| Abstract: | The Edwards aquifer in the San Antonio region has two distinct zones of different salinity. The down- dip limit of freshwater, locally known as the ‘bad- water‘ line, separates saline water of 1,000 milli- grams per liter or greater from freshwater to the north and west. The saline-water zone is less transmissive and contains more dolomite and other soluble minerals than the freshwater zone. Dedolomitization has been proposed as the primary processes affecting the development of the large secondary porosity responsible for the large transmissivity of the freshwater zone. The data collected from a test-drilling and monitoring study, located in a transect across the interface in San Antonio, indicated that this conceptual model of dedolomitization and the resultant secondary porosity in the freshwater zone is appropriate, at least near the interface. One monitor well, located in the transition zone near a freshwater well field, might be sensitive to future water-level and water- quality changes that could occur in the Edwards aquifer. |
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| ProdID: | 27429 |
| Citation Author: | Groschen, G. E. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 92 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 93-4100 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Analysis of data from test-well sites along the downdip limit of freshwater in the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio, Texas, 1985-87; 1994; WRI; 93-4100; Groschen, G. E. |
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| Citation Year: | 1994 |
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| Text: | Analysis of data from test-well sites along the downdip limit of freshwater in the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio, Texas, 1985-87; 1994; WRI; 93-4100; Groschen, G. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4100/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1993/4100/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jun 1995 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
