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Corrosive ground water in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in the vicinity of Ocean County, east-central New Jersey

Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4181
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Abstract

Corrosive groundwater, which has been linked to trace-metal leaching from plumbing materials in Europe and the United States , has been identified in the Coastal Plain of New Jersey. The corrosiveness of groundwater in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in New Jersey has been estimated by calculating values for the Aggressive Index, using groundwater chemistry data. A contour map of Aggressive-Index values shows that groundwater is very corrosive in the vicinity of Ocean County, New Jersey. Areas with the least corrosive water are generally along the coast, whereas areas with the most corrosive water are farther inland. (USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Corrosive ground water in the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system in the vicinity of Ocean County, east-central New Jersey
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 87-4181
DOI 10.3133/wri874181
Edition -
Year Published 1989
Language ENGLISH
Description 1 map : col. ; 91 x 112 cm., folded in envelope 30 x 24 cm.
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