Selected hydrologic data from the Cedar Rapids area, Linn County, Iowa, April 1996 through March 1999

Open-File Report 99-461
Prepared in cooperation with the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Abstract

The City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa obtains its municipal water supply from four well fields along the Cedar River. The wells are completed at depths of about 60 to 80 feet in a shallow alluvial aquifer adjacent to the Cedar River. The City of Cedar Rapids and the U.S. Geological Survey have conducted a cooperative study of the groundwater flow system and water quality near the well fields since 1992. The purpose of this report is to document selected hydrologic data collected from April 1996 through March 1999. Data include the results of water-quality analyses, ground-waterlevels continuously measured with pressure transducers and data recorders, and physical properties continuously monitored using multiprobe instruments. Water-quality samples were collected from selected wells and the Cedar River to conduct periodic monitoring, to evaluate ground-water geochemistry, to assess the occurrence of pesticides and herbicide degradates in the alluvial aquifer, and to characterize water quality in shallow ground water near a wetland area in the Seminole Well Field. Types of water-quality analyses included common ions (calcium, chloride, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, silica, sodium, and sulfate), trace elements (boron, bromide, and fluoride), nutrients (ammonia as nitrogen, nitrite as nitrogen, nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen, and orthophosphate as phosphorus), dissolved organic carbon, and selected pesticides and herbicide degradates. Ground-water levels in selected observation wells were continuously measured to assess temporal trends in groundwater levels in the alluvial aquifer and bedrock aquifer, to help calibrate a ground-water flow model being constructed to simulate local groundwater flow under transient conditions near the well fields, and to assess hydrologic conditions near a wetland area in the Seminole Well Field. Physical properties (specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and water temperature) were continuously monitored to assess temporal variation and to help evaluate the interaction between the Cedar River and ground water in the alluvial aquifer.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Selected hydrologic data from the Cedar Rapids area, Linn County, Iowa, April 1996 through March 1999
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 99-461
DOI 10.3133/ofr99461
Year Published 1999
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Iowa City, IA
Contributing office(s) Iowa Water Science Center
Description viii, 241 p.
Country United States
State Iowa
City Cedar Rapids
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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