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Hydrogeologic data from the US Geological Survey test wells near Waycross, Ware County, Georgia

Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4204
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834204

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Abstract

Two wells were constructed near Waycross, Ware County, Georgia, from July 1980 to May 1981 to collect stratigraphic, structural, geophysical, hydrologic, hydraulic, and geochemical information for the U.S. Geological Survey Tertiary Limestone Regional Aquifer-System Analysis. Data collection included geologic sampling and coring, borehole geophysical logging, packer testing, water-level measuring, water-quality sampling, and aquifer testing. In the study area, the Tertiary limestone aquifer system is about 1,300 feet thick and is confined and overlain by about 610 feet of clastic sediments. The aquifer system consists of limestone, dolomite, and minor evaporites and has high porosity and permeability. A 4-day continuous discharge aquifer test was conducted, from which a transmissivity of about 1 million feet squared per day and a storage coefficient of 0.0001 were calculated. Water from the upper part of the aquifer is of a calcium bicarbonate type. The deeper highly mineralized zone produces a sodium bicarbonate type water in which concentrations of magnesium, sulfate, chloride, sodium, and some trace metals increase with depth. (USGS)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrogeologic data from the US Geological Survey test wells near Waycross, Ware County, Georgia
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 83-4204
DOI 10.3133/wri834204
Year Published 1983
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description Report: v, 29 p.; 3 Plates: 28.34 x 25.25 inches or smaller
Country United States
State Georgia
County Ware County
City Waycross
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