| Abstract: | Fourteen test wells drilled in the Fairview area, Tennessee, produce from 3 to 100 gallons per minute and have an average yield of 32 gallons per minute, measured while blowing water from the wells with compressed air. In comparison, the average yield of supply wells reported by drillers is 13 gallons per minute. Specific capacities for three of the test wells ranged from 0.3 to 0.6 gallons per minute per foot of drawdown after 8 hours of pumping at 20 to 47 gallons per minute. Two test wells had specific capacities of 1.1 and 0.4 gallons per foot of drawdown after 72 hours of pumping at 55 and 43 gallons per minute. The mineral content of ground water increases greatly below a gypsum horizon approximately 100 feet below the top of the Fort Payne Formation. Ground water above the gypsum horizon, however, meets the standards for finished drinking water. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Burchett, C. R.; Zurawski, Ann; Sparkes, A. K.; Hollyday, E. F. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 38 p. :ill. ;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: | 83-4134 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground water in carbonate rocks and regolith in the Fairview area, Tennessee; 1983; WRI; 83-4134; Burchett, C. R.; Zurawski, Ann; Sparkes, A. K.; Hollyday, E. F. |
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| Citation Year: | 1983 |
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| Text: | Ground water in carbonate rocks and regolith in the Fairview area, Tennessee; 1983; WRI; 83-4134; Burchett, C. R.; Zurawski, Ann; Sparkes, A. K.; Hollyday, E. F. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1983/4134/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
