| Abstract: | An approximate area of 56 sq mi of the alluvial aquifer just north of Brinkley, Arkansas, has been contaminated by saltwater (chloride concentration > or = 50 mg/L) intruded from underlying aquifers. The contamination was mapped from water quality data for 217 wells. Saltwater problems appear to have spread rapidly in the alluvial aquifer since the late 1940‘s. Chemical comparisons indicate that the alluvial aquifer was contaminated by water from the Sparta aquifer which in turn was contaminated by the underlying Nacatoch aquifer. The possibility of intrusion into the alluvial aquifer through abandoned oil and gas test wells was investigated but no evidence could be found to support this possibility. Upward movement into the alluvial aquifer from the underlying Sparta aquifer through the thinned or absent Jackson confining unit appears to be the principal reason for saltwater in the alluvial aquifer. Increased withdrawals of water from the alluvial aquifer for irrigation and public supply appear to have contributed to this upward movement. (Author ‘s abstract) |
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| ProdID: | 28773 |
| Citation Author: | Morris, E. E.; Bush, W. V. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 123 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: | 85-4322 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Extent and source of saltwater intrusion into the alluvial aquifer near Brinkley, Arkansas, 1984; 1986; WRI; 85-4322; Morris, E. E.; Bush, W. V. |
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| Text: | Extent and source of saltwater intrusion into the alluvial aquifer near Brinkley, Arkansas, 1984; 1986; WRI; 85-4322; Morris, E. E.; Bush, W. V. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1985/4322/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1985/4322/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
