Project Number:
DNR-137
Other Project Number:
WR97R015
Funding Year:
1997
Contract Period:
Funding Source:
DNR
Investigator(s) and affiliations:
Kenneth W. Potter, University of Wisconsin–Madison;
Susan Swanson, University of Wisconsin–Madison;
Mike Schwar, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Abstract:
Introduction: The purpose of this report is to document the activities completed under Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Grant Nos. NMH00000183 and NMI00000261. The project was designed to investigate the groundwater and surface water interactions in the Nine Springs watershed. The Nine Springs watershed, located in south-central Dane County, Wisconsin (Figure 1), serves as an excellent groundwater study area due to the large concentration of springs in the area, public concern over the susceptibility of these springs and the associated wetlands and unique wetland vegetation communites to ongoing development pressures, the existence of previously compiled background information on the wetlands and watershed hydrology (Bedford et al., 1974; Novitzki, 1978; WRM, 1990; Owen, 1995; WRM, 1996), and the existence of a calibrated regional groundwater flow model for Dane County (Krohelski et al., | © 1997).