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Data Series 460

Probability of unmixed young groundwater (defined using chlorofluorocarbon-11 concentrations and tritium activities) in the Eagle River watershed valley-fill aquifer, Eagle County, North-Central Colorado, 2006-2007

By Michael G. Rupert and L. Niel Plummer

Abstract

This raster data set delineates the predicted probability of unmixed young groundwater (defined using chlorofluorocarbon-11 concentrations and tritium activities) in groundwater in the Eagle River watershed valley-fill aquifer, Eagle County, North-Central Colorado, 2006-2007. This data set was developed by a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey, Eagle County, the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District, the Town of Eagle, the Town of Gypsum, and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority. This project was designed to evaluate potential land-development effects on groundwater and surface-water resources so that informed land-use and water management decisions can be made. This groundwater probability map and its associated probability maps were developed as follows: (1) A point data set of wells with groundwater quality and groundwater age data was overlaid with thematic layers of anthropogenic (related to human activities) and hydrogeologic data by using a geographic information system to assign each well values for depth to groundwater, distance to major streams and canals, distance to gypsum beds, precipitation, soils, and well depth. These data then were downloaded to a statistical software package for analysis by logistic regression. (2) Statistical models predicting the probability of elevated nitrate concentrations, the probability of unmixed young water (using chlorofluorocarbon-11 concentrations and tritium activities), and the probability of elevated volatile organic compound concentrations were developed using logistic regression techniques. (3) The statistical models were entered into a GIS and the probability map was constructed.

First posted August 18, 2009

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Suggested citation:

Rupert, M.G., and Plummer, L.N., 2009, Probability of unmixed young groundwater (defined using chlorofluorocarbon-11 concentrations and tritium activities) in the Eagle River watershed valley-fill aquifer, Eagle County, North-Central Colorado, 2006-2007: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 460, online only.



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