| Abstract: | Ground water in the coastal parts of Citrus, Hernando, and Levy Counties is obtained almost entirely from the Floridan aquifer. The aquifer is unconfined near the coast and semiconfined in the ridge area. Transmissivity ranges from 20,000 feet squared per day in the ridge area to greater than 2,000,000 feet squared per day near major springs. Changes in the potentiometric surface of the aquifer are small between the wet and dry seasons. Water quality within the study area is generally very good except immediately adjacent to the coast where saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico poses a threat to freshwater supply. This threat can be compensated for by placing well fields a sufficient distance away from the zone of transition from saltwater to freshwater so as not to reduce or reverse the hydraulic gradient in that zone. Computer models are presently available to help predict the extent of influence of ground-water withdrawals in an area. These may be used as management tools in planning ground-water development of the area. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 27195 |
| Citation Author: | Fretwell, J. D. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 93 p. :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: | 83-4079 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida; 1983; WRI; 83-4079; Fretwell, J. D. |
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| Citation Year: | 1983 |
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| Text: | Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida; 1983; WRI; 83-4079; Fretwell, J. D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1983/4079/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1983/4079/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
