The Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) has released a lengthy report providing a comprehensive analysis of aquifer geology and groundwater usage in central and southern Delaware.
Groundwater is the sole source of drinking water and the main source of water for agriculture and industry in central and southern Delaware. This study mapped the depth and thickness of thirteen aquifers in Kent and Sussex Counties, used these maps to assign groundwater withdrawals for 2004 to 2008 to the appropriate aquifer, and analyzed withdrawals for each type of water use by geographic area.
DGS has maintained a network of wells that are used for groundwater level and quality observations since the 1960s. Consultants, government agencies, researchers, and well drillers use these data to evaluate groundwater availability, chemical characteristics, contamination, and other issues.
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The Delaware Geological Survey released a new technical report titled “Kent County groundwater monitoring project: results of subsurface exploration,” which was prepared by and A. Scott Andres, Rachel McQuiggan, and Changming He of the Survey. DGS Open File Report No.
This report documents the methods and results derived from subsurface exploration, monitoring well installation, and hydraulic testing conducted during the project "Groundwater and Saline Water Intrusion Monitoring Network Infrastructure Improvements: Kent County, Delaware". This project was focused on the aquifers in Kent County that supply water to wells for domestic, public, irrigation, and commercial uses as well as provide base flow to local streams. From shallowest to deepest, they are the Columbia, Milford, Frederica, Federalsburg, Cheswold, Piney Point, Rancocas, and Mt.
The Delaware Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, completed a groundwater-monitoring, infrastructure-construction, and data-collection project in southern New Castle and northern Kent Counties, Delaware.
Director David Wunsch and staff member A. Scott Andres gave presentations at the Delaware Source Water Protection Program Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee meeting held May 10th in Dover , DE. Dr.
