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Ground-Water Resources in New Hampshire: Stratified-Drift Aquifers

U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4100

by Laura Medalie and Richard Bridge Moore


Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Ground Water in the Hydrologic Cycle

Ground-Water Use in New Hampshire

Glaciers and Stratified-Drift Deposits in the New Hampshire Landscape

Stratified-Drift Aquifers

Characteristics of Aquifers

Methods for Evaluating Stratified-Drift Aquifers

Major Stratified-Drift Aquifers in New Hampshire

Upper Connecticut and Androscoggin River Basins

Middle Connecticut River Basin

Pemigewasset River Basin

Saco and Ossipee River Basins

Winnipesaukee River Basin

Lower Connecticut River Basin

Contoocook River Basin

Upper Merrimack River Basin

Bellamy, Cocheco, and Salmon Falls River Basins

Middle Merrimack River Basin

Exeter, Lamprey, and Oyster River Basins

Lower Merrimack and Coastal River Basins

Nashua Regional Planning Commission Area

Quality of Water from Stratified-Drift Aquifers

How Stratified-Drift-Aquifer Data are Used

Summary

Selected References

 


 

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