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Anna M Nottmeier

Anna M Nottmeier is a Hydrologist in the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Duty Station: Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project Wells Map - Arkansas

Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

The Sparta aquifer is Union County's only source of municipal and industrial ground water. Since development began in the early 1920's ground-water levels have declined more than 390 feet in some areas. As a result, Union was among five southern Arkansas counties designated as the state's first "Critical Ground Water Area" in 1996. Partners include: Union County Water Conservation District...
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
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Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

The Sparta aquifer is Union County's only source of municipal and industrial ground water. Since development began in the early 1920's ground-water levels have declined more than 390 feet in some areas. As a result, Union was among five southern Arkansas counties designated as the state's first "Critical Ground Water Area" in 1996. Partners include: Union County Water Conservation District...
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Mississippi Corn Irrigation Photograph

Ground-Water Data Network - Arkansas

Short Title: Ground-Water Data Network Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division, Arkansas Geological Survey, Cabot Water Works, Grand Prairie Water Users Association, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Union County Conservation District Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Arkansas is the fourth largest user of ground water in the...
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Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
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Ground-Water Data Network - Arkansas

Short Title: Ground-Water Data Network Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division, Arkansas Geological Survey, Cabot Water Works, Grand Prairie Water Users Association, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Union County Conservation District Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Arkansas is the fourth largest user of ground water in the...
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Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project - Illustration - Arkansas

Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

Short Title: Sparta Recovery Project Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Union County Water Conservation Board Project Time Frame: 2002 - present The Sparta aquifer is a confined aquifer of great regional importance and is a major water resource for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. A large cone of depression is centered near the City of El Dorado. Local industry, the city of El...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
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Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

Short Title: Sparta Recovery Project Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Union County Water Conservation Board Project Time Frame: 2002 - present The Sparta aquifer is a confined aquifer of great regional importance and is a major water resource for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. A large cone of depression is centered near the City of El Dorado. Local industry, the city of El...
Learn More

Digitized and Derivative Potentiometric Surface Datasets for the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer Extent of Eastern Arkansas, Predevelopment to 2008

The Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA) in eastern Arkansas is a major source of groundwater for public, industrial, agricultural, and aquaculture uses. Estimated withdrawals from the MRVA increased from 1,063 million gallons per day in 1965 (Halberg and Stephens, 1966) to 7,252 million gallons per day in 2005 (Holland, 2007). Potentiometric-surface maps, which represent the...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Self-potential and electric resistivity tomography data pertaining to groundwater flow for thermal springs, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, February 2023–January 2024

This data release contains self-potential (SP) map data, two-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) data, and time-lapse SP-monitoring data measured within the thermal springs discharge area of Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in addition to the geospatial coordinates of each geophysical measurement and photographs of the reconnaissance and monitoring...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Datasets for the 2015 potentiometric surface and water-level changes (2011-2013, 2013-2015) in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer, in Arkansas

These datasets provide the locations of and groundwater-level altitudes from 273 wells that were used to construct a 2015 potentiometric contour surface of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Measurements were made from January through June 2015 and represent synoptic conditions. All wells were cased completely in and screened in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Groundwater-level data are also...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets of depth to water, spring 2016, 2018, and 2020, and spring-to-spring water-level change 2016-18, 2018-20, and 2016-20, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer

This data release consists of 4 data sets--rasters of generalized depth to water in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA) in spring 2016, 2018, and 2020 and a point file of the wells with water-level measurements used to create the depth to water rasters and, for each well with applicable data, the values of water-level change from spring 2016 to spring 2018, spring 2018...
By
Nebraska Water Science Center

Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020

A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2020 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA), which was referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), using most of the available groundwater-altitude data from wells and surface-water-altitude data from streamgages. The location and water-level altitude in feet for these wells and streamgages in...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets of the hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in northwestern Louisiana

Datasets include hydrogeologic cross section wells within the Red River alluvial aquifer surficial extent, Red River alluvial aquifer base contours and wells, isopach map showing combined thickness of the Red River alluvial aquifer sand and gravel units, wells used to construct the isopach map of the Red River alluvial aquifer, wells used to construct 25-foot contours showing altitude of...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Potentiometric surface dataset of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer in Arkansas, January 2013 - May 2013

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC), Arkansas Geological Survey, and the Union County Water Conservation Board, has monitored water levels as a part of an ongoing effort to provide information for management of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. The USGS has produced reports, at various intervals, to describe groundwater...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018

