|
Assessment of Surficial and Brunswick Aquifer Systems, Coastal Georgia
Cooperator: Liberty County Development Authority and Camden County
Year Started: 2002
| The Upper Floridan aquifer is the primary source of water in the coastal area of Georgia. Declining water levels and localized occurrences of saltwater contamination in the Upper Floridan aquifer have resulted in the Georgia Environmental Protection Division capping permitted withdrawals from the Upper Floridan aquifer at 1997 rates in parts of the coastal area. These restrictions have prompted interest in developing supplemental sources of ground water, including the surficial and Brunswick aquifer systems. The surficial aquifer system includes the water table and semiconfined zones; the Brunswick aquifer system includes the upper and lower Brunswick aquifers.
Objectives
|
A USGS hydrologist and a drilling contractor taking water-level measurements during a pumping test of the lower Brunswick aquifer at Old Sunbury Road, Liberty County, Georgia, January 2002. The test is being conducted to better define the hydraulic properties of the surficial and Brunswick aquifer systems and determine the usefulness of these aquifers as supplementary sources of ground water. Photo by Sherlyn Priest, USGS. |
Back to the activities list
USGS Georgia Water Resources or Water Resources of the U.S. home page.
If you have questions or comments about this page, please send them to webmaster-ga@usgs.gov.USGS Privacy Statement | Disclaimer