Evaluation of Groundwater and Solute Transport in the Fernley – Wadsworth Area

A hydrogeologic investigation was undertaken to characterize the groundwater system in the Fernley Basin and to determine the total dissolved solids (TDS) loading to the Truckee River between the towns of Wadsworth and Nixon. A groundwater flow and transport model was constructed to integrate all of the available data and to predict the potential loadings under various management alternatives.