Open AccessNevada test site water-supply wells
Author(s) -
D. Gillespie,
D. Donithan,
Paul R. Seaber
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/491389
Subject(s) - water supply , hydrogeology , aquifer , water well , groundwater , water quality , water table , test site , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , lithology , geology , environmental engineering , mining engineering , geotechnical engineering , geochemistry , ecology , biology
A total of 15 water-supply wells are currently being used at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The purpose of this report is to bring together the information gleaned from investigations of these water-supply wells. This report should serve as a reference on well construction and completion, static water levels, lithologic and hydrologic characteristics of aquifers penetrated, and general water quality of water-supply wells at the NTS. Possible sources for contamination of the water-supply wells are also evaluated. Existing wells and underground nuclear tests conducted near (within 25 meters (m)) or below the water table within 2 kilometers (km) of a water-supply were located and their hydrogeologic relationship to the water-supply well determined