| Abstract: | Average ground-water conditions have not changed significantly in the Springfield-Salem plateaus section of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas in the past 25 years except in the vicinity of well fields. The amount of ground water pumped is approximately 200 cubic feet per second, which is about 5 percent of the total discharge at the 80 percent point on flow-duration curves for major streams. Ground-water recharge is variable and occurs through sinkholes by infiltration in upland areas of good permeability, and through streambeds that lose flow. Main waterbearing zones lie in the Potosi Dolomite and the lower dolomite and sandstone of the Gasconade Dolomite. Cavernous connections from ground surface to depths as great as 1,500 feet occur in the West Plains area, Mo., and result in deep circulation of water. Municipal well-water in the area often becomes turbid after rainstorms, despite well depths of 1 ,500 feet and 950 to 1,000 feet of pressure-grouted casing. Ground-water movement is generaly north and south from the crest of the Springfield-Salem plateaus, which extend across southern Missouri from the St. Francois Mountains to the southwest. Interbasin diversion of surface- and ground-water flow is common. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Harvey, Edward Joseph |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 66 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
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| Citation Series Number: | 80-101 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground water in the Springfield-Salem plateaus of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas; 1980; WRI; 80-101; Harvey, Edward Joseph |
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| Text: | Ground water in the Springfield-Salem plateaus of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas; 1980; WRI; 80-101; Harvey, Edward Joseph |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1980/0101/report.pdf |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
