Entry from Directory of Selected Israeli Water-related Publications

TITLE:	Design of a Ground-water Level Observation Network
AUTHORS:	N.C. Matalas, J.R. Slack, M. Jacobs, Y. Bachmat, M. Schneidovich and M. Ben-Zvi
PUBLISHER:	U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-165
PAGES:	84 + 40 pages of 5 appendices
PUBLICATION DATE:	1976
LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION:	English
ABSTRACT:	The report summarizes the results of a cooperative study by the Hydrological Service of Israel and the U.S. Geological Survey to develop concepts and systems analysis techniques for the design of groundwater data collection systems with the objective of providing hydrologic information for planning and managing water resource systems. The study was limited to groundwater level as one hydrologic variable. The specific subject of network design to which the study addressed itself was the extent to which an existing groundwater level observation network in the coastal aquifer of Israel could be reduced without significant loss of information for planning and management. Owing to time and budget constraints an assessment of benefits from reducing uncertainty was beyond the scope of the project. Therefore, emphasis was placed on the development of an analytic technique for designing a least cost observation network for achieving a specified error level. An algorithm was developed for an optimal reduction of the network including both reduction in frequency of observations as well as discontinuation of wells. The algorithm was applied to a pilot area in the coastal aquifer of Israel.
ADDRESS FROM WHICH THE PUBLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED:	U.S. Geological Survey or Library of the Hydrological Service of Israel, P.O.Box 6381, Jerusalem 91603, Israel
AVAILABILITY:	Available for reading in the library of the Hydrological Service or by order from the U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Information Services, Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225-0286

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