Groundwater Quality in the Surficial Aquifer System, Southeastern United States

Fact Sheet 2022-3035
National Water Quality Program
National Water-Quality Assessment Project
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Abstract

Groundwater provides nearly 50 percent of the Nation’s drinking water. To help protect this vital resource, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project assesses groundwater quality in aquifers that are important sources of drinking water (Burow and Belitz, 2014). The surficial aquifer system constitutes one of the important aquifer systems being evaluated.

Suggested Citation

Kingsbury, J.A., 2022, Groundwater quality in the Surficial Aquifer System, Southeastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2022-3035, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20223035.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)

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Table of Contents

  • Background  
  • Overview of Water Quality  
  • Results: Groundwater Quality at the Depth Zone Used for Public Supply in the Surficial Aquifer System  
  • Inorganic Constituents  
  • Organic Constituents  
  • Benchmarks for Evaluating Groundwater Quality  
  • References Cited 
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Groundwater quality in the Surficial Aquifer System, Southeastern United States:
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2022-3035
DOI 10.3133/fs20223035
Year Published 2022
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) WMA - Earth System Processes Division
Description 4 p.
Country United States
State Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Online Only (Y/N) N
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