Ground-water data collected at the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada, water years 1988--89
The US Geological Survey, in support of the US Department of Energy Hydrology/Radionuclide Migration Program, collects and compiles hydrologic and geohydrologic data to aid in characterizing the regional and local ground-water flow systems underlying the Nevada Test Site. This report presents selected ground-water data collected from wells and test holes at and in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site. Depth-to-water measurements were made at 72 sites and water samples were collected and analyzed for tritium concentrations for 14 sites during the 1988 and 1989 water years. Available historical data for these sites have been included to show the long-term depth-to-water fluctuations and to provide a record of all reported completion depths or open intervals for associated wells and test holes. Depth-to-water measurements show that the altitude of the ground-water surface in the Nevada Test Site area ranged from 1,966 to 6,377 feet above sea level. Depth-to-water measurements were obtained by a combination of wire-line, steel-tape, and iron-horse methods. Tritium concentrations in bailed water samples ranged from {minus}10 to 2,600 picocuries per liter.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Carson City, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI08-86NV10583
- OSTI ID:
- 138678
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR-92-130; ON: DE93017646; TRN: 93:018004
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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