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Water-resources data for the Valdosta area, south-central Georgia, 1961-93

Open-File Report 94-350
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr94350

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Abstract

The Upper Floridan aquifer is the sole source of water supply for the city of Valdosta, Ga., and much of the surrounding area. Users and water-resources managers and developers are concerned about the quality of water in the aquifer. The water quality of a large part of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the Valdosta area is affected by direct recharge of water from the Withlacoochee River to the aquifer through sinkholes in the river channel north of Valdosta. Furthermore, because the Withlacoochee River receives little filtration as it recharges the aquifer in this area, ground water might be vulnerable to contamination as a result of human activities within the Withlacoochee River basin. Stream-discharge and water-quality data from 17 surface-water sites and ground-water-quality dam from 111 wells in the vicinity of Valdosta, Ga., are presented for the period 1961-93. Also, ground- water-level data for the Upper Floridan aquifer in the Valdosta area are presented in a series of potentiometric-surface maps. The water-resources data were collected mostly in Lowndes County in the vicinity of Valdosta and lesser amounts were collected in surrounding Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, and Lanier Counties.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-resources data for the Valdosta area, south-central Georgia, 1961-93
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 94-350
DOI 10.3133/ofr94350
Edition -
Year Published 1994
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor],
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description iv, 58 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
Country United States
State Georgia
City Valdosta
Other Geospatial Upper Floridan Aquifer
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