Surface-water availability, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Open-File Report
75-458
By: Alfred L. Knight and Marvin E. Davis
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Abstract
The average annual runoff, about 1,270 mgd (million gallons per day), originating in Tuscaloosa County is equivalent to 20 inches or 0.95 mgd per square mile. The Black Warrior and Sipsey Rivers, the largest streams in the county, have average flows of 5,230 mgd and 580 mgd, respectively, where they leave the county, and median annual 7-day low flows in excess of 150 mgd and 35 mgd, respectively. North River, Big Sandy Creek, and Hurricane Creek have average flows in excess of 100 mgd and median annual 7-day low flows in excess of 2 mgd.
Surface water generally contains less than 100 mg/l (milligrams per liter) dissolved solids, less than 10 mg/l chloride, and is soft to moderately hard. Streams having the higher hardness and the higher dissolved-solids content are in eastern Tuscaloosa County.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Surface-water availability, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 75-458 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr75458 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1975 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | 16, [15] leaves :ill., maps (some folded) ;36 cm.; (28 p. - PGS) |
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