| Abstract: | Annual pumpage in the Memphis, Tennessee area, for both the Memphis Sand (‘500-foot ‘ sand) and Fort Pillow Sand (‘1400-foot ‘ sand) from the time of initial pumping from these aquifers to 1975 is presented in both tabular and graphic forms. The Memphis Sand supplied 188 million gallons per day in 1975 or 95 percent of the total water used in the area. Pumpage from the Fort Pillow Sand has decreased in recent years and in 1975 was about 4 million gallons per day. Pumping increases from the Memphis Sand have caused an almost continual decline of water levels. Water-level-change may show the fluctuations in water levels for two periods of high water use. Water levels in the Fort Pillow Sand show a rise since 1963, coincidental with pumping reductions. The data suggest that a constant pumping rate will cause little water-level decline and that the water levels can be altered for efficient resource management by areally varying the distribution of pumping. (Woodard-USGS) |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 26692 |
| Citation Author: | Criner, James H.; Parks, William Scott |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 45 p. (some folded) :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 76-67 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Historic water-level changes and pumpage from the principal aquifers of the Memphis area, Tennessee; 1886-1975, text, tables, and illustrations indicating historic ground-water use and results; 1976; WRI; 76-67; Criner, James H.; Parks, William Scott |
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| Citation Year: | 1976 |
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| Text: | Historic water-level changes and pumpage from the principal aquifers of the Memphis area, Tennessee; 1886-1975, text, tables, and illustrations indicating historic ground-water use and results; 1976; WRI; 76-67; Criner, James H.; Parks, William Scott |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
