Simulation of Projected Water Demand and Ground-Water Levels in the Coffee Sand and Eutaw-McShan Aquifers in Union County, Mississippi, 2010 through 2050

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and scope

Approach

Hydrogeologic setting

Coffee Sand aquifer

Eutaw-McShan aquifer

Shallow aquifers

Water use

Simulation of projected water demand

Residential water use

Commercial and industrial water use

Data preparation/Model input

Residential data

Nonresidential data

Projected water demand

Uncertainty in predictions

Simulation of projected ground-water levels

Ground-water model description

Projected ground-water levels

Baseline projections

Normal-growth projections

High-growth projections

Model limitations

Summary

Selected references

Appendix A. Derivation and methodology of the projections for population, employment, and median household income for Union County, Mississippi