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Groundwater Monitoring Program for the Augusta–Richmond County Area, GA

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By South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) November 7, 2016

Water supply in the Augusta–Richmond County, GA area is provided in part by three well fields that withdraw water from the Dublin–Midville aquifer system. The U.S. Geological Survey operates a groundwater-level and water-quality monitoring program to support water-management decisions and provide a basis for future groundwater modeling efforts while adding to regional characterization of groundwater conditions. 

USGS Hydrologist Gerard Gonthier measures the water level in a well in Richmond County, GA as part of the Groundwater Monitor
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USGS Hydrologist Gerard Gonthier measures the water level in a well in Richmond County, GA as part of the Groundwater Monitoring Program in partnership with Augusta Utilities Department.

Problem

Water supply in the Augusta–Richmond County area, Georgia is provided in part by three well fields that withdraw water from the Dublin-Midville aquifer system---sand aquifers of Late Cretaceous to Early Paleocene age. Low levels of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene have been detected in a supply well at the northernmost extent of Well Field 2. To ensure that groundwater pumping does not adversely affect water levels in areas within and surrounding well fields or water-quality of production wells, the U.S. Geological Survey operates a groundwater monitoring program for the Augusta–Richmond County area. Data collected from this network will provide information to support water-management decisions, provide a basis for future groundwater modeling efforts, and add to the regional characterization of ground-water conditions.

Objectives

The project goal is to determine current groundwater levels, groundwater-level trends, groundwater-flow directions, water quality, and water-quality trends of the Dublin-Midville aquifer system within the Augusta-Richmond County area. This goal will  be achieved by:

  • Maintaining a network of continuous water-level recorders at selected wells.

  • Collect synoptic water-level measurements and construct potentiometric-surface maps on an annual basis.

  • Collect and analyze water samples from selected wells in and near Well Field 2 with additional water-quality data collection from Well Fields 1 and 3.

  • Develop a groundwater model to assess groundwater-flow direction and rates of flow under different pump settings, within the area of the three well fields

Groundwater Conditions

Hydrogeology and Potentiometric Surface of the Dublin and Midville Aquifer Systems in Richmond County, Georgia, January 2007

INTRODUCTION The Dublin and Midville aquifer systems are part of the Cretaceous aquifer system that underlies most of Richmond County, Georgia (Gorday, 1985; Falls and others, 1997). The Cretaceous aquifer system is the second most productive aquifer in Georgia and is a major source of water in the region. About 220 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) of water was withdrawn from the Cretaceous aqu
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Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Below are publications associated with this project.

Groundwater conditions and studies in the Augusta–Richmond County area, Georgia, 2008–2009

Groundwater studies and monitoring efforts conducted during 2008–2009, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Water Program with the City of Augusta in Richmond County, Georgia, provided data for the effective management of local water resources. During 2008–2009 the USGS completed: (1) installation of three monitoring wells and the collection of lithologic and geophysical loggin
Authors
Gerard Gonthier, Stephen J. Lawrence, Michael F. Peck, O. Gary Holloway
By
Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Below are partners associated with this project.

Augusta Utilities Department

Water supply in the Augusta–Richmond County, GA area is provided in part by three well fields that withdraw water from the Dublin–Midville aquifer system. The U.S. Geological Survey operates a groundwater-level and water-quality monitoring program to support water-management decisions and provide a basis for future groundwater modeling efforts while adding to regional characterization of groundwater conditions. 

USGS Hydrologist Gerard Gonthier measures the water level in a well in Richmond County, GA as part of the Groundwater Monitor
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
USGS Hydrologist Gerard Gonthier measures the water level in a well in Richmond County, GA as part of the Groundwater Monitoring Program in partnership with Augusta Utilities Department.

Problem

Water supply in the Augusta–Richmond County area, Georgia is provided in part by three well fields that withdraw water from the Dublin-Midville aquifer system---sand aquifers of Late Cretaceous to Early Paleocene age. Low levels of tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene have been detected in a supply well at the northernmost extent of Well Field 2. To ensure that groundwater pumping does not adversely affect water levels in areas within and surrounding well fields or water-quality of production wells, the U.S. Geological Survey operates a groundwater monitoring program for the Augusta–Richmond County area. Data collected from this network will provide information to support water-management decisions, provide a basis for future groundwater modeling efforts, and add to the regional characterization of ground-water conditions.

Objectives

The project goal is to determine current groundwater levels, groundwater-level trends, groundwater-flow directions, water quality, and water-quality trends of the Dublin-Midville aquifer system within the Augusta-Richmond County area. This goal will  be achieved by:

  • Maintaining a network of continuous water-level recorders at selected wells.

  • Collect synoptic water-level measurements and construct potentiometric-surface maps on an annual basis.

  • Collect and analyze water samples from selected wells in and near Well Field 2 with additional water-quality data collection from Well Fields 1 and 3.

  • Develop a groundwater model to assess groundwater-flow direction and rates of flow under different pump settings, within the area of the three well fields

Groundwater Conditions

Hydrogeology and Potentiometric Surface of the Dublin and Midville Aquifer Systems in Richmond County, Georgia, January 2007

INTRODUCTION The Dublin and Midville aquifer systems are part of the Cretaceous aquifer system that underlies most of Richmond County, Georgia (Gorday, 1985; Falls and others, 1997). The Cretaceous aquifer system is the second most productive aquifer in Georgia and is a major source of water in the region. About 220 million gallons per day (Mgal/d) of water was withdrawn from the Cretaceous aqu
By
Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Below are publications associated with this project.

Groundwater conditions and studies in the Augusta–Richmond County area, Georgia, 2008–2009

Groundwater studies and monitoring efforts conducted during 2008–2009, as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cooperative Water Program with the City of Augusta in Richmond County, Georgia, provided data for the effective management of local water resources. During 2008–2009 the USGS completed: (1) installation of three monitoring wells and the collection of lithologic and geophysical loggin
Authors
Gerard Gonthier, Stephen J. Lawrence, Michael F. Peck, O. Gary Holloway
By
Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Below are partners associated with this project.

Augusta Utilities Department

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