ARCHIVED GROUND-WATER MODELS

• SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY MODELS (COASTAL PLAIN)
  • Atlantic City
  • Camden
  • Cape May-SHARP
  • Cape May-800-Foot Sand
  • NJCP Sharp
  • Pennsauken
  • RASA98
  • RASA-NJ
  • Rancocas River Basin
  • Regional RASA
  • South River
  • Toms and Metedeconk Rivers
  • Upper Maurice River Basin

• NORTHERN NEW JERSEY MODELS (FRACTURED ROCK AND VALLEY FILL)
  • APPL-RASA
  • Fair Lawn
  • Lamington
  • NAWC
  • Picatinny
  • Rockaway

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USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

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Program to Maintain and Update Groundwater Models
Archived Models

Figure 1. Location of archived groundwater-flow models in New Jersey.

SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY MODELS (COASTAL PLAIN)
Map ID	More info	Model name	Report title and comments
1		Regional RASA	Geohydrology and Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System: USGS Professional Paper 1404-K
2		RASA-NJ	Groundwater Flow in the New Jersey Coastal Plain: USGS Professional Paper 1404-H (Model grid rediscretized and updated with 1998 pumpage data--See RASA98)
3		NJCP Sharp (Coastal Plain optimization)	Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Movement of the Freshwater/Saltwater Interface in the New Jersey Coastal Plain through 1896 and from 1896-1988 and 1988-2040: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4216
4		Cape May-SHARP	Analysis of Groundwater Flow and Saltwater Encroachment in the Shallow Aquifer System of Cape May County, New Jersey: USGS Water-Supply Paper 2490
5		Cape May-800-Foot Sand	Evaluation of Saltwater Intrusion and Travel Time in the Atlantic City 800-Foot Sand, Cape May County, New Jersey, 1992, By Use of a Coupled-Model Approach and Flow-Path Analysis: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4280
6		Toms River and Metedeconk River	Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Unconfined Aquifer System of the Toms River, Metedeconk River, and Kettle Creek Basins, New Jersey: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4066
7		Rancocas River Basin	Simulated Effects of Alternative Withdrawal Strategies on Groundwater-Flow Patterns, New Jersey Pinelands: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4133
8		Camden	Groundwater Flow Under Current (1987) and Future Conditions, Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer System, Camden Area, New Jersey: N.J. Geological Survey Geological Survey Report 38 (Updated with 1996 pumpage data)
9		Atlantic City	Groundwater Flow and Quality in the Atlantic City 800- Foot Sand, New Jersey; N.J. Geological Survey Geological Survey Report 41
10		South River	Hydrogeology, Simulation of Regional Groundwater Flow, and Saltwater Intrusion, Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer System, Northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey: N.J. Geological Survey Geological Survey Report 36
11		Upper Maurice River Basin	Hydrogeology of, Numerical Groundwater Flow Model of, and Simulated Effects of Groundwater Development in, the Upper Maurice River Basin Area, New Jersey: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5258
12		RASA98	Documentation of Revisions to the Regional Aquifer System Analysis Model for the New Jersey Coastal Plain: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4268
13		Pennsauken	Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer System, Pennsauken Township and Vicinity, New Jersey: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5025

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY MODELS (FRACTURED ROCK AND VALLEY FILL)
Map ID	More info	Model name	Report title and comments
A		Rockaway	Hydrogeology of, and Simulated Groundwater Flow, in the Valley-Fill Aquifers of the Upper Rockaway River Basin, Morris, New Jersey: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4145 (Model updated with September 1998 pumpage data and simulates seasonal conditions--USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4174
B		Lamington	Hydrogeology of, and Groundwater Flow in, a Valley-Fill and Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System Near Long Valley in the New Jersey Highlands: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4157
C		Picatinny	Hydrogeology and Simulation of Groundwater Flow, Picatinny Arsenal and Vicinity, Morris County, New Jersey: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4061
D		APPL-RASA	Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow, Fractured Mesozoic Structural-Basin Rocks, Stony Brook, Beden Brook, and Jacobs Creek Drainage Basins, West Central New Jersey: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4147
E		Fair Lawn	Hydrogeologic Framework, Groundwater Quality, and Simulation of Groundwater Flow at the Fair Lawn Well Field Superfund Site, Bergen County, New Jersey, 2005: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5280
F		NAWC	Simulated Groundwater Flow, Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4019; Hydraulic and Solute-Transport Properties and Simulated Advective Transport of Contaminated Groundwater in a Fractured-Rock Aquifer at the Naval Air Warfare Center, West Trenton, New Jersey: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5049