| Abstract: | Water for irrigation in parts of Newton and Jasper Counties and adjacent areas of northwestern Indiana is pumped mostly from the carbonate- bedrock aquifer that underlies glacial drift. To help in managing the ground-water resources of the area, a three-dimensional ground-water model was developed and tested with hydrologic data collected during 1986 and 1988. Two major aquifers and a confining unit were identified. The surficial unconfined outwash aquifer consists of sand and some gravel. Saturated thickness averages about 30 feet. Estimated values of horizontal hydraulic conductivity and storage coefficient are 350 feet per day and 0.07, respectively. The generally continuous confining unit beneath the outwash aquifer is composed predominantly of till and lacustrine silt and clay and is 0 to 125 feet thick. The carbonate-bedrock aquifer is composed of Silurian and Devonian dolomitic limestone; dolomite and has a median transmissivity of 2,000 feet squared per day. A nine-layer digital model was developed to simulate flow in the ground-water system. The mean absolute errors for simulated water levels in the bedrock aquifer ranged from 5 to 7 feet for two recent periods of irrigation. The component of the flow system that most affects water-level drawdowns in the bedrock aquifer is the confining unit which controls the rate of leakage to the bedrock aquifer. The model is most accurate in areas for which data for confining-unit thickness and bedrock water levels are available. |
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| Citation Author: | Arihood, L. D.; Basch, M. E. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 38 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 92-4046 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Geohydrology and simulated ground-water flow in an irrigated area of northwestern Indiana; 1994; WRI; 92-4046; Arihood, L. D.; Basch, M. E. |
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| Text: | Geohydrology and simulated ground-water flow in an irrigated area of northwestern Indiana; 1994; WRI; 92-4046; Arihood, L. D.; Basch, M. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1992/4046/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1992/4046/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;
USGS Earth Science Information Center, Books and Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
