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Title: Ground-water data for the Nevada Test Site 1992, and for selected other areas in South-Central Nevada, 1952--1992

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/111894· OSTI ID:111894

Ground-water data collected from wells and test holes at and in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site have been compiled in a recently released report. These data were collected by the US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, in support of the US Department of Energy, Environmental Restoration and Hydrologic Resources Management Programs. Depth-to-water measurements were made at 53 sites at the Nevada Test Site from October 1, 1991, to September 30, 1992, and at 60 sites in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site from 1952 to September 30, 1992. For water year 1992, depth to water ranged from 288 to 2,213 feet below land surface at the Nevada Test Site and from 22 to 1,460 feet below land surface at sites in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site. Total ground-water withdrawal data compiled for 12 wells at the Nevada Test Site during calendar year 1992 was more than 400 million gallons. Tritium concentrations in water samples collected from five test holes at the Nevada Test Site in water year 1992 did not exceed the US Environmental Protection Agency drinking, water limit.

Research Organization:
US Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI08-86NV10583
OSTI ID:
111894
Report Number(s):
USGS-OFR-95-284; ON: DE96000243; TRN: 95:023158
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1992]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English