1.  INTRODUCTION [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   1.1  Background This book deals with principles of hydrologic science and their application to the solution of hydraulic, hydrologic, environmental, and water resources engineering problems. This introductory chapter is divided into six sections. Section 1.1 defines hydrol.ogy and engineering hydrology. Section 1.2 describes the hydrologic cycle, a funda.mental tenet of hydrologic science. Section 1.3 describes the closely related concepts of catchment and hydrologic budget. Section 1.4 explains the use of hydrologic knowl.edge in the solution of typical problems of hydraulic and hydrologic engineering. Sec.tion 1.5 elaborates on the various approaches used to solve problems of engineering hydrology. Section 1.6 discusses surface runoff, flood hydrology, and catchment scale. The concept of catchment scale is used in this book to develop a framework for the study of hydrologic models, methods, and techniques. 1.2  Soitec solar projects Soitec is planning to develop four (4) solar farm projects in the Boulevard area in the near future. These projects are summarized in Table 1. The location of these projects is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Table 1.  Soitec Solar Projects planned in Boulevard, California. No. Solar Project Capacity (MW) No. of trackers Area (ac) Date of planned operation 1 Rugged Solar 80 3,588 765 December 31, 2014 2 Tierra del Sol Solar 60 2,538 420 December 31, 2014 3 LanEast Solar 22 900 233 October 31, 2014 4 LanWest Solar 6.5 264 55 February 28, 2014 5 Total Soitec in Boulevard 168.5 7,290 1,473 December 2014 2.  DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   2.1  Rugged Solar Farm The proposed Rugged Solar Farm  County of San Diego Fig. 6  Location of Rugged Solar Farm [Click on image to enlarge]. 3.  WATER RESOURCES [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   3.1  Surface water All water resources, 4.  RUGGED SOLAR [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   4.1 Flood risk The Rugged Solar Farm 5.  TIERRA DEL SOL SOLAR [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   5.1  Location The Tierra del Sol Solar Farm 6.  LANEAST/LANWEST SOLAR [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   6.1  Location The LanEast and LanWest Solar Farms 7.  OTHER IMPACTS [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   7.1  Type of Impacts In addition to the impacts 8.  SUMMARY [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   [References]   •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   8.1  Groundwater recharge The planned REFERENCES •   [Top]   [Introduction]   [Description of Projects]   [Water Resources]   [Rugged Solar]   [Tierra del Sol Solar]   [LanEast/LanWest Solar]   [Other Impacts]   [Summary]   [Appendix]   [Acknowledgements]   [Endnotes]   Alley, W. M., T. E. Reilly, and. O. E. Franke. 1999. Sustainability of ground-water resources. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1186, Denver, Colorado, 79 p. http://engineeringhydrology.sdsu.edu 140214 09:05