Ground water levels in the vicinity of the Miami well field, Montgomery County, Ohio

Schucker, J M; Hallfrisch, M

Title: Ground water levels in the vicinity of the Miami well field, Montgomery County, Ohio

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During the early stages of the drought of 1987-88 in Ohio, a number of diminished capacity complaints were received from domestic well owners in northwestern Montgomery County. Most home owners blamed the nearby Dayton-Miami Well Field (MWF). The MWF is situated in a preglacial, bedrock valley filled with outwash deposits. In this area, sand and gravel outwash deposits from a buried valley aquifer. Glacial outwash also covers that uplands to the west, where a large number of domestic water wells are located. Recharge to the uplands is primarily by infiltration of precipitation. The buried valley aquifer is recharged via infiltration from the Great Miami River and precipitation. Recharge into the valley aquifer is enhanced from man-made recharge lagoons near the well field. Additional recharge to the well field occurs from ground water inflow from north of the well field, and inflow from the adjacent uplands to the east. Temporal changes in the extent of the cone of depression surrounding the well field are shown on potentiometric surface maps. Furthermore, the cone of depression extends into the glacial outwash deposits underlying the upland area, clearly indicating a hydraulic connection between the buried valley aquifer and these glacial outwash deposits beneath themore »« less

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Schucker, J M ^[1]; Hallfrisch, M ^[2]

Roy F. Weston, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (United States)
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Columbus, OH (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI Identifier:: 5597811

Report Number(s):: CONF-921058-
Journal ID: ISSN 0016-7592; CODEN: GAAPBC

Resource Type:: Conference

Journal Name:: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 24:7; Conference: 1992 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), Cincinnati, OH (United States), 26-29 Oct 1992; Journal ID: ISSN 0016-7592

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; AQUIFERS; FLUID WITHDRAWAL; OHIO; CAPACITY; DROUGHTS; HYDROLOGY; RECHARGE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLES; WATER WELLS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; USA; WELLS; 540250* - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-); 580000 - Geosciences

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  abstractNote = {During the early stages of the drought of 1987-88 in Ohio, a number of diminished capacity complaints were received from domestic well owners in northwestern Montgomery County. Most home owners blamed the nearby Dayton-Miami Well Field (MWF). The MWF is situated in a preglacial, bedrock valley filled with outwash deposits. In this area, sand and gravel outwash deposits from a buried valley aquifer. Glacial outwash also covers that uplands to the west, where a large number of domestic water wells are located. Recharge to the uplands is primarily by infiltration of precipitation. The buried valley aquifer is recharged via infiltration from the Great Miami River and precipitation. Recharge into the valley aquifer is enhanced from man-made recharge lagoons near the well field. Additional recharge to the well field occurs from ground water inflow from north of the well field, and inflow from the adjacent uplands to the east. Temporal changes in the extent of the cone of depression surrounding the well field are shown on potentiometric surface maps. Furthermore, the cone of depression extends into the glacial outwash deposits underlying the upland area, clearly indicating a hydraulic connection between the buried valley aquifer and these glacial outwash deposits beneath the upland area. This expanding cone of depression indicates that increased pumping is exceeding recharge and ground water is being removed from aquifer storage. Ground water levels in the MWF reached their lowest point during the drought of 1987-88. This was the period during which most domestic well failures occurred. If production from the MWF continues to increase and/or this region experience another prolonged drought, dewatering of domestic wells east of the MWF will likely reoccur.},

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