Groundwater Quality in Selected Stream-Valley Aquifers, Eastern United States

Fact Sheet 2022-3037
National Water Quality Program
National Water-Quality Assessment Project
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Abstract

Groundwater provides nearly 50 percent of the Nation’s drinking water. To help protect this vital resource, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project assesses groundwater quality in aquifers that are important sources of drinking water (Burow and Belitz, 2014). The stream-valley aquifers constitute one of the important aquifer systems being evaluated.

Suggested Citation

Kingsbury, J.A., 2022, Groundwater quality in selected Stream Valley aquifers, eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2022-3037, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20223037.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Background  
  • Overview of Water Quality  
  • Results: Groundwater Quality at the Depth Zone Used for Public Supply in Stream-Valley Aquifers  
  • Inorganic Constituents  
  • Organic Constituents  
  • Benchmarks for Evaluating Groundwater Quality  
  • References Cited 
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Groundwater quality in selected Stream Valley aquifers, eastern United States
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2022-3037
DOI 10.3133/fs20223037
Year Published 2022
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) WMA - Earth System Processes Division
Description 4 p.
Country United States
State Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Online Only (Y/N) N
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