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Hydrogeologic data from test drilling near Verna, Florida, 1978

Open-File Report 81-634
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81634

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Abstract

Four test wells were drilled in the vicinity of the city of Sarasota well field near Verna, Fla., to provide hydrologic and geologic information. An expedient and economical method of air lifting water samples from isolated water-producing zones while drilling was utilized. Lithologic logs of drill cuttings and geophysical logs, including point resistance and spontaneous potential electric logs, gamma-ray logs, and caliper logs, were made. Chemical quality of water was determined for principal producing zones at each well. Dissolved solids from composite water samples ranged from 313 milligrams per liter in test well 0-1 north of the well field to 728 milligrams per liter in test well 0-3 within the well field. Each test well was pumped to determine maximum discharge, water-level drawdown, and recovery time. A leaking pump column on test well 0-1 prevented accurate measurement of drawdown on the well. Test well 0-2, located east of the well field, had a pumping rate of 376 gallons per minute and 13.11 feet of drawdown after 3 hours and 50 minutes; test well 0-3 had a maximum yield of 320 gallons per minute, a drawdown of 31.91 feet after 2 hours and 35 minutes of pumping, had a recovery time of 20 minutes; and test well 0-4, south of the well field, had a pumping rate of 200 gallons per minute with 63.34 feet of drawdown after 2 hours and 35 minutes. (USGS)

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Barker, M., Bowman, G., and Sutcliffe, H., 1981, Hydrogeologic data from test drilling near Verna, Florida, 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-634, iii, 29 p. ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81634.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hydrogeologic data from test drilling near Verna, Florida, 1978
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 81-634
DOI 10.3133/ofr81634
Year Published 1981
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iii, 29 p. ill., maps ;28 cm.
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