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Evaluation of ground-water flow by particle tracking, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4243
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri944243

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) began a Basewide Monitoring Program (BMP) in 1992. The purpose of the BMP was to establish a long-term ground-water and surface- water sampling network in order to (1) characterize current ground-water and surface-water quality; (2) describe water-quality changes as water enters, flows across, and exits Base boundaries; (3) conduct statistical analyses of water quality; and (4) estimate the effect of WPAFB on regional water quality. As part of the BMP, the USGS conducted ground-water particle-tracking analyses based on a ground-water-flow model produced during a previous USGS study. This report briefly describes the previous USGS study, the inherent assumptions of particle-tracking analyses, and information on the regional ground-water-flow field as inferred from particle pathlines. Pathlines for particles placed at the Base boundary and particles placed within identified Installation Restoration Program sites are described.

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Cunningham, W.L., Sheets, R.A., Schalk, C.W., 1994, Evaluation of ground-water flow by particle tracking, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4243, iii, 11 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri944243.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Evaluation of ground-water flow by particle tracking, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 94-4243
DOI 10.3133/wri944243
Year Published 1994
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description iii, 11 p.
Country United States
State Ohio
Other Geospatial Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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