Groundwater management and protection, McMinn County, Tennessee
McMinn County in Tennessee relies heavily on groundwater as a source of potable water. Part of the public water supply for Athens Utilities is groundwater. About 40 percent of the county`s residents rely on private wells for domestic water supply. The groundwater is produced, primarily, in aquifers of fractured limestone with solution channels. The geohydrology of McMinn County makes groundwater protection an important issue. This report represents the results of a cooperative effort to address both immediate and long-term needs for groundwater protection. A three-phased approach is used to suggest specific actions that would help safeguard public health and future economic growth of the county. Phase 1 involves a technical committee to assist local governments on groundwater-related matters, investigation of specific measures for wellhead protection in McMinn County, and public education. Phase 2 focuses on gaining additional technical information through fracture/lineament tracing for the entire county using aerial photography and computerizing the groundwater data which resides in many paper files of the many federal, state, and local governments. Phase 3 suggests a dye tracer and/or aquifer testing for Ingleside Spring to refine the initially identified wellhead protection area.
- Research Organization:
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN (United States). Water Quality Dept.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 10159167
- Report Number(s):
- TVA/WR/WQ-91/13; ON: DE92015741
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Aug 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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