Safe yield definition
Safe yield means the annual draft of water that can be withdrawn from an aquifer without producing some undesirable result such as reducing the total amount of water available or allowing the ingress of low-quality water.
Safe yield means the amount of groundwater that can be withdrawn from a groundwater basin over a period of time without exceeding the long-term recharge of the basin or unreasonably affecting the basin's physical and chemical integrity.
Safe yield means a groundwater management goal which THAT
More Definitions of Safe yield
Safe yield means the abstraction of water from a water source at a rate and in an amount so as not to cause an overdraft from that source;
Safe yield means a groundwater management goal which attempts to achieve and thereafter maintain a long-term balance between the annual amount of groundwater withdrawn in an active management area and the annual amount of natural and artificial recharge in the active management area.
Safe yield means the condition of a groundwater basin when the total average annual groundwater extractions are equal to, or less than, the total average annual groundwater recharge, either naturally or artificially.
Safe yield means the highest average annual volumetric rate of water that can be withdrawn by a surface water withdrawal during the worst drought of record in Virginia since 1930 under specific operational conditions established in a Virginia Water Protection permit.
Safe yield means a groundwater management goal which
Safe yield means the annual draft of water that can be withdrawn from an aquifer
Safe yield means the amount of water a user can withdraw annually from a groundwater basin throughout the year without depleting the well or aquifer and without adversely affecting other users of the aquifer.