A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2018 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer, which was referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), using most of the available groundwater-altitude data from wells and surface-water-altitude data from streamgages. Most of the wells were measured annually or one time, after installation, but some...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets of the Potentiometric Surface of Groundwater-Level Altitudes Near the Planned Highway 270 Bypass, East of Hot Springs, Arkansas, July-August 2017

These datasets include wells, springs, and contours used to construct the Hot Springs Highway 270 bypass pre-construction potentiometric-surface map. During the summer of 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey and Hot Springs National Park Service collected groundwater measurements from 66 wells - 59 measurements were used to construct a potentiometric-surface map of wells screened in the...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Groundwater withdrawal rates from the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system, 1900 to 2010

Groundwater is an often overlooked freshwater resource compared to surface water, but groundwater is used widely across the United States, especially during periods of drought. If groundwater models can successfully simulate past conditions, they may be used to evaluate potential future pumping scenarios or climate conditions, thus providing a valuable planning tool for water-resource...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020

The purpose of this report is to present a potentiometric-surface map for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA). The source data for the map were groundwater-altitude data from wells measured manually or continuously generally in spring 2020 and from the altitude of the top of the water surface measured generally on April 9, 2020, in rivers in the area.
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Nebraska Water Science Center

Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018

A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2018 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer using available groundwater-altitude data from 1,126 wells completed in the MRVA aquifer and from the altitude of the top of the water surface in area rivers from 66 streamgages. Personnel from Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Nebraska Water Science Center

Potentiometric surface of groundwater-level altitudes near the planned Highway 270 bypass, east of Hot Springs, Arkansas, July–August 2017

The Ouachita Mountains aquifer system potentiometric-surface map is one component of the Hot Springs Bypass Groundwater Monitoring Project. The potentiometric-surface map provides a baseline assessment of shallow groundwater levels and flow directions before the construction of the Arkansas Department of Transportation planned extension of the Highway 270 bypass, east of Hot Springs...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Regional potentiometric surface of the Ozark aquifer in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, November 2014–January 2015

The Ozark aquifer, within the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system (herein referred to as the “Ozark system”), is the primary groundwater source in the Ozark Plateaus physiographic province (herein referred to as the “Ozark Plateaus”) of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Groundwater from the Ozark system has historically been an important part of the water resource base, and groundwater...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
No results found.

Potentiometric surfaces (2013, 2015), groundwater quality (2010–15), and water-level changes (2011–13, 2013–15) in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer in Arkansas

The Sparta-Memphis aquifer, present across much of eastern Arkansas, is the second most used groundwater resource in the State, with the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer being the primary groundwater resource. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division, Arkansas Geological Survey, Natural Resources Conservation...
Authors
Anna M. Nottmeier, Katherine J. Knierim, Phillip D. Hays
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in northwestern Louisiana

Groundwater in northwestern Louisiana is a valuable resource needed for expanding public-supply needs as well as possible energy development needs arising from Haynesville Formation natural-gas production. The Red River alluvial and the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifers are two of the most important and heavily pumped aquifers in northwestern Louisiana; however, little documentation of the...
Authors
Phillip D. Hays, Anna M. Nottmeier, Robert B. Fendick Jr., William J. Daugherty, Kayla Carter
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Challenges for creating a site-specific groundwater-use record for the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system (central USA) from 1900 to 2010

Hydrologic budgets to determine groundwater availability are important tools for water-resource managers. One challenging component for developing hydrologic budgets is quantifying water use through time because historical and site-specific water-use data can be sparse or poorly documented. This research developed a groundwater-use record for the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system (central...
Authors
Katherine J. Knierim, Anna M. Nottmeier, Scott C. Worland, Drew A. Westerman, Brian R. Clark
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Aquifers of Arkansas: protection, management, and hydrologic and geochemical characteristics of groundwater resources in Arkansas

Sixteen aquifers in Arkansas that currently serve or have served as sources of water supply are described with respect to existing groundwater protection and management programs, geology, hydrologic characteristics, water use, water levels, deductive analysis, projections of hydrologic conditions, and water quality. State and Federal protection and management programs are described...
Authors
Timothy M. Kresse, Phillip D. Hays, Katherine R. Merriman, Jonathan A. Gillip, D. Todd Fugitt, Jane L. Spellman, Anna M. Nottmeier, Drew A. Westerman, Joshua M. Blackstock, James L. Battreal
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Water Resources Mission Area, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

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Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project Wells Map - Arkansas

Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

The Sparta aquifer is Union County's only source of municipal and industrial ground water. Since development began in the early 1920's ground-water levels have declined more than 390 feet in some areas. As a result, Union was among five southern Arkansas counties designated as the state's first "Critical Ground Water Area" in 1996. Partners include: Union County Water Conservation District...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
link

Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

The Sparta aquifer is Union County's only source of municipal and industrial ground water. Since development began in the early 1920's ground-water levels have declined more than 390 feet in some areas. As a result, Union was among five southern Arkansas counties designated as the state's first "Critical Ground Water Area" in 1996. Partners include: Union County Water Conservation District...
Learn More
link
Mississippi Corn Irrigation Photograph

Ground-Water Data Network - Arkansas

Short Title: Ground-Water Data Network Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division, Arkansas Geological Survey, Cabot Water Works, Grand Prairie Water Users Association, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Union County Conservation District Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Arkansas is the fourth largest user of ground water in the...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
link

Ground-Water Data Network - Arkansas

Short Title: Ground-Water Data Network Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division, Arkansas Geological Survey, Cabot Water Works, Grand Prairie Water Users Association, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Union County Conservation District Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Arkansas is the fourth largest user of ground water in the...
Learn More
link
Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project - Illustration - Arkansas

Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

Short Title: Sparta Recovery Project Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Union County Water Conservation Board Project Time Frame: 2002 - present The Sparta aquifer is a confined aquifer of great regional importance and is a major water resource for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. A large cone of depression is centered near the City of El Dorado. Local industry, the city of El...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
link

Sparta Aquifer Recovery Project

Short Title: Sparta Recovery Project Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Union County Water Conservation Board Project Time Frame: 2002 - present The Sparta aquifer is a confined aquifer of great regional importance and is a major water resource for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. A large cone of depression is centered near the City of El Dorado. Local industry, the city of El...
Learn More

Digitized and Derivative Potentiometric Surface Datasets for the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer Extent of Eastern Arkansas, Predevelopment to 2008

The Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA) in eastern Arkansas is a major source of groundwater for public, industrial, agricultural, and aquaculture uses. Estimated withdrawals from the MRVA increased from 1,063 million gallons per day in 1965 (Halberg and Stephens, 1966) to 7,252 million gallons per day in 2005 (Holland, 2007). Potentiometric-surface maps, which represent the...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Self-potential and electric resistivity tomography data pertaining to groundwater flow for thermal springs, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, February 2023–January 2024

This data release contains self-potential (SP) map data, two-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) data, and time-lapse SP-monitoring data measured within the thermal springs discharge area of Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in addition to the geospatial coordinates of each geophysical measurement and photographs of the reconnaissance and monitoring...
By
Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Datasets for the 2015 potentiometric surface and water-level changes (2011-2013, 2013-2015) in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer, in Arkansas

These datasets provide the locations of and groundwater-level altitudes from 273 wells that were used to construct a 2015 potentiometric contour surface of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Measurements were made from January through June 2015 and represent synoptic conditions. All wells were cased completely in and screened in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Groundwater-level data are also...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets of depth to water, spring 2016, 2018, and 2020, and spring-to-spring water-level change 2016-18, 2018-20, and 2016-20, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer

This data release consists of 4 data sets--rasters of generalized depth to water in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA) in spring 2016, 2018, and 2020 and a point file of the wells with water-level measurements used to create the depth to water rasters and, for each well with applicable data, the values of water-level change from spring 2016 to spring 2018, spring 2018...
By
Nebraska Water Science Center

Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020

A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2020 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA), which was referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), using most of the available groundwater-altitude data from wells and surface-water-altitude data from streamgages. The location and water-level altitude in feet for these wells and streamgages in...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets of the hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in northwestern Louisiana

Datasets include hydrogeologic cross section wells within the Red River alluvial aquifer surficial extent, Red River alluvial aquifer base contours and wells, isopach map showing combined thickness of the Red River alluvial aquifer sand and gravel units, wells used to construct the isopach map of the Red River alluvial aquifer, wells used to construct 25-foot contours showing altitude of...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Potentiometric surface dataset of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer in Arkansas, January 2013 - May 2013

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC), Arkansas Geological Survey, and the Union County Water Conservation Board, has monitored water levels as a part of an ongoing effort to provide information for management of the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. The USGS has produced reports, at various intervals, to describe groundwater...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets used to map the potentiometric surface, Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018

