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Potentiometric surface of Floridan Aquifer, southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas, May 1979

Open-File Report 79-1255
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Abstract

A May 1979 potentiometric-surface map depicts the annual low water-level period. Potentiometric levels declined 4 to 21 feet between September 1978 and May 1979, in the citrus and farming sections of southern Hillsborough, northern Hardee, southwestern Polk, northwestern DeSoto, and Manatee Counties. Water levels in these areas are widely affected by pumping for irrigation and have the greatest range in fluctuations. Water-level declines ranged from 0 to 6 feet in coastal, northern, and southern areas of the Water Management District. Generally potentiometric levels were higher than previous May levels due to heavy rains in April and May. In parts of Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties, May 1979 potentiometric levels were 18 feet higher than those of September 1978. 

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Potentiometric surface of Floridan Aquifer, southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas, May 1979
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 79-1255
DOI 10.3133/ofr791255
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 1 Plate: 23.28 × 33.24 inches
Country United States
State Florida
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