open resource |