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Additional Information

The policy used to develop this page content has been rescinded according to WATER MISSION AREA POLICY MEMORANDUM 2026.01 - Rescission of Water Mission Area (WMA) Policies GW2016.02 - Policy for Documenting, Archiving, and Public Release of Numerical Groundwater Flow and Transport Models. This page is provided for historical reference only.

Related Policy

Model archives, documentation, and release must also comply with:

• OGW Technical Memo No. 2005.02 - Policy on documenting the results of new simulations using previously published ground-water models
• OGW Technical Memo No. 2015.02 -- Policy and Guidelines for Archival of Surface-Water, Groundwater, and Water- Quality Model Applications
• OGW Technical Memo No. 96.04 Publications --Policy on documenting the use of ground-water simulation in project reports
• Associated Bureau policies including but not limited to:
  • IM OSQI 2015-01, Scientific Data Management Foundation - 2/19/15
  • IM OSQI 2015-02, Metadata for Scientific Data, Software, and Other Information Products - 2/19/15
  • IM OSQI 2015-03, Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release - 2/19/15
  • IM OSQI 2015-04, Preservation Requirements for Digital Scientific Data - 2/19/15

Superseded Memos

OGW Technical Memo 2016.02 supersedes these previous OGW Technical Memos:

• OGW Technical Memo No. 2011.01 - Groundwater Flow and Transport Model Archives
• OGW Technical Memo No. 00.02 - Update of the National Policy to Archive Ground Water Flow and Transport Models
• OGW Technical Memo No. 93.01 - Establishment of a National Policy to Archive Ground-Water Flow and Transport Models