Application of dye-tracing techniques for determining solute-transport characteristics of ground water in karst terranes

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6954697

Mull, D S; Liebermann, T D; Smoot, J L; Woosley, L H

Approximately 20% of the United States is underlain by karst aquifers. This approximation includes roughly 50% of both Kentucky and Tennessee, substantial portions of northern Georgia and Alabama, and parts of other Region IV states. The prevalence of karst aquifers in the southeast, the common use of karst aquifers as drinking water sources and the vulnerability of these aquifers to contamination highlighted the need to provide a mechanism to assist in ground-water management and protection in karst terranes. In an attempt to meet this need, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--Region IV and the Kentucky District of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have been cooperating to document the application of dye tracing techniques and concepts to ground-water protection in karst aquifers. These efforts have resulted in the preparation of the manual. The information presented herein should be viewed as another analytical 'tool' to assist in the management and protection of karst water supplies.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA (United States). Region IV
• OSTI ID: 6954697
• Report Number(s): PB-92-231356/XAB; EPA-904/6-88/001
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Prepared in cooperation with Geological Survey, Louisville, KY. Water Resources Div
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUIFERS
CONTAMINATION
GROUND WATER
POLLUTANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DYES
INTERAGENCY COOPERATION
TRACER TECHNIQUES
WATER POLLUTION
COOPERATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
MASS TRANSFER
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
SIMULATION
WATER
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Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)