| Abstract: | The remote city of Dillingham is at the northern end of Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska. The hydrology of the area is strongly affected by the mild maritime climate and local geologic conditions. Dillingham residents obtain drinking water from both deep and shallow aquifers composed of gravels and sands and separated by layers of clay underlying the community. Alternative sources of drinking water are limited to the development of new wells because surface-water sources are of inadequate quantity or quality or are located at too great a distance from the population. The Federal Aviation Administration owns or operates airway support facilities in Dillingham and wishes to consider the severity of contamination and the current environmental setting when they evaluate options for compliance with environmental regulations at their facilities. This report describes the climate. vegetation, geology, soils, ground-water and surface-water hydrology, and flood potential of the areas surrounding the Federal Aviation Administration facilities near Dillingham. |
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| ProdID: | 20376 |
| Citation Author: | Palcsak, Betty B.; Dorava, Joseph M. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 15 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 94-482 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Overview of environmental and hydrogeologic conditions at Dillingham, Alaska; 1994; OFR; 94-482; Palcsak, Betty B.; Dorava, Joseph M. |
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| Citation Year: | 1994 |
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| Text: | Overview of environmental and hydrogeologic conditions at Dillingham, Alaska; 1994; OFR; 94-482; Palcsak, Betty B.; Dorava, Joseph M. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1994/0482/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1994/0482/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 May 1995 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
