Water Budget Handbook
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.
Data files
Supporting files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Download | PDF | 08/11/23 |
Handbook for Water Budget Development: With or Without Models | Download | PDF | 08/11/23 |
Water Budget Accounting Template from Section 1 of the Water Budget Handbook | Download | XLSX | 08/11/23 |
Non modeling approach case study from section 6 of the Water Budget Handbook | Download | XLSX | 08/11/23 |
Crosswalk between IWFM and The Water Budget Accounting Template from Section 7 of the Water Budget Handbook | Download | XLSX | 08/11/23 |
Crosswalk between MODFLOW-OWHM and the Water Budget Accounting Template from Section 8 of the Water Budget Handbook | Download | XLSX | 08/11/23 |
Frequently Asked Questions about the Water Budget Handbook | Download | PDF | 08/11/23 |