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- Title
- Hydrologic and Geochemical Evaluation of Aquifer Storage Recovery in the Santee Limestone/Black Mingo Aquifer, Charleston, South Carolina, 1998-2002.
- File
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PB2006111163.pdf
- Author(s)
- Petkewich, M. D.; Parkhurst, D. L.; Conlon, K. J.; Campbell, B. G.; Mirecki, J. E.
- Source
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January 2004,
96 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- USGS-SIR-2004-5046
- Abstract
- The hydrologic and geochemical effects of aquifer storage recovery were evaluated to determine the potential for supplying the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with large quantities of potable water during emergencies, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, or hard freezes. An aquifer storage recovery system, including a production well and three observation wells, was installed at a site located on the Charleston peninsula. The focus of this study was the 23.2-meter thick Tertiary-age carbonate and sand aquifer of the Santee Limestone and the Black Mingo Group, the northernmost equivalent of the Floridan aquifer system.
- Keywords
- Carbonates; Evaluation; Potable water; Water quality; Hydrology; Water wells; Aquifer storage recovery; Stratigraphy; Sediments; Geochemistry; South Carolina; Aquifers; Water pollution sampling; Water chemistry