Regional Synthesis of Groundwater Quality in Domestic Supply Wells in Northeast and North Central Pennsylvania
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Factors affecting groundwater quality used for domestic supply in Marcellus Shale region of North-Central and North-East Pennsylvania, USA
USGS synthesized groundwater quality measurements in wells to characterize regional chemical characteristics of aquifers used for domestic supply in northeast and north central Pennsylvania.
Independent county-wide groundwater quality investigations were completed during 2011-2017 by the USGS for seven counties in the northern tier of Pennsylvania where there is ongoing, or potential for, unconventional shale-gas development. The studies used consistent data collection and reporting procedures. County-level reports were published by the USGS that describe quality of water samples from home-owner wells in relation to human health and potential environmental factors affecting the groundwater composition.
The objective of this project was to complete a regional synthesis of groundwater chemical characteristics for aquifers used for domestic supply in northeast and north central Pennsylvania. Available hydrochemical data from 436 domestic wells that were sampled during 2011-2017 and reported by the USGS for seven counties in the northern tier of Pennsylvania as part of county-wide assessments were summarized and evaluated in relation to geology, land use, and other environmental factors, such as hydrogeologic setting.
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Factors Affecting Groundwater Quality Used for Domestic Supply in Marcellus Shale Region of North-Central and North-East Pennsylvania, USA
Baseline groundwater quality from 34 wells in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 2011 and 2013
Baseline groundwater quality from 20 domestic wells in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, 2012
Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus shale gas development, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Groundwater quality and simulation of sources of water to wells in the Marsh Creek valley at the U.S. Geological Survey Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Groundwater-Quality Assessment, Pike County, Pennsylvania, 2007
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USGS synthesized groundwater quality measurements in wells to characterize regional chemical characteristics of aquifers used for domestic supply in northeast and north central Pennsylvania.
Independent county-wide groundwater quality investigations were completed during 2011-2017 by the USGS for seven counties in the northern tier of Pennsylvania where there is ongoing, or potential for, unconventional shale-gas development. The studies used consistent data collection and reporting procedures. County-level reports were published by the USGS that describe quality of water samples from home-owner wells in relation to human health and potential environmental factors affecting the groundwater composition.
The objective of this project was to complete a regional synthesis of groundwater chemical characteristics for aquifers used for domestic supply in northeast and north central Pennsylvania. Available hydrochemical data from 436 domestic wells that were sampled during 2011-2017 and reported by the USGS for seven counties in the northern tier of Pennsylvania as part of county-wide assessments were summarized and evaluated in relation to geology, land use, and other environmental factors, such as hydrogeologic setting.
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Factors Affecting Groundwater Quality Used for Domestic Supply in Marcellus Shale Region of North-Central and North-East Pennsylvania, USA
Baseline groundwater quality from 34 wells in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 2011 and 2013
Baseline groundwater quality from 20 domestic wells in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, 2012
Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus shale gas development, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Groundwater quality and simulation of sources of water to wells in the Marsh Creek valley at the U.S. Geological Survey Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Groundwater-Quality Assessment, Pike County, Pennsylvania, 2007
Natural gases in ground water near Tioga Junction, Tioga County, north-central Pennsylvania: Occurrence and use of isotopes to determine origins, 2005
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Below are partners associated with this project.