HA 730-I Interior Low Plateaus aquifers

GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee
HA 730-K

Interior Low Plateaus aquifers

Figure 66 Map of surficial aquifer system and aquifers in consolidated rocks
Figure 67 Correlation chart

Aquifer characteristics and well yields

Ground-water quality

Fresh ground-water withdrawals

Figure 70 Chart showing use of fresh ground-water withdrawals during 1985
Figure 71 Graph of withdrawals from wells in the Louisville metropolitan area
Figure 72 Graph and map showing water-level rise during 1962-82

Hydrogeologic setting

Aquifer characteristics and well yields

Ground-water quality

Fresh ground-water withdrawals

Hydrogeologic setting

Effects of dissolution

Figure 83 Diagramatic section showing the dissolution of limestone
Figure 84 Map showing potentiometric surface of the Mammoth Cave area in central Kentucky
Figure 85 Photo of solution openings in limestone
Figure 86 Cross section showing solution openings and direction of ground-water movement
Figure 87 Photo of Echo River in Mammoth Cave
Figure 88 Graph of water levels in wells compared to recharge

Aquifer characteristics, yields of wells, and discharges of springs

Ground-water quality

Fresh ground-water withdrawals

Hydrogeologic setting

Figure 94 Map of Devonian, Silurian, and Ordovician aquifers
Figure 95 Correlation chart
Table 3 Table showing wells that obtain fresh ground water from carbonate rocks
Figure 96 Cross section of Silurian and Ordovician rocks that contain freshwater
Figure 97 Cross section showing the direction of ground-water movement

Yield of wells and discharges of springs

Table 4 Table showing yields of wells completed in the limestone and dolomite aquifers in ordovician rocks
Figure 98 Graph and map comparing the discharge of four large springs

Ground-water quality

Fresh ground-water withdrawals

Figure 101 Chart showing the use of fresh ground-water withdrawals during 1985