Hydrogeologic Evaluations for High-Yielding Wells in the Piedmont Province of Georgia and Alabama
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Crawford, Thomas J.
Chapman, Melinda J.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Since the mid-1980's, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of non-residential water wells drilled in the Piedmont province of Georgia and Alabama. Water shortages and interrupted services related to prolonged drought conditions and
reduced services from municipal, county, or water-district systems have resulted in the need for a more reliable water-supply source.
Recent hydrogeologic investigations indicate that adequate ground-water supplies are available in metamorphic rocks of this
region to supplement surface-water resources for meeting municipal, industrial, irrigation, and domestic water demands.
Evaluations of ground-water availability in Fulton County near Dunwoody, Georgia and in Cleburne County near Heflin, Alabama, were initiated to better determine and understand the factors controlling ground-water occurence and yield in the Piedmont.
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Sponsored by U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Date
1991
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