Digital computer simulation model of the Englishtown aquifer in the northern coastal plain of New Jersey
Water-Resources Investigations Report
77-73
By: W.D. Nichols
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Abstract
Continued decline of water levels in the Englishtown aquifer, in New Jersey, has caused considerable concern regarding the ability of the aquifer to meet future yield demands. A detailed study of the capability of the aquifer to yield water entailed the use of a digital computer simulation model to evaluate aquifer and confining layer coefficients and to test alternative concepts of the hydrodynamics of the flow system. The modeled area includes about 750 square miles of the northern Coastal Plain of New Jersey and encompasses all the major centers of pumping from the Englishtown aquifer. The simulation model was calibrated by matching computed declines with historical water-level declines over the 12-year period, 1959-70. The volume of transient and steady leakage into the Englishtown aquifer from and through the adjacent confining layers equaled more than 90 percent of the total volume of water withdrawn from the aquifer between 1959 and 1970. The analytical estimate of transient leakage indicates that about 60 percent of the water withdrawn from the Englishtown between 1959 and 1970 was replaced by water released from storage in the adjacent confining beds. An additional 34 percent of the withdrawal over this time period was supported by steady leakage through the overlying confining bed from the Mount Laurel aquifer. Of the more than 30 billion gallons withdrawn from the aquifer over the 12-year period, about 2 billion gallons were obtained from storage in the aquifer. The values of aquifer and confining-layer coefficients used in the model are nearly the same as the average values obtained from field and laboratory data. (Woodard-USGS)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Digital computer simulation model of the Englishtown aquifer in the northern coastal plain of New Jersey |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 77-73 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri7773 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | ix, 101 p. |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Coastal New Jersey |
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