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Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida

Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4079
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834079

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Abstract

Ground water in the coastal parts of Citrus, Hernando, and Levy Counties is obtained almost entirely from the Floridan aquifer. The aquifer is unconfined near the coast and semiconfined in the ridge area. Transmissivity ranges from 20,000 feet squared per day in the ridge area to greater than 2,000,000 feet squared per day near major springs. Changes in the potentiometric surface of the aquifer are small between the wet and dry seasons. Water quality within the study area is generally very good except immediately adjacent to the coast where saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico poses a threat to freshwater supply. This threat can be compensated for by placing well fields a sufficient distance away from the zone of transition from saltwater to freshwater so as not to reduce or reverse the hydraulic gradient in that zone. Computer models are presently available to help predict the extent of influence of ground-water withdrawals in an area. These may be used as management tools in planning ground-water development of the area. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Fretwell, J.D., 1983, Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4079, vi, 93 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri834079.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Ground-water resources of coastal Citrus, Hernando, and southwestern Levy counties, Florida
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 83-4079
DOI 10.3133/wri834079
Year Published 1983
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description vi, 93 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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