MODFLOW-NWT model of groundwater flow in the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system, version 1.1

A previously developed groundwater flow model (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185035) was modified and used as the primary tool to assess groundwater availability in the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system which is an important source for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and domestic water supply needs across much of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, and smaller areas of southeastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. The new model was developed to access changes in simulated hydrologic budget components at the regional scale to quantify hydrologic changes across the Ozark system. The model benefits current and future investigations that involve groundwater-withdrawal scenarios, optimization, particle transport, and monitoring network [...]