| Abstract: | Large quantities of water for municipal, industrial and agriculture use are supplied from the aquifers in Tertiary and younger sediments over an area of about 225,000 square miles in the coastal plain of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas. Three regional aquifer systems, the Mississippi Embayment aquifer system, the Coastal Lowlands aquifer system, and the Texas Coastal Uplands aquifer system have been developed to varying degrees throughout the area. A variety of problems have resulted from development such as movement of the saline-freshwater interface into parts of aquifers that were previously fresh, lowering of the potentiometric surface with resulting increases in pumping lift, and land-surface subsidence due to the compaction of clays within the aquifer. Increased demand for ground water is anticipated to meet the needs of urban growth, expanded energy development, and growth of irrigated agriculture. The objectives, plan and organization of study of these problems are described in this report and the major tasks to be undertaken are outlined. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 27443 |
| Citation Author: | Grubb, H. F. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 30 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 84-4219 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Planning report for the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer-System Analysis in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain, United States; 1984; WRI; 84-4219; Grubb, H. F. |
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| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | Planning report for the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer-System Analysis in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain, United States; 1984; WRI; 84-4219; Grubb, H. F. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1984/4219/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1984/4219/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, |
