Monitoring-well installation, slug testing, and groundwater quality for selected sites in South Park, Park County, Colorado, 2013

Open-File Report 2014-1231
Prepared in cooperation with Park County, Colorado
By:

Links

Abstract

During May–June, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Park County, Colorado, drilled and installed four groundwater monitoring wells in areas identified as needing new wells to provide adequate spatial coverage for monitoring water quality in the South Park basin. Lithologic logs and well-construction reports were prepared for each well, and wells were developed after drilling to remove mud and foreign material to provide for good hydraulic connection between the well and aquifer. Slug tests were performed to estimate hydraulic-conductivity values for aquifer materials in the screened interval of each well, and groundwater samples were collected from each well for analysis of major inorganic constituents, trace metals, nutrients, dissolved organic carbon, volatile organic compounds, ethane, methane, and radon. Documentation of lithologic logs, well construction, well development, slug testing, and groundwater sampling are presented in this report.

Study Area

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Monitoring-well installation, slug testing, and groundwater quality for selected sites in South Park, Park County, Colorado, 2013
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2014-1231
DOI 10.3133/ofr20141231
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Central Energy Resources Science Center, Colorado Water Science Center
Description Report: v, 32 p.; Appendixes 1-4
Time Range Start 2013-05-01
Time Range End 2013-06-30
Country United States
State Colorado
County Park County
Other Geospatial South Park basin
Datum North American Datum of 1983
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
Google Analytic Metrics Metrics page
Additional publication details