Ground-Water in Virginia George Harlow U.S. Geological Survey 1730 E. Parham Rd Richmond, VA 23228 804-261-2630.

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Ground-Water in Virginia George Harlow U.S. Geological Survey 1730 E. Parham Rd Richmond, VA

The Hydrologic Cycle

Ground-Water Use in the United States 34

Ground-Water-Flow System (Natural Conditions)

Direction and Rate of Ground-Water Movement

Ground-water pumpage terms

Aquifer Material Sand Shell material Crystalline rock Sedimentary rock Carbonates Coal

Wells

Physiographic Provinces of Virginia Coastal Plain Piedmont Mesozoic Lowlands Blue Ridge Valley and Ridge Appalachian Plateau

Hydrogeology of the Appalachian Plateau

Hydrogeology of the Valley and Ridge West East ? From: Harlow, G.E., Jr., Orndorff, R.C., Nelms, D.L., Weary, D.J., and Moberg, R.M., U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report , p. 30.

Hydrogeology of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont

Fractured rock aquifers Crystalline rock aquifers Carbonate rock aquifers

Evidence of Water Flow in Fractures

Coastal Plain

Ground-Water Monitoring Network for Virginia

What is an artesian well?

Resources USGS, WRD, Virginia District USGS, WRD, Office of Ground Water VA Household Water Quality Program