| Abstract: | Okaloosa County, in the northwest Florida panhandle, uses the Floridan aquifer for water supply, although it also has abundant surface water and ground water in the surficial sand-and-gravel aquifer. Water levels have declined locally more than 90 feet in the upper limestone of the Floridan aquifer. The Floridan aquifer is overlain by the Pensacola clay confining bed, and the Bucatunna Clay subdivides it into two limestone units. Water in the upper limestone is generally of good quality. The lower limestone probably contains saline water. Average daily stream discharge is about 2,500 million gallons. Stream discharge does not diminish excessively during droughts, owing to high base runoff. Water levels in the Floridan aquifer will decline as long as pumping increases in the present areas of withdrawal. The decline could be alleviated by redistribution of pumping, artificial recharge, and the use of the sand-and-gravel aquifer or streams. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Trapp, Henry; Pascale, C. A.; Foster, J. B. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 83 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 77-9 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Water resources of Okaloosa County and adjacent areas, Florida; 1977; WRI; 77-9; Trapp, Henry; Pascale, C. A.; Foster, J. B. |
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| Text: | Water resources of Okaloosa County and adjacent areas, Florida; 1977; WRI; 77-9; Trapp, Henry; Pascale, C. A.; Foster, J. B. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
