Title:
Potential effects of groundwater development in eastern Camden County, Georgia, on groundwater resources of Cumberland Island National Seashore

dc.contributor.author Priest, Sherlyn
dc.contributor.author Clarke, John S.
dc.contributor.corporatename Geological Survey (U.S.) en_US
dc.contributor.editor Hatcher, Kathryn J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-23T16:25:02Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-23T16:25:02Z
dc.date.issued 2005-04
dc.description.abstract Proposed withdrawal of groundwater from the surficial aquifer system confined zone, or the upper and lower Brunswick aquifers in eastern Camden County, Georgia, could result in drawdown extending beneath the Cumberland Sound and potentially could affect ground-water levels and natural resources at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Using a nonequilibrium formula, esti-mated drawdown after 5 years of pumping at a rate of 0.2 million gallons per day along the western edge of Cumberland Island’s wilderness area would be about 26 feet in the surficial aquifer confined zone, 39 feet in the upper Brunswick aquifer, and 3.7 feet in the lower Bruns-wick aquifer. Pumping from the lower Brunswick aquifer at a rate of 2 million gallons per day for 5 years would result in 37 feet of drawdown along the western edge of the wilderness area. Water-level declines in aquifers beneath wetland areas could reduce quantities of water discharging from confined units into the unconfined parts of the surfi-cial aquifer system, which are important for sustaining freshwater wetland ecosystems on Cumberland Island. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty en_US
dc.embargo.terms null en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47951
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries GWRI2005. Poster and exhibit session en_US
dc.subject Water resources management en_US
dc.subject Groundwater development en_US
dc.title Potential effects of groundwater development in eastern Camden County, Georgia, on groundwater resources of Cumberland Island National Seashore en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.corporatename Georgia Water Resources Institute
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
local.relation.ispartofseries Georgia Water Resources Conference
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