Hydrological Processes. 2017;1–19. Abstract This study analyzes a long‐term regional compilation of water table response to climate variability based on 124 long‐term groundwater wells distributed across New England, USA, screened in a variety of geologic materials. The New England region of the USA is located in a humid‐temperature climate underlain by low‐storage‐fractured metamorphic and cry...

Introduction Groundwater supply sustainable yield is herein defined as how much water can be withdrawn from an aquifer system, where and for how long, with acceptable physical, economical, environmental, social, cultural, institutional, and legal consequences. The purpose of this Technical Commentary is to focus on the following technical aspects of groundwater supply sustainable yield that are...

This study examines the effect of pumping, hydrogeology, and pesticide characteristics on pesticide concentrations in production wells using a reactive transport model in two conceptual hydrogeologic systems; a layered aquifer with and without a stream present. The pumping rate can significantly affect the pesticide breakthrough time and maximum concentration at the well. The effect of the pump...

Transmissivity results from eight aquifer tests were used to derive horizontal hydraulic conductivity values for hydrogeologic units underlying the Sequim-Dungeness Peninsula in Clallam County. Specific-capacity information for the tested production wells also was analyzed to obtain a second hydraulic conductivity value for comparison against the "aquifer test" results. These paired estimates d...

An integrated surface geophysical pilot study at the Texas A&M University Brazos River Hydrologic Field Research Site (BRHFRS), College Station, Texas, was done to determine the effectiveness of methods for defining the hydrostratigraphic framework and hydrogeologic properties for a ground-water availability model. Time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) soundings and direct-current (2D–DC) resistiv...

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with San Antonio Water System, conducted a geophysical and geological study of the Cibolo Canyon development area, northeast Bexar County, Texas, to characterize hydrostratigraphic features and to map surface and subsurface hydrogeologic features of the Edwards aquifer. Capacitively-coupled (CC) resistivity and frequency-domain electromagnetic (FDEM) p...

Pollutants in groundwater aquifers may constitute a significant human health risk. A large variation in response may result among human populations experiencing the same level and duration of exposure to pollutants. Variability in response, as a result of exposure to a carcinogenic contaminant such as trichloroethylene (TCE), can be represented by a distribution function of safe doses. Spatial ...

The Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer is a shallow, predominantly unconfined aquifer that spans regions in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington, USA. The aquifer is prone to nitrate contamination because of extensive regional agricultural practices. A 22-month ground water nitrate assessment was performed in a 10-km2 study area adjacent to the international boundary in north...

A stochastic optimization approach is presented for the remediation design of a contaminated aquifer with limited hydrogeologic information. Stochastic simulation using the Monte Carlo technique, produces a series of equally probable realisations of the spatially varying random hydraulic conductivity field. The stochastic flow and transport simulation model is coupled, using the response matrix...

Confined aquifers are overlain by low-permeability aquitards that are commonly assumed to protect underlying aquifers from microbial contaminants. However, empirical data on microbial contamination beneath aquitards is limited. This study determined the occurrence of human pathogenic viruses in well water from a deep sandstone aquifer confined by a regionally extensive shale aquitard. Three pub...