A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2018 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer, which was referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88), using most of the available groundwater-altitude data from wells and surface-water-altitude data from streamgages. Most of the wells were measured annually or one time, after installation, but some...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Datasets of the Potentiometric Surface of Groundwater-Level Altitudes Near the Planned Highway 270 Bypass, East of Hot Springs, Arkansas, July-August 2017

These datasets include wells, springs, and contours used to construct the Hot Springs Highway 270 bypass pre-construction potentiometric-surface map. During the summer of 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey and Hot Springs National Park Service collected groundwater measurements from 66 wells - 59 measurements were used to construct a potentiometric-surface map of wells screened in the...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Groundwater withdrawal rates from the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system, 1900 to 2010

Groundwater is an often overlooked freshwater resource compared to surface water, but groundwater is used widely across the United States, especially during periods of drought. If groundwater models can successfully simulate past conditions, they may be used to evaluate potential future pumping scenarios or climate conditions, thus providing a valuable planning tool for water-resource...
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2020

The purpose of this report is to present a potentiometric-surface map for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (MRVA). The source data for the map were groundwater-altitude data from wells measured manually or continuously generally in spring 2020 and from the altitude of the top of the water surface measured generally on April 9, 2020, in rivers in the area.
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Nebraska Water Science Center

Altitude of the potentiometric surface in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, spring 2018

A potentiometric-surface map for spring 2018 was created for the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer using available groundwater-altitude data from 1,126 wells completed in the MRVA aquifer and from the altitude of the top of the water surface in area rivers from 66 streamgages. Personnel from Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Nebraska Water Science Center

Potentiometric surface of groundwater-level altitudes near the planned Highway 270 bypass, east of Hot Springs, Arkansas, July–August 2017

The Ouachita Mountains aquifer system potentiometric-surface map is one component of the Hot Springs Bypass Groundwater Monitoring Project. The potentiometric-surface map provides a baseline assessment of shallow groundwater levels and flow directions before the construction of the Arkansas Department of Transportation planned extension of the Highway 270 bypass, east of Hot Springs...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Regional potentiometric surface of the Ozark aquifer in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, November 2014–January 2015

The Ozark aquifer, within the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system (herein referred to as the “Ozark system”), is the primary groundwater source in the Ozark Plateaus physiographic province (herein referred to as the “Ozark Plateaus”) of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Groundwater from the Ozark system has historically been an important part of the water resource base, and groundwater...
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
No results found.

Potentiometric surfaces (2013, 2015), groundwater quality (2010–15), and water-level changes (2011–13, 2013–15) in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer in Arkansas

The Sparta-Memphis aquifer, present across much of eastern Arkansas, is the second most used groundwater resource in the State, with the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer being the primary groundwater resource. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division, Arkansas Geological Survey, Natural Resources Conservation...
Authors
Anna M. Nottmeier, Katherine J. Knierim, Phillip D. Hays
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Hydrogeologic framework of the Red River alluvial aquifer and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in northwestern Louisiana

Groundwater in northwestern Louisiana is a valuable resource needed for expanding public-supply needs as well as possible energy development needs arising from Haynesville Formation natural-gas production. The Red River alluvial and the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifers are two of the most important and heavily pumped aquifers in northwestern Louisiana; however, little documentation of the...
Authors
Phillip D. Hays, Anna M. Nottmeier, Robert B. Fendick Jr., William J. Daugherty, Kayla Carter
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Challenges for creating a site-specific groundwater-use record for the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system (central USA) from 1900 to 2010

Hydrologic budgets to determine groundwater availability are important tools for water-resource managers. One challenging component for developing hydrologic budgets is quantifying water use through time because historical and site-specific water-use data can be sparse or poorly documented. This research developed a groundwater-use record for the Ozark Plateaus aquifer system (central...
Authors
Katherine J. Knierim, Anna M. Nottmeier, Scott C. Worland, Drew A. Westerman, Brian R. Clark
By
Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

Aquifers of Arkansas: protection, management, and hydrologic and geochemical characteristics of groundwater resources in Arkansas

Sixteen aquifers in Arkansas that currently serve or have served as sources of water supply are described with respect to existing groundwater protection and management programs, geology, hydrologic characteristics, water use, water levels, deductive analysis, projections of hydrologic conditions, and water quality. State and Federal protection and management programs are described...
Authors
Timothy M. Kresse, Phillip D. Hays, Katherine R. Merriman, Jonathan A. Gillip, D. Todd Fugitt, Jane L. Spellman, Anna M. Nottmeier, Drew A. Westerman, Joshua M. Blackstock, James L. Battreal
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
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