Vulnerability Assessment for Groundwater Dependent Streams

This guidance document “Vulnerability Assessment for Groundwater Dependent Streams”, describes a multi-step, risk-based approach for evaluating the vulnerability of groundwater dependent streams to changes in the aquifer system. There is a particular emphasis on the summer low flow period, because it is during this time that streams can be sensitive to changes in the aquifer system; however, in principle the methodology can be used to assess stream vulnerability year round.