Ground-water hydrology of the Cocoa well-field area, Orange County, Florida
Open-File Report
75-676
By: C. H. Tibbals and J.M. Frazee
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Abstract
The city of Cocoa, Brevard County, Florida, supplies water for much of central Brevard County including Cape Kennedy and Patrick Air Force Base. The water supply is obtained from a well field in east Orange County. Many of the easternmost wells in that well field yield salty water (chloride concentration greater than 250 milligrams per liter). The interface between the fresh and salty water in the west part of the well field occurs at a depth of about 1,400 feet. An upward hydraulic gradient exists between the the lower (salty) zones and the upper, or pumped zones of the Floridan aquifer in the west part of the well field. Secondary artesian aquifers in the well-field area are relatively high-yielding but are of limited areal extent. However, they are suitable as a source of water for supplemental supply or for artificially recharging the Floridan aquifer. Fresh water was transferred by siphon from a secondary artesian aquifer to the Floridan aquifer at 90 gallons per minute. Artificial recharge and recovery experiments show that it is feasible to retrieve fresh water stored in salty zones of the Floridan aquifer. (Woodard-USGS)
Suggested Citation
Tibbals, C.H., Frazee, J., 1976, Ground-water hydrology of the Cocoa well-field area, Orange County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-676, 67 p. :ill. ;28 cm.; (70 p. - PGS), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr75676.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Ground-water hydrology of the Cocoa well-field area, Orange County, Florida |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 75-676 |
| ISBN | pbk |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr75676 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, |
| Description | 67 p. :ill. ;28 cm.; (70 p. - PGS) |