Appalachian Plateau Groundwater Availablity Study
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By Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center
September 30, 2016
Baseline Groundwater Sampling Within Appalachian Gas Plays
USGS Characterizes Water Supplies in NY, PA, WV
USGS Characterizes Water Supplies in NY, PA, WV
USGS Releases New Produced Waters Geochemical Database
Geochemical and other information for produced waters and other deep formation waters
Geochemical and other information for produced waters and other deep formation waters
Groundwater Availability in the Appalachian Plateaus
USGS uses streamflow to study aquifer system
USGS uses streamflow to study aquifer system
USGS Energy Production National Coal Reserves Data System
USGS hydrologists to develop 3D hydrostratigraphy from over 200,000 cores in Appalachian Basin
USGS hydrologists to develop 3D hydrostratigraphy from over 200,000 cores in Appalachian Basin
Water Resources and Energy Production
An opportunity to expand knowledge of subsurface resources to include water
An opportunity to expand knowledge of subsurface resources to include water
Pennsylvanian- and Mississippian-age aquifers occupy approximately 86,000 square-miles in the Appalachian Plateaus Physiographic Province of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. As one of several USGS Regional Groundwater Studies, the primary goal of this study is to provide a regional understanding of groundwater flow and availability in the Appalachian Plateaus.
See below for publications associated with this project.
Annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and PRISM precipitation for gaged basins in the Appalachian Plateaus Region, 1900-2011
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Groundwater Resources Program study of the Appalachian Plateaus aquifers, annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and precipitation data from parameter-elevation regressions on independent slopes model (PRISM) were determined at 849 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations from Mississippi to New...
Authors
David L. Nelms, Terence Messinger, Kurt J. McCoy
Groundwater availability of the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado
The Denver Basin aquifer system is a critical water resource for growing municipal, industrial, and domestic uses along the semiarid Front Range urban corridor of Colorado. The confined bedrock aquifer system is located along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountain Front Range where the mountains meet the Great Plains physiographic province. Continued population growth and the resulting...
Conceptual model of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system
A conceptual model of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system (GBCAAS) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for a regional assessment of groundwater availability as part of a national water census. The study area is an expansion of a previous USGS Regional Aquifer Systems Analysis (RASA) study conducted during the 1980s and 1990s of the carbonate-rock province...
Groundwater availability in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina
The Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifers and confining units of North and South Carolina are composed of crystalline carbonate rocks, sand, clay, silt, and gravel and contain large volumes of high-quality groundwater. The aquifers have a long history of use dating back to the earliest days of European settlement in the late 1600s. Although extensive areas of some of the aquifers have or...
Authors
Bruce G. Campbell, Alissa L. Coes
The Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS): Documentation of a groundwater-flow model constructed to assess water availability in the Mississippi embayment
The Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS) was conducted with support from the Groundwater Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Groundwater. This report documents the construction and calibration of a finite-difference groundwater model for use as a tool to quantify groundwater availability within the Mississippi embayment. To approximate the...
Authors
Brian R. Clark, Rheannon M. Hart
Ground-water resources of the middle Rio Grande basin, New Mexico
No abstract available.
Authors
James R. Bartolino, J. C. Cole
Below are partners associated with this project.
Pennsylvanian- and Mississippian-age aquifers occupy approximately 86,000 square-miles in the Appalachian Plateaus Physiographic Province of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. As one of several USGS Regional Groundwater Studies, the primary goal of this study is to provide a regional understanding of groundwater flow and availability in the Appalachian Plateaus.
See below for publications associated with this project.
Annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and PRISM precipitation for gaged basins in the Appalachian Plateaus Region, 1900-2011
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Groundwater Resources Program study of the Appalachian Plateaus aquifers, annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and precipitation data from parameter-elevation regressions on independent slopes model (PRISM) were determined at 849 continuous-record streamflow-gaging stations from Mississippi to New...
Authors
David L. Nelms, Terence Messinger, Kurt J. McCoy
Groundwater availability of the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado
The Denver Basin aquifer system is a critical water resource for growing municipal, industrial, and domestic uses along the semiarid Front Range urban corridor of Colorado. The confined bedrock aquifer system is located along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountain Front Range where the mountains meet the Great Plains physiographic province. Continued population growth and the resulting...
Conceptual model of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system
A conceptual model of the Great Basin carbonate and alluvial aquifer system (GBCAAS) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for a regional assessment of groundwater availability as part of a national water census. The study area is an expansion of a previous USGS Regional Aquifer Systems Analysis (RASA) study conducted during the 1980s and 1990s of the carbonate-rock province...
Groundwater availability in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North and South Carolina
The Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifers and confining units of North and South Carolina are composed of crystalline carbonate rocks, sand, clay, silt, and gravel and contain large volumes of high-quality groundwater. The aquifers have a long history of use dating back to the earliest days of European settlement in the late 1600s. Although extensive areas of some of the aquifers have or...
Authors
Bruce G. Campbell, Alissa L. Coes
The Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS): Documentation of a groundwater-flow model constructed to assess water availability in the Mississippi embayment
The Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS) was conducted with support from the Groundwater Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Groundwater. This report documents the construction and calibration of a finite-difference groundwater model for use as a tool to quantify groundwater availability within the Mississippi embayment. To approximate the...
Authors
Brian R. Clark, Rheannon M. Hart
Ground-water resources of the middle Rio Grande basin, New Mexico
No abstract available.
Authors
James R. Bartolino, J. C. Cole
Below are partners associated with this project.