The Ogallala aquifer is located in American Midwest it’s the home of America’s most vital water source for American agriculture the largest aquifer in North America. It runs underground through eight states from Dakota to Texas It covers over 174‚000 miles across the eight states and it hold over 978 trillion gallons of fresh water. It supplies about 30 percent of America’s irrational water. It has an average of 100 feet of water. An aquifer is a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit
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An aquifer is an underground layer of water bearing rock. Many areas on earth have an underlying aquifer‚ which can supply fresh water through the use of a well. Aquifers were first tapped for water in the early 1900 ’s for irrigation. Aquifers were originally believed to be an inexhaustible resource thus humans began tapping them for municipal and industrial uses as well (Aquifer‚ 2007). Now‚ many countries are over pumping aquifers in a struggle to fulfill their growing water supply demands. For
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would be the depletion of aquifer supplies. An aquifer is the body of sand that is able to store or produce large amounts of water. They can be anywhere from a few feet deep to a few hundred feet deep. From a bird’s eye view an aquifer can spread as far as a few hundred miles. There are two kinds of aquifers‚ confined and unconfined. A confined aquifer is surrounded by what is called an aquitard‚ rock formations that do not allow fluid to leak through. An unconfined aquifer is one that is hydraulically
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Josh Wiza Extra Credit Ogallala Aquifer The Ogallala Aquifer occupies the High Plains of the United States‚ extending northward from western Texas to South Dakota. The Ogallala is the leading geologic formation in what is known as the High Plains Aquifer System. The entire system underlies about 174‚000 square miles throughout eight states. The Ogallala aquifer is an unconfined aquifer‚ and nearly all recharge comes from rainwater and snowmelt in certain areas. As the High Plains
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Groundwater: What Can The Golf Course Industry Do to Protect This Valuable Natural Resource? The Ogallala Aquifer‚ also known as the High Plains Aquifer‚ is a vast yet shallow underground water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. One of the world’s largest aquifers‚ it lies under about 174‚000 square miles in portions of the eight states of South Dakota‚ Nebraska‚ Wyoming‚ Colorado‚ Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ New Mexico‚ and Texas. It was named in 1899 by N.H. Darton from
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Ogallala Aquifer (10:45 min.) 1. Where does the water for the aquifer come from? underground 2. Why do they call the Ogallala Aquifer water “fossil”? it was develop million years ago‚ and recharge very slowly 3. How big is the Ogallala Aquifer? 174000sq mile + 4. How many states drain water from the Ogallala Aquifer? 8 mid western states 5. How much of the land is sand dunes? 20 percent of its land 6. What is the depth of the Ogallala Aquifer? few feet to a thousand ft down 7. How many
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I have selected the Yarragadee Aquifer. This aquifer is located in south western Australia. Near the cities of Geraldton and Perth. This particular aquifer is able to hold around 1000 cubic kilometers of fresh water. The size of the Yarragadee aquifer is 3km thick and hundreds of miles underground. Which is composed of sandstone‚ siltstone and shale. Water held within the Yarragadee aquifer is primarily provided by rain water. As well as treatment plants and storm drains. Another source waste water
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availability‚ dependability and low capital cost. The increasing dependence on ground water as a reliable source of water has resulted in indiscriminate extraction in various parts of the country without due regard to the recharging capacities of aquifers and other environmental factors. On the other hand‚ there are areas in the country‚ where ground water development is sub-optimal in spite of the availability of sufficient resources‚ and canal command areas suffering from problems of water logging
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1114 LAB FINAL STUDY GUIDE – SPRING 2013 The outline covers all the topics you will need to know to do well on the final exam. In order to find the information below you should refer to your lab manual‚ graded quizzes and assignments‚ and powerpoint presentations posted on D2L. You are encouraged to attend the geology help sessions carried out in NRC 007 M-T-W 5:30pm-6:30pm if you need extra help with some of these concepts or wish to view the hand samples. Please come with questions ready to
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B. Suwannee river basin is located on one of the most productive aquifers in the world‚ the Floridian Aquifer. Jacksonville‚ Tallahassee‚ and Orlando all rely on the Floridian aquifer as the primary water source. The aquifer is recharged when rain and groundwater seep through the soil‚ and discharged through several springs and rivers. However‚ human impact and other factors have been adversely affecting the Floridian Aquifer for over fifty years. Water sampling through the decades has proven
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