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The Floridan aquifer system underlies portions of five states. Source: USGS. The Floridan aquifer system spans an area of about 100,000 square miles (260,000 km 2) in the southeastern United States and underlies all of Florida and parts of southern Alabama, southeastern Georgia, and southern South Carolina. [1]
Aquifers of the United States Withdrawal rates from the Ogallala Aquifer.. This is a list of some aquifers in the United States.. Map of major US aquifers by rock type. An aquifer is a geologic formation, a group of formations, or a part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to groundwater wells and springs.
4.2 United States. 4.3 Mexico. 5 Oceania. Toggle Oceania subsection. 5.1 Australia. 5.2 New Zealand. ... Aquifers of the United States. Atlantic and Gulf Coastal ...
Aquifers of the United States are organized by national principal aquifer codes and names assigned by the National Water Information System (NWIS). Aquifers are identified by a geohydrologic unit code (a three-digit number related to the age of the formation) followed by a 4 or 5 character abbreviation for the geologic unit or aquifer name. [10]
The Biscayne Aquifer is a surficial aquifer located in southeast Florida. It covers over 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2), and is the most intensely used water source in Florida, supplying water to Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County and Monroe County.
A map of the aquifer. The Biscayne Aquifer, named after Biscayne Bay, is a surficial aquifer. It is a shallow layer of highly permeable limestone under a portion of South Florida. The area it underlies includes Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Monroe County, and Palm Beach County, a total of about 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2). [1]
A map of the U.S. showing the geological area called the Smackover Formation. The highlighted portion in red, in southern Arkansas, was found by the U.S. Geological Survey to have high levels of ...
Pages in category "Aquifers in the United States" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *