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Water-level conditions in the upper Cape Fear Aquifer, 1994-98, in parts of Bladen and Robeson counties, North Carolina

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4127
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri994127

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Abstract

Water-level measurements were made on a periodic basis from October 1994 through November 1998 in 17 wells that tap the upper Cape Fear aquifer. The approximately 730-square-mile study area in Bladen and Robeson Counties is in the southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Water-level declines occurred in the aquifer throughout much of the area as a result of pumping during this period. The greatest decline was about 42 feet in Bladen County. Water levels from the wells in the fall of 1998 were used to construct a map of the potentiometric surface of the upper Cape Fear aquifer. This map can be used to infer the direction of ground-water movement in the aquifer. Withdrawals from wells at pumping centers, such as in the Tar Heel and Elizabethtown areas in Bladen County, have caused ground water to flow toward pumped wells, resulting in cones of depression in the potentiometric surface.

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Strickland, A., 1999, Water-level conditions in the upper Cape Fear Aquifer, 1994-98, in parts of Bladen and Robeson counties, North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4127, 1 over-size sheet. , https://doi.org/10.3133/wri994127.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-level conditions in the upper Cape Fear Aquifer, 1994-98, in parts of Bladen and Robeson counties, North Carolina
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 99-4127
DOI 10.3133/wri994127
Year Published 1999
Language ENGLISH
Contributing office(s) South Atlantic Water Science Center
Description 1 over-size sheet.
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Bladen County, Robeson County
Other Geospatial Cape Fear Aquifer
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