| Abstract: | The public water supply for about 350,000 people on Staten Island (Richmond County)--a mainly suburban 60-sq mi borough of the City of New York is provided by the City from reservoirs in upstate New York. Since 1962, many individuals and businesses have used groundwater for supplemental supply as a result of the City ‘s ban on the use of public supply water for irrigation, swimming pools, and automobile washing during protracted droughts that depleted the reservoirs. Hundreds of wells were installed on the island during droughts of 1962-66 and 1983-85. Bedrock of Late Proterozoic to Jurassic age and unconsolidated deposits of the Upper Cretaceous and late Pleistocene age contain groundwater that is generally suitable for the city prohibited purposes. The groundwater of the island receives sufficient recharge to meet the current demands and could sustain considerably greater withdrawals. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 29843 |
| Citation Author: | Soren, Julian |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 22 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: | 87-4048 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Geologic and geohydrologic reconnaissance of Staten Island, New York; 1988; WRI; 87-4048; Soren, Julian |
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| Citation Year: | 1988 |
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| Text: | Geologic and geohydrologic reconnaissance of Staten Island, New York; 1988; WRI; 87-4048; Soren, Julian |
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| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1987/4048/plate-4.